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    Posted: 22/October/2004 at 9:57am
Hello, ive been reading this forum now for quite some time and ive been trying to put together my lil business plan and i was going to attend the seminar for the carpet clening course as i have no previous experince and the person i was planning to go into business with bailed. I wanted to do this at night so i can keep my current job till the side business picked up so i could support my family, i was going to do commercial carpet cleaning and i wanted to know from you guys is this even possible as a one man show. Please feel free to give any advice you have into starting a company im sick of working for the man lol
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mr.Mike Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22/October/2004 at 10:30am

Welcome aboard ccwannabe

Surely you've read the Building a Business post. Plenty of good tips in there.  Be sure to check it out.

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Ok thanks for the info ill make sure to read it.
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Welcome CCwannabe... Just ask and someone will post an answer...  I've done the night commercial thing... it isn't easy, but you do what you have to, to survive...

Anything I can help you with please feel free to ask

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Welcome! Im new too. Just ask guys like Mr Steamer, they will help, watch out for the slide guy though!!!

Where are you located?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote carpetologist Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23/October/2004 at 8:08pm

Originally posted by OCC Boss OCC Boss wrote:

Welcome! Im new too. Just ask guys like Mr Steamer, they will help, watch out for the slide guy though!!!

Who is OCC Boss referring to as the slide guy?

We have PadMan, Gmoney Man, Guide Man, Super Glide Man, Tide Man, Hide Man, Splash Man, Steamer Man, Carpetologist Man...

...and of course Dug-eee. I wonder if he could be the slide guy?

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Ted: Don't ever refer to me as the God Damm slide guy.  I thnk everyone knows who I am.  There is only one Guy associatd to slide glides.Guitar
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Doug: He didn't say Glide Guy, he said Slide Guy. Ted is right, there is a number of people on this board that term could stick to. Me? I am coated in Teflon so nothing sticks. lol
Inventor of the Teflon Wand Glide and the Turboteck Rotary Air Duct Cleaners for TMs.
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I was refering to "Slide Glide Ken" Im sorry everyone got draged into this!!  Sorry too Doug, I was not reffering to you al all, thanks for knowing that.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote steed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25/October/2004 at 11:09pm

It great that you have an entrepreneur spirit. Learning the basics of the carpeting cleaning methods and technique's is good. But in the end a sound business mind is very important. One of the many books out their for small business entrepreneurs , that I would recommend is "The E Myth" by Michael E. Gerber.

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You will get what you put into the business!

 

"Doing what ever it takes to succeed is the secret of success"

 

Sorry about the spelling. My partner was so negative, every job I priced was too low, everything I bought, we didn't need. Hes gone now and things are progressing upward all the time!!

 

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Dry Vac??? Any info or advice from the pro's?? I'm thinking of getting started in the carpet cleaning business.

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