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Stratus Building Solutions
A commercial cleaning franchise
| Title | Author | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cleaning Up for a Living | Don Aslett | Aslett shares the know-how he accumulated while building a $12 million cleaning business. | |
Start & Run a Home Cleaning Business (Start & Run a) | Susan Bewsey | Home cleaning is one of the fastest-growing service businesses in North America. A good cleaning service brings comfort and order into people's lives and in today's world, these are highly sought-after commodities. A home cleaning service can start out small, but it has the potential to grow to be a multi-million dollar business with branch offices and franchises. With the help of this book, you can get your business up and running, and survive that essential first year. The book answers questions such as: Do I have what it takes to run my own business? What are the legal requirements for running a business like mine? How do I find and keep clients? How much should I charge? What equipment do I need? What other services can I offer? How do I hire and train staff? How does commercial cleaning differ from home cleaning? This updated new edition comes with numerous forms and examples to get you started and keep you organized, now all included on CD-ROM. | |
How to Start a Cleaning Service | Entrepreneur Press | Learn the secrets to starting a residential maid service, commercial janitorial service, and a carpet/upholstery cleaning service with the help of this CD set. | |
Start Your Own Cleaning Service (Start Your Own Cleaning Business) | Jacquelyn Lynn | All the expert advice you need to start your own Clearning Service More than 80 percent of dual income households use some sort of cleaning service. Low start-up costs and little specialized knowledge make it easy for you to start—which is why the first edition sold more than 6,800 copies. | |
The Cleaning Encyclopedia | Don Aslett | The ultimate guide to the art of cleaning, this reference is packed with professional secrets for getting maximum results through minimum results through minimum effort. Discover how to save time, money, and elbow grease on every cleaning problem, as well as how to prevent housework with surprising tricks of the trade. From aluminum siding to zoom lenses, this alphabetical index covers every job, big and small. | |
Speed Cleaning | Jeff Campbell and The Clean Team | The definitive cleaning guide- tips, tricks and strategies to get everything cleaned in half the time or less! | |
Spring Cleaning | Jeff Campbell | The people who taught readers how to clean their homes in 42 minutes flat spell out how to go about tackling those heavy-duty, spring cleaning chores in the most efficient, and painless, way. | |
Franchise Times Guide to Selecting, Buying & Owning a Franchise | Julie Bennett and Cheryl R. Babcock | Buying a franchise can be a handy shortcut to the American dream of owning your own business. But there are dangerous pitfalls—and possible drawbacks to even the best franchise deals. Here, for every prospective franchisee, is authoritative advice from a trustworthy source. The experts of Franchise Times offer their picks of the top 200 franchises and 100 up-and-comers, complete with contact information, financial requirements, fees, and more. There are practical tips on everything from hiring and marketing to financing your franchise, leasing a retail space (or setting up a home office), and deciding if you should buy or run a franchise with your spouse. With anecdotes and advice from current franchisees and franchisors, this is a book every would-be entrepreneur should read before signing a contract. | |
Home Office Solutions: Creating a Space That Works for You | Lisa Kanarek | There are more than 32 million home office households in America and the number continues to grow. Whether you work from home full-time, part-time, or after-hours, having a dedicated home office is a necessity. This information-packed guidebook offers solutions and layouts for carving out home offices that work with your space and boost your success. Home Office Solutions helps readers take charge of productivity, find their optimum work style, and organize space for efficiency and creativity. No matter the size of your home, there's always space for a home office. Practical advice is intermingled with sumptuous, creative, and hardworking office environments that don't detract, but rather complement your home. Home offices don't have to be eyesores that require the door always be kept shut tight. More important, if your office shares a room with another family activity, it need not be kept hidden behind a screen. The offices featured in Home Office Solutions are ones anyone would be proud to showcase centerstage in their home. | |
The 2000 Franchise Annual: 'The Original' Franchise Handbook and Directory | Ted Dixon | Since 1996 The Franchise Annual Directory has been the largest and most complete franchise directory available. Known as the "Bible of the Franchise World" the directory gives all the information you need to investigate before investing. It's guaranteed accurate at date of publication. There are separate American, Canadian, and Overseas sections as well as a complete summary of Federal, State and Provincial regulations. The annual includes 60 different categorical sections including such areas as: Accounting and Tax Services, Advertising and Direct Mail, Automobile Rental & Leasing, Automotive Lubrication & Tune Up, Automotive Transmission Repair, Building Products and Services, Carpet, Drapery and Upholstery Cleaning, Children's Products & Services, Computer, Electronics, Internet Services, Employment & Personnel, Entertainment, Florist Shops, Food Convenience, Baked Goods, Donuts & Pastry, Candy, Popcorn & Snacks, Ice Cream & Yogurt, Restaurant, Specialty Shops, Supermarkets, Formal Wear, Franchise Consultants & Services, Furniture Refinishing & Repair, Hairstyling & Cosmetics, Health Aids & Services, Home Furnishings: Retail, Sales, Rental & Services, Home Inspection, House/Pet Sitting Service, Jewelry, Laundry & Dry Cleaning, Lawn & Garden Care, Motels, Hotels, and Campgrounds, etc., etc. Franchisees benefit in many ways from joining a proven system. They enjoy collective buying power and receive financial guidance. All these assets add up to "risk reduction" and five the franchisee an enormous head start over starting a business alone. The handbook section contains: Dangerous contract terms from a franchisee's perspective, Disouted contract rights, recent trends, worldwide sources, useful assoications, investigative advice, and pages of questions to help the prospective franchisee invstigate: The Franchisor, Product, Service, Current Franchisees, Territory and The Contract. There are 4,357 total Listings 2,753 American Listings 1,081 Canadian Listings 523 Overseas Listings There are 570 completely NEW LISTINGS, which are marked with an asterisk (*). Each franchisor listing provides: Name of Outlet, Corporate Name, Address, Telephone and Fax Number, E-Mail, Web Site, Name of Contact. Full Description of business, Year Established, Year Started franchising, Number of Units Company Owned, Number of Units Franchised, Franchise Fee, Royalty, Total Investment, Whether or Not financing is available. |