Beautiful business! So how do I find a buyer?
A Louisiana cleaner\restorer feels the need for change in his life. Is it time to sell or can he make “adjustments”? Steve offers ideas on both options…
retirement
Burning out with janitorial in New Zealand!
A New Zealand cleaner “bought a job” ten years ago but now finds himself burning out and facing a dead end. Steve shares some options and resources that just might help …
“Steve, what if you could do it all over again?”
A struggling Alabama carpet cleaner asks Steve, “What would you do differently if you could rebuild and sell your business all over again”? Steve (of course) waxes nostalgic as he looks back over the last forty years …
How soon can I “escape” my carpet cleaning business?
An Alabama carpet cleaner is looking down the road 15 years or so and fretting, “How am I going to ‘get out’?” Steve says “Good for you”. Every carpet cleaning business should be managed for its eventual sale. The recipe follows …
How can I “step away” from my business?
This SFS graduate from Florida needs to get away from the day to day grind of his business. Is selling the company the only answer?
Are you a ‘gambler’?
Life is a gamble every day. And starting/ building/ running a small service business even more so! How can you improve YOUR safety net … ?
Can I be successful as a part time retired person?
Is commercial carpet cleaning compatible with being part time retired? Maybe. Steve gives some pointers to this energetic former manager.
Dana Jennings: Thanks for the “Exit Strategy”!
I am forever indebted to the Strategies for Success program
Start ‘getting off the truck’ while you are still having fun!
7 steps to take now for building your company into a true Critical Mass Business and getting off the truck while you are still having fun.
Are You a “Lone Wolf”? Should You Be?
Can you be successful without enduring the inevitable agonies of hiring employees? Absolutely. But if you fly solo you must make a few adjustments.
So should you ‘get small’? (Again!)
Many “burned-by-employees” cleaners and restorers reject the “getting big” dream and decide to “stay small” as a “Lone Wolf” owner-operator.
Maturing gracefully in business- Part 2
What are you doing to address the natural aging processes that takes place in business and in all of us?
Can there be ‘strength in numbers’?
Steve reflects on where far too many hardworking business owners are in this industry AND how to get out of the “all alone” trap. And then if that doesn’t motivate you- what the heck is the “T-Bone Trap”?
So how is your retirement funding coming along?
The future IS coming at you and faster than you think! Steve shares some scary AND motivating statistics about retirement funding …
2011’s TOP FIVE articles!
What reached out and grabbed our cleaner and restorer readers during 2011? This recap let’s you know what our little “band of brothers” focused on last year. You STILL can act on any of these ideas. Just don’t let 2012 leave you in its dust.