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How I Grew A Niche Commercial Cleaning Service To $60K/Month [Update]

Brian Winch
Founder, CleanLots.com
$60K
revenue/mo
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CleanLots.com
from Alberta, Canada
started September 1981
$60,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
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Hello again! Remind us who you are and what business you started.

Hi, I’m Brian Winch, creator, and author of Cleanlots - America’s Simplest Business.

I grew a niche commercial cleaning service from a side hustle into a six-figure business of 40+ years. I started in 1981 without much money, business education, or related skills, but plenty of passion, patience, and persistence. Here’s the link to my original Starter Story interview back from 2020.

I got the idea for this business from my dad, who had unexpectedly passed away at the age of 61. He was a janitor who supplemented his income by doing a variety of outdoor side hustles. He would cut people's grass, shovel snow, and clean up litter material outside a nearby shopping plaza.

He had taken me along to assist with his litter cleanup gig a couple of times when I was a young teen. We would walk the exterior property in the early morning hours before the businesses were open, and clean up litter from the sidewalks, parking lot, and surrounding landscape. It was almost as easy as a walk in the park!

I was 21 when I realized I needed to find a way to make more money....

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