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After 15 years as a “Lone Wolf” carpet cleaner, should I expand?

After 15 years as a “Lone Wolf” carpet cleaner, should I expand?

A Portland carpet cleaner is at a cross roads in his life. Get big by taking on employees? Stay small as an owner operator? Steve’s answer may surprise you …

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Hiring a business consultant for her carpet cleaning business Meg’s Story (Part 3)

Hiring a business consultant for her carpet cleaning business Meg’s Story (Part 3)

Meg and John Burdick have already built an exceptional business. Now they are looking to the future and recognize they need more outside help. So they are taking a scary step of bringing in a local consultant. Read on and ask if you too need more outside help and/or accountability in your life …

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Focusing on the “right” cleaning business goals (Part 1)

Focusing on the “right” cleaning business goals (Part 1)

With the new year coming it’s a good time to reflect on your company’s future. And a big part of any business plan is forecasting sales goals for next year.

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How to develop and manage your carpet cleaning/restoration business “crew”.

How to develop and manage your carpet cleaning/restoration business “crew”.

As carpet cleaning or restoration operation owners we love to bellyache about how “you can’t find good people anymore”! But as Chuck Violand explains, could it be that the fickle finger of guilt points more at us as small business owners and our abdication of our responsibilities as the skipper to develop our crew? Read on …

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What can a carpet cleaner learn from the “Three Stooges?”

What can a carpet cleaner learn from the “Three Stooges?”

The “Three Stooges”? (We’re not talking about Chuck Violand, Big Billy Yeadon and Steve Toburen of SFS fame!) Nope, Chuck says that we learn how to avoid “Paralysis by Analysis” from Larry, Moe and Curly!

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Focusing on the “right” cleaning business goals (Part 2)

Focusing on the “right” cleaning business goals (Part 2)

Growth for the sake of bragging rights is meaningless, dangerous and might just possibly be fatal to your company. Chuck focuses on how to find the right numbers and how to make them even better.

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Want to grow your cleaning business into something great?

Want to grow your cleaning business into something great?

A detailed business plan is your road map to success. But HOW do you come up with one? During Chuck Violand’s two day SFS Business Planning seminar you will design your own customized plan for success.

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How Mac W. Skiver found “Sawadee” at SFS!

How Mac W. Skiver found “Sawadee” at SFS!

Mac Skiver was starting out in carpet cleaning at 58! So he didn’t have 20 years to learn from the School of Hard Knocks. See how SFS brought Mac success AND the freedom to retire in just four short years!

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