So many are afraid to start an office cleaning company because of the fear of not earning enough profit and losing the hard-earned money they put into a new business.
Some people also fear the lack of security when you go into business on your own.
Instead of focusing on the negative aspects of starting a new business, you can look at some benefits of opening your own home-based company.
Here are 7 benefits to starting your own cleaning business: 2nd source of income - You don't have to quit your day job to start your own office cleaning company.
You cans till run your own business while you still have a regular job.
You can hire employees to carry out tasks and you can just run the business, handle the cash flow and contact clients.
You should keep your regular job till you see that your cleaning company earns more than your day job.
Growth potential - When you have your own business, you will always have the chance to make your business grow bigger.
Maybe you can start small and make it a part-time business.
As you get more clients, you can do the math and see if your part-time office cleaning company is actually earning more than your regular day job.
You can eventually focus on your own company and expand your services to other areas to make it bigger.
Start earning - You can begin making profit right away.
Expect to get clients 2 weeks to a month after you start soliciting projects.
You can, at the beginning, charge clients right after you finish cleaning their office.
This allows you to make money right away and save cash for more supplies and equipment.
Later on, you can charge regular clients once a week or monthly.
Start small - You only need a small amount of capital if you want to start small.
You don't have to go full blast and buy a whole range of heavy-duty equipment right away.
Start accepting small cleaning projects, save your earnings and then you can begin purchasing more expensive cleaning tools.
Then, you can take bigger projects.
Not having enough money isn't a good enough excuse not to start your office cleaning business.
Owner and boss - Of course you can be the boss once you have your own business.
Instead of taking orders, you can start giving them.
Once you get more clients you will be able to afford to hire employees who can do the work for you.
You can run the business from home and just give orders, talk to clients, and count your earnings.
Home-based - You can work from home if you had an office cleaning company.
All you need is a small space for your office and a garage or store-room for your cleaning equipment and cleaning supplies.
As long as you have a phone, fax, PC and internet, you can run it from home.
Convenience and flexibility - It is convenient to work from home.
You get to work in your PJs, talk to clients on the telephone without getting dressed and set your own work time.
You can even take a vacation while your business runs as long as you've hired a good manager and employees.
Gone are the days of driving through traffic, spending so much for office clothing and meals outside.
You can make good profit.
For some people these are good enough reasons to start that office cleaning company.