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Thank you for replying! Yes, I want to deal with real business problems like hiring and firing and organizing all the processes so the business can run without me working full time in it. When I hired my VA, it felt really good. It really motivated me to work harder because now I have a person who entirely depends on me to feed their kids and pay rent! Having more employees will motivate me even more.This is one of those situations where you have to search deep inside yourself because there's no "one size fits all" answer.
Do you want to deal with managing, hiring, firing, quality control, tough conversations, etc? This is an industry where things can get ugly if you make the wrong hire. One of my employees robbed a customer and I ended up getting sued for it. Not fun, but it's part of the game when you have a biz that requires employees to enter a client's home.
When I needed part time employees I found that the best ones were retired airline suitcase workers. They're reliable, work very hard(transporting suitcases all day is exhausting), and don't want a full-time income because they already have their pension. They just want some extra pocket money.
If you want to go the solo route but make more money, another option is to aggressively raise your prices. You have clients who are loyal to you regardless of price simply because you've earned their trust when entering their home.
My goal is to to have at least 2 crews working full time just like in your company by the end of next year. And then if the business can run without me, I will teach other people how to start a carpet cleaning business! Maybe even do it for them and only charge them when they make their first money. Just like Harmozi's gym launch, but carpet cleaning launch! I think I can scale that pretty good
If it wasn't for you and your threads, I would be still working at my low wage job with a 2 hour commute, so I'm forever grateful! And for MJ DeMarco, of course. And Johnyboy's thread was super helpful, too
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