Most carpet Cleaning companies fail why??

The people I see fail is because they borrow the money to buy the equipment starting out day-one in debt. They have no money left for promotion and advertising and do not have the ability to go out and sell or telemarket in any way, shape, or form.

They send out 20,000 flyers and have an answering machine on their phone. The first round of flyers generally never work, I buy their equipment back and the cycle starts all over again.

But yes some do make it and do well and that does my heart good to think I was part of it all happening. Money is not everything in life. You need satisfaction.

It's not surprising though that a greater rate of success comes to our new Canadians who came to this country from more difficult backgrounds. They hang in longer and are very persistent and even have much less going for themselves but persistence can bring prosperity.

Ted, you said it.... Lack of experience.... you all get ill when anyone mentions sub-contracting...

I haven't heard one of you say anything good about subbing...

Let me tell you it gives you good experience, if your not willing to work for someone or learn from someone you stand no chance.

Many of you buy equipment and its beneath you to work for anyone else, you rather bring the stuff back to Ted or let the bank take it, or sell it cheap just to get out.

Experience is the key to any business, the do's and dont's you have to know... learn while getting paid to do it.

I've subbed for a long time... this year was my first year running my trucks under my own flag.

but it was the years of experience from subbing that gave me the know how to run my own operation.

Without that experience I would surely fail... like so many weekend warriors or part timers I see just jump in blind

it's tough for me to imagine doing what I do without having done it for a while first

make sense?

Great discussion, I was a Union Electrician, making $33. hr. for 6 months a year, I would go to work with a friend cc when layed off, we had a great time and I learned the biz, my friend got killed in a car accident and I purchased the business from the estate, turned it from a good business into a great business, we would buy our chems in 45 gal drums. Had many tm`s and lots of good gov. contracts. Would have made my friend proud.

Retired>could`nt stay away>, back in..

Cleaning carpets is 45% of the business, You HAVE to know about business..      "The E-Myth" by Micheal Gerber

They never had this forum 20 yrs. ago! Great advantage