
Teamwork
If youth knew; if age could. –- Sigmund Freud
We make a good team. As I watch Ryan (he does all the hard work since I’m no longer able to) I’m reminded of the above quote. When we’re old, we have the knowledge, but not the energy. And when we’re young, …
5 Things I Learned While Running a Carpet Cleaning Business
Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice. –- Peter F. Drucker, Professor of Management
After moving to Layton in 1985, where I spent the next 14 years running my own carpet cleaning business, I learned some business …
Why Carpet Cleaning?
My son is now an ‘entrepreneur’. That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job. –- Ted Turner, broadcasting entrepreneur
So why carpet cleaning? Well, because as is the case with many of our decisions, it just felt right.
In my last entry, I’d mentioned how I had been …
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness…. — Thomas Alva Edison
The above quote by one of history’s greatest inventors pretty much sums me up as a person. I’ve had enough real-world experiences that I feel like “I get it” most of …
We’re kicking off something new that we’re really excited about! We’re launching Case Studies: Real Life, Real Stories. These are stories from the inside, from actual cleaners/restorers doing actual jobs. You’ll learn about their nerve-wracking experiences as they make expensive mistakes; you’ll also find out how they score big jobs …