I started my first business at 18 years old in 1974 with $50.00 to my name. It was an office cleaning / janitorial service. I did very well. It was stepping stone business that I sold and kept on growing. Today I am Selling my Insurance book of business now at 69 and retiring debt free and wealthy. Been semi retired since 2018. It can be done with just a High School Education. All you need is Drive & Determination. I have college grads on my payroll.
Why? You aren’t going to do any of them.. Guaranteed all you do is watch RUclips. Get off your glutes and go start a “small biz” instead of stroking your mind all day.
@@DAlba-li5zg yes, that’s the only way to survive in high competition and low skill - low barrier to entry business, however it’s incredibly difficult. Basically, you must always go above and beyond to retain your customers. There are less nerve wrecking ways to make money than staying in a low skill labor business.
Yah do not discount family or friends, the margin over the fixed overhead , is very low.. . . Give away your profit once & it will take all day just to get over the loss in profit . . .
I really needed your videos today, especially this one.. I started a window cleaning business this year and as things started to pick up I sprained my ankle as of two months ago, now I’m looking at surgery and another 3-6months to heal. I was going to just give up and take a L . My account is beyond negative, I’m becoming slightly depressed failing my kids and boyfriend with my negative balance they don’t know about but deep inside I want to fix it but I can’t work right now. I’m trying to figure out a way out of this and fix it but my mind is cloudy and I’m trying to fight it still…. I don’t want to disappoint anyone including myself. This really let me know I really am on to something with my window cleaning!! And I need to fight for it. But I need to figure out what to do in the mean time.
Hire a go getter type with attention to detail and tell them you are looking for someone to promote to management. Have them help you do the work and hire more help with your final approval of course. Watch them all and make sure they are doing it right. Anyone could do that if they are attentive to detail and can follow directions. Some people want to be promoted right away. This is still possible for you.
@SmileZephyr EPA. Environmental protection agency. They require full "reclamation" meaning none of the water can go into the drain. Go to a car wash and ask them about it.
I am a married retired firefighter with 3 teenage kids. I’ve always worked two to three jobs and made a plan to retire when my kids hit their teenage years to be able to spend more time with my family. With this being said I also planned to stay working 1 job as a flight medic and I work 2-24 hour shifts a week. I have plans to start a business and have been thinking about a gym or thrash collection service. The problem I see is paying for health insurance since my retirement doesn’t have that benefit. How do you self employed people do it ? I do many other side hustles but it’s hard to explain everything on here. Thanks in advance for any advice.
You can always buy your own insurance, but yeah it's cheaper via a job. Maybe start with a Laundromat - way less physical. But, if you take paperwork showing business ownership and show insurance companies, they usually give you a corporate , small biz, discount. Hope that helped my man! You got options!
Its a great business. I ran a window cleaning business for a few years and the money was great. I decided I didnt want to climb ladders or use a pole for the rest of my life. I also didnt want to manage other people, unfortunately cant do both. Either have to climb ladders or hire others to climb while you find the work.
Recurring revenue is revenue generated by your clients on a regular, guaranteed basis, like a subscription service. Re-occurring revenue is generated by clients who purchase products or services on a repeated but not predictable basis.
You are almost right. I own a commercial cleaning company and all of my clients have us on a regular cleaning schedule, some even have us there 6 days a week. What we do is repeatable and very "predictable" there is nothing random with us.
The main problem with starting a window cleaning business is most people starting out will be competing for the same leads… Lots will be using third party lead services such as Angie’s List which is exactly what I’m referring to up here^ you will be trying to fight for clients and customers in your area.
Its a hard business in a lot of areas Finding clients can be hard Homeowners are a 1 time deal And businesses usually have someone already or are too large of a scale to do without equipment
@@amandat950 The Caps lock is a bit aggressive, I’d recommend using less aggressive choices, but I sold the business in the 80s. To any business owner, I’d recommend reading ‘how to win friends and influence people’
@@amandat950Angela Brown RUclips channel is a source of information. She probably knows more about the housecleaning business than anyone on RUclips. Look through playlists specifically for housecleaning because she has a lot of other stuff. As far as finding the going rates in your area, call up housecleaning services in your area pretending you want your house cleaned. Some will give you estimate over the phone, some won't. Another way to find out what other people are paying for housecleaning is to Google Reddit housecleaning rates . I've been a housecleaner for decades.
high competition and not scalable unless you hire people to work for you. There wont be any commitment from employees cause they dont get to acquire new skillset and they will quit at an instant. Better give a juicy paycheck.
I'm a disabled Veteran and can't do much.. But would love to make $500 - 800 a month just to have money for my silver and gold stacking dca's I do because $200 a month in silver isn't cutting it being I fully retire by 2030.... Any suggestions anyone😋👍
One day while having breakfast, I met an immigrant from Greece. He decided he had better learn a trade or a skill to support himself. On the day we met, he owned four hotels from money he earned washing windows. Incredible story Only in America.
Cleaning windows will make a HUGE difference in your community. You will be remembered for at least 20 seconds after you finish the job. If you are lucky.
I don't care if you're doing $58M a month if your expenses are $59M that doesnt mean much, what's your profit, that's what matters. If your doing $58k per month but the owner is making $30k a year no one is interested
Ok i am watching this from Greece.....58.000 a month?? For cleaning windows??all most 700.000 a year??i find it impossible to make 2000 dollars a day......
U tube gives u a lot of false premises and not the whole picture. Its like we are back to making movies in hollywood , except here they are saying i am helping u , and want to help u make money.
There are so many complainers on RUclips, it is really sickening! All I see in the comments section are reasons why a person should never take a chance on themselves. Nothing but lame excuses! I started a commercial cleaning company 15 years ago and my wife and I have earned close to 2 million dollars during that 15 years! We worked our butts off, but we built our business from the ground up. No excuses! These loosers complain because they are unwilling to pay the price for real success, complaining and making excuses is much easier.
Don't be too pessimistic. I promise you there will always be available work for trades (plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and....cleaning). I own a commercial cleaning business and there is more work in my area than I could ever possibly keep up with. Services will always be in high demand.
Pray that nobody ever imports German windows to your country. They are easily cleaned and window cleaners in Germany are highly specialised on cooperate buildings only.
BS! In the uk its £5 per month for a window cleaner to clean a regular sized home. 58k pm which would mean tbat they need to do 11k homes per month. OR 386 homes per day. The math ain’t mathing😂
@@_modvault there are territorial wars over this stuff. There isn’t a territory with 11k homes to clean. Stop listening to idiots on the internet. Even if he does by some miracle make 50k per month. Thats gross revenue. He takes home 5k pm max net revenue . Its just an ad for the company anyway 🙄
It's called expanding your business. Get a ton of accounts, hire and train employees, and the money rolls in! I have run a commercial cleaning business for 15 years, this is how we grew. I know someone who has been in the cleaning business for 30 years and his company grosses over 1 million per year. Think small you grow small. Think big, then grow big. Don't limit yourself.
If I had to do it over again and I was a woman, I'd do only fans. All those qualifiers apply just the same, and I'd never have to leave home or deal with employees. Also, no car is needed, which is a huge expense.
I started my first business at 18 years old in 1974 with $50.00 to my name. It was an office cleaning / janitorial service. I did very well.
It was stepping stone business that I sold and kept on growing. Today I am Selling my Insurance book of business now at 69 and retiring debt free and wealthy. Been semi retired since 2018. It can be done with just a High School Education. All you need is Drive & Determination. I have college grads on my payroll.
Love this! I’ve started to send my 16 & 18 year old boys these videos to prove I’m not crazy in getting them to start early!
Your a good father then, I wasted so many years of my life not having a plan good you getting them on one
I did that when I was 13 years old... easier than pushing a mower or dealing with 300 newspapers/day.
She looks 20 years older with no eyebrows, and this "business" is more of a clickbait
Waiting for you to tell us about your nose job !
It looks awesome
It’s awesome
Do more similar small biz ideas short videos like this one thanks!
Why? You aren’t going to do any of them.. Guaranteed all you do is watch RUclips. Get off your glutes and go start a “small biz” instead of stroking your mind all day.
They literally just advertised their own company
I started window cleaning when I was 14 in the summer holiday. Definitely worthwhile.
Low barrier to entry. You’ll have people competing, lowballing, and stealing your accounts all the time.
It depends where you look for leads. Stay away from lead gen sites like AngiesList. Those are a race to the bottom.
Exactly. Not worth the headache.
add value don’t give discount to friends or family. Find a way to differentiate your thanks to your customers Personal thank yous get creative
@@DAlba-li5zg yes, that’s the only way to survive in high competition and low skill - low barrier to entry business, however it’s incredibly difficult. Basically, you must always go above and beyond to retain your customers. There are less nerve wrecking ways to make money than staying in a low skill labor business.
Yah do not discount family or friends, the margin over the fixed overhead , is very low.. . .
Give away your profit once & it will take all day just to get over the loss in profit . . .
useful advice
Good Honest Work!!!
Codie, you rock!!! Love your videos and perspectives.
I really needed your videos today, especially this one.. I started a window cleaning business this year and as things started to pick up I sprained my ankle as of two months ago, now I’m looking at surgery and another 3-6months to heal. I was going to just give up and take a L . My account is beyond negative, I’m becoming slightly depressed failing my kids and boyfriend with my negative balance they don’t know about but deep inside I want to fix it but I can’t work right now. I’m trying to figure out a way out of this and fix it but my mind is cloudy and I’m trying to fight it still…. I don’t want to disappoint anyone including myself. This really let me know I really am on to something with my window cleaning!! And I need to fight for it. But I need to figure out what to do in the mean time.
Keep believing in yourself. Practice the law of attraction. Tough times don’t last but tough people do! I see your business flourishing!
Hire a go getter type with attention to detail and tell them you are looking for someone to promote to management. Have them help you do the work and hire more help with your final approval of course. Watch them all and make sure they are doing it right. Anyone could do that if they are attentive to detail and can follow directions. Some people want to be promoted right away. This is still possible for you.
you guys need some window decals? maybe you clean the windows and I can print the decals for the inside of the windows, it could be more money.
This is interesting. Many times there are simple things we can use to make money but we don’t realize it.
Near me...mobile home car wash and mobile home truck washes tend to be picking up...whole bunch of guys in their 20s.
Which is fine. ...until the EPA fines them into extinction.
@@EvanVittorianowhat’s EPA? I may need to know I just started a local business
@SmileZephyr EPA. Environmental protection agency. They require full "reclamation" meaning none of the water can go into the drain. Go to a car wash and ask them about it.
Selling dreams on youtube . Priceless. 😊
I am a married retired firefighter with 3 teenage kids. I’ve always worked two to three jobs and made a plan to retire when my kids hit their teenage years to be able to spend more time with my family. With this being said I also planned to stay working 1 job as a flight medic and I work 2-24 hour shifts a week. I have plans to start a business and have been thinking about a gym or thrash collection service. The problem I see is paying for health insurance since my retirement doesn’t have that benefit. How do you self employed people do it ? I do many other side hustles but it’s hard to explain everything on here. Thanks in advance for any advice.
You can always buy your own insurance, but yeah it's cheaper via a job. Maybe start with a Laundromat - way less physical. But, if you take paperwork showing business ownership and show insurance companies, they usually give you a corporate , small biz, discount. Hope that helped my man! You got options!
@@Goddessbasedcontent thank you so much for the information
A low cost entry business is HVAC.
Its a great business. I ran a window cleaning business for a few years and the money was great. I decided I didnt want to climb ladders or use a pole for the rest of my life. I also didnt want to manage other people, unfortunately cant do both. Either have to climb ladders or hire others to climb while you find the work.
These guys have got me targeted! Started seeing them everywhere today. Keep up the good work Codie
Love this girl
there are so many window cleaning crews started by 20 somethings in my area now it's oversaturated and nobody is making $60k a month
Recurring revenue is revenue generated by your clients on a regular, guaranteed basis, like a subscription service. Re-occurring revenue is generated by clients who purchase products or services on a repeated but not predictable basis.
Yes. Window cleaning is a subscription service (if you’re doing it right)
You are almost right. I own a commercial cleaning company and all of my clients have us on a regular cleaning schedule, some even have us there 6 days a week. What we do is repeatable and very "predictable" there is nothing random with us.
@@stevehumble8865 repeated! That’s great. From a financial analysis perspective that’s re-occurring regularly and that’s fantastic.
@@CabinetFramingUK that’s the goal!!! And a great setup!
The main problem with starting a window cleaning business is most people starting out will be competing for the same leads…
Lots will be using third party lead services such as Angie’s List which is exactly what I’m referring to up here^ you will be trying to fight for clients and customers in your area.
Its a hard business in a lot of areas
Finding clients can be hard
Homeowners are a 1 time deal
And businesses usually have someone already or are too large of a scale to do without equipment
Love it!
The name is wild reminds me of Friday after next 😂
I looked up window cleaning businesses in my city and there are 20 of them!
You just need a ladder 😂
The first business I ever started was cleaning houses for sale. Hard work, but it made cash if you did it well.
ARE YOU STILL CLEANING HOUSE? I'M CONSIDERING IT, BUT NOT SURE WHERE TO START, OR WHAT THE GOING RATE IS. CAN YOU HELP? THANKS IN ADVANCE
@@amandat950 The Caps lock is a bit aggressive, I’d recommend using less aggressive choices, but I sold the business in the 80s. To any business owner, I’d recommend reading ‘how to win friends and influence people’
@@amandat950Angela Brown RUclips channel is a source of information. She probably knows more about the housecleaning business than anyone on RUclips. Look through playlists specifically for housecleaning because she has a lot of other stuff.
As far as finding the going rates in your area, call up housecleaning services in your area pretending you want your house cleaned. Some will give you estimate over the phone, some won't.
Another way to find out what other people are paying for housecleaning is to Google Reddit housecleaning rates . I've been a housecleaner for decades.
Congratulations 🎉
Never seen any one clean windows or pay for it at that! And to get commercial you’d need a lot of crazy tools to even get that high
Not to mention risking your life, cleaning a skyscraper. 😮
@@joeshmoe9978 Waht is he doesn't do skyscrapers
You're presuming that doing skyscrapers is mandatory.
It's not. Plenty of money out there from the shorter buildings.
In the Netherlands the window cleaning crews are notoriously teritorial. You will get in trouble entering someone's neighborhood
My cousin Vinny got his big toe cut off for selling in another’s crews area.
In the US we have laws supporting business competition, way more area, and guns. It's only an issue in shit countries
Foreal lol @@jaredbaum
That's kinda crazy, but also sounds like it could be a great show honestly 😅
@@jaredbaum "it's only an issue in shit countries"? Why the insult. Look at your president candidates.... Nuff said
People need to balance the highlights with the low lights and the how to get this stuff up and going not just pie in the he sky good parts
Good idea 💡
I run a similar business. Almost 7 figures per year. Simple labor. People that claim you cant get ahrkead make no sense.
high competition and not scalable unless you hire people to work for you. There wont be any commitment from employees cause they dont get to acquire new skillset and they will quit at an instant. Better give a juicy paycheck.
How much you get from cleaning one car?
I’ll just buy one
I'm a disabled Veteran and can't do much.. But would love to make $500 - 800 a month just to have money for my silver and gold stacking dca's I do because $200 a month in silver isn't cutting it being I fully retire by 2030.... Any suggestions anyone😋👍
👨🎓👩🎓 No college degree required.... plus, you can earn more per month than most college graduates
Boring Businesses is where it's at. Brilliant.
“Ahh, hey dad, I’m gonna drop outta law school. I’m gonna be a window cleaner and make a lot of money!”
Dad goes for a drink.
Is recurring or reoccurring?
One day while having breakfast, I met an immigrant from Greece. He decided he had better learn a trade or a skill to support himself. On the day we met, he owned four hotels from money he earned washing windows.
Incredible story
Only in America.
Jip...in South Africa you will sleep on the streets doing this sort of jobs.
To mutch competition
That's smart I agree great minds think alike
Just did the excersise
Cleaning windows will make a HUGE difference in your community. You will be remembered for at least 20 seconds after you finish the job. If you are lucky.
How much do you charge per window?
I don't care if you're doing $58M a month if your expenses are $59M that doesnt mean much, what's your profit, that's what matters. If your doing $58k per month but the owner is making $30k a year no one is interested
I’m 17 years old and started a window cleaning business a few months ago. I now have 3 guys working for me and am making over 1k a week.
Yeah,Your a smart business woman in my eyes,your very crafty,LOL oh she’s a genius,oh I wouldn’t say all of that,Oh,I would,
I love her face
I started with -178 and doing 569,789 per month, these guys are rookies.
Window cleaning is not easy Its a art of itself not having water left on the windows that you missed in one corner of the window
Its workk we looking passive😂
What type of cleaner do you use?
Easier said than done. U got to them costumers and clients. Not that easy.
How did it go for you, and why did you give up? (If you gave up.)
Damn codie's nose ❤
153 😮😮😮😮
I started dropshipping with 3k and it's doing well now
Nice 👍🏽
How can I start this? What do I need to get started
A bucket, sponge and a squeegee. A ladder also
@@Horsemanpig yep.
What if someone removes all the windows? Then you're out of business. THINK PEOPLE, THINK!
How
And get to wear a blue uniform with name pinks
Ok i am watching this from Greece.....58.000 a month?? For cleaning windows??all most 700.000 a year??i find it impossible to make 2000 dollars a day......
The only problem is if there is no windows anymore
If it's so easy to start on your own, why buy a franchise?
U tube gives u a lot of false premises and not the whole picture.
Its like we are back to making movies in hollywood , except here they are saying i am helping u , and want to help u make money.
Yeah there are guys on street corners off and window cleaning services all the time or whatever you can give how is the this guy takes off
How rich do you need to be to be able to pay people for cleaning your window
Yea know if they were so successful why are u on RUclips, I'm starting to see RUclips shorts as commercials
That's exactly what they are, either for a product or someone's personal brand to get ad revenue.
I believe she invests in or owns pink's now so it makes sense.
What does having a youtube channel have to do with success elsewhere... thats right, nothing
There are so many complainers on RUclips, it is really sickening! All I see in the comments section are reasons why a person should never take a chance on themselves. Nothing but lame excuses! I started a commercial cleaning company 15 years ago and my wife and I have earned close to 2 million dollars during that 15 years! We worked our butts off, but we built our business from the ground up. No excuses! These loosers complain because they are unwilling to pay the price for real success, complaining and making excuses is much easier.
Tell us something we could do in India please
"Reocurring" isn't a word. "Recurring" is the appropriate word to use.
His business is in Texas. He doesn't have many ppl to impress.
How?!?! Share the startup story!!
Yeah then Juan comes who does it for aMars bar
Clean windows don’t make any difference in the community.
It makes windows clean in the community
What about when you have to do skyscrapers o.o
You don't have to do skyscrapers.
the way things go lately, we might not have any windows to clean soon
Don't be too pessimistic. I promise you there will always be available work for trades (plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and....cleaning). I own a commercial cleaning business and there is more work in my area than I could ever possibly keep up with. Services will always be in high demand.
@@stevehumble8865 not with these robots im working on, designed to put you out of buisness
"The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!!!" 😮
But you can't just start anywhere, you have to purchase former plots which are serviced by other window cleaners
if you're happy making less than what other businesses are making, window cleaning is a good business.
Pray that nobody ever imports German windows to your country. They are easily cleaned and window cleaners in Germany are highly specialised on cooperate buildings only.
BS! In the uk its £5 per month for a window cleaner to clean a regular sized home. 58k pm which would mean tbat they need to do 11k homes per month. OR 386 homes per day. The math ain’t mathing😂
How so? Sounds more like a couple dozen employees
@@_modvault there are territorial wars over this stuff. There isn’t a territory with 11k homes to clean. Stop listening to idiots on the internet. Even if he does by some miracle make 50k per month. Thats gross revenue. He takes home 5k pm max net revenue . Its just an ad for the company anyway 🙄
What about your 60’s???
He looks like he has a black belt in death kwon do
58k a month.. don't make me laugh.
awesome name for a company run by a dude
But that idea is not gonna work. New, time, and you need new idea😢
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How about when your 40 and just finding your channel 😅
Why 20's many billionaires started their business lately in life...
Bruh making money abroad is so easy 😂
In India you get paid just 500 rupees to do this shit
Even less
You missed a spot.
😍😍😍
$58000 a month from window cleaning😅😅😅 this lady is getting crazier and crazier every video
Why ?
It's called expanding your business. Get a ton of accounts, hire and train employees, and the money rolls in!
I have run a commercial cleaning business for 15 years, this is how we grew. I know someone who has been in the cleaning business for 30 years and his company grosses over 1 million per year. Think small you grow small. Think big, then grow big. Don't limit yourself.
@@stevehumble8865 yeah I can understand commercial cleaning definitely money in there if you get a good contract
Just start something
arc4life
Im on my own unjust wanting to eat off my plate hater
🔥🤙🏼🔥
Business u anit on my team
58 thou a month lol
If I had to do it over again and I was a woman, I'd do only fans. All those qualifiers apply just the same, and I'd never have to leave home or deal with employees. Also, no car is needed, which is a huge expense.
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Worst business too easy to enter manual labour poor income literally terrible idea