Oct 9, 2018
Clean Up Your Business
In this episode, Tom and Greg discuss:
Key Takeaways:
"Try to figure out all of your costs of starting and maintaining your business for the first year...once you figure out all of the costs, write that number down, then multiply that by two- that'll be your REAL cost- and then add a quarter for your mistakes." - Greg Shepard
In 2004 Greg left the high tech world to start a maid
service.
Why a Maid Service?
A question he is often asked. After all, he had an amazing career
in high tech working at fortune 500 companies. What was he
thinking?… A thought that often crossed his mind those first
couples of years after starting Dallas Maids. Anyway, to answer
that question… Building a business was what Greg wanted to do. He
wanted to create something of value. And he wanted to see people,
both customers and employees, benefit from that value. This was
much more fulfilling than hacking away behind a glowing computer
screen all day.
And it was the best business decision he ever made.
Greg's programming skills easily transferred to starting a cleaning
service company: Building a business is like writing code: You
write the code (i.e. business’s operation manual) then continually
debug it until you have a program (cleaning service system) that
produces the same quality results (housecleaning) for the user
(customer). And it worked well...
Today Dallas Maids is not only one of the largest maid services in
Dallas, but no other services have won as many awards as Dallas
Maids have for their cleaning service.
Connect with Greg Shepard, CEO & Founder, Dallas Maids:
Website: www.dallasmaids.com
Connect with Tom Niesen Owner & CEO, Acuity Systems, Inc:
Phone: 972-860-8695 x223
Website: www.SalesMadeEasy.com
Email: Tom@SalesMadeEasy.com