The secret to building a successful cleaning business without cleaning starts with your business plans. Which comes first, the employees or the homes to clean? What supplies will you need? Are you up to date on employee rules and regulations? Watch and learn what you need to get your business up and going in no time. 

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*** CLEANING BUSINESS WITHOUT CLEANING CHAPTERS *** 0:00 - Meet Angela Brown, the House Cleaning Guru 1:13 - When starting a cleaning business, do I hire my employees first or find the houses to clean? 1:34 - Why would I need two business plans? 1:52 - Will I need a business loan? 2:02 - Do I need to figure out my costs first? 2:16 - Will I need to provide uniforms? 2:26 - What cleaning supplies will I need? 2:40 - Will I need to know how many houses I will be cleaning to figure out costs? 2:53 - Do I need to pay taxes for my employees? 3:29 - What is a retro business plan? 3:44 - Do I need to know how and why a customer might fire me? 3:56 - Do employees break things? 4:19 - Why would employees leave? 5:05 - Do I need to be prepared before asking for a business loan?

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