How man exec’s will clean windows? Probably not many, but Robin Handy will.
According to StarTribune, Robin is an entrepreneur at heart. That is why he would rather demonstrate his cleaning product as the president of his own company than work as an executive in an office.
As the state’s master franchisor for Heits Building Services, a New Jersey-based commercial building maintenance company, Handy plays a dual sales role.
His first priority is to develop accounts, signing up companies and building owners needing daily cleaning services as well as specialty services such as intensive floor cleaning, painting and carpet cleaning. At the same time, Handy also is busy lining up franchisees who will perform those services.
With an MBA in marketing from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, Handy began looking at his options after getting downsized twice in recent years from district manager positions, first with Pfizer, then with Schering-Plough.
“I’m done with the corporate experience,” said Handy, who looked at both franchise and independent business opportunities. “It was time for me to follow my gut instinct and passion.”
Heits Building Services offers franchisees a relatively low-cost way to go into business, whether working a few nights a week to earn some extra money or going full time, Handy said.
A franchise package that generates $1,000 in monthly revenue, he said, would cost the franchisee $8,250. Franchisees also pay a royalty — 16 percent of revenue, Handy said — for receiving a customer base, training, products, equipment, insurance and advice.
Screenshot from Heits