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Ken_Is_OK
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In Canada that does not even buy you a van? What the heck are you talking about???
New 3/4 ton van $$$
new cleanco pto $$$
chemicals
IICRC classes
advertising
Look, no disrespect but some of you need to go back to school.
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magic masse
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HEY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS!
SO ASIDE FROM QUITTING AS MANY OF YOU SUGGEST I TAKE IT GETTING MY CERTIFICATION AND BUYING A PORTABLE IS JUST CRAZY?? I AM JUST TRYING TO START OUT HERE .... |
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nightrider
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Magic................here's the goods in real time reality.
Forget the portable right now if you can affort a truckmounted unit.................find one second hand and go after commercial accounts and homes. ( Homes during peak spring/summer )
Buy a portable if low on cash and chase after appartment dwellers, and small homes........try to get the " In & Out " Jobs .
Total investment $ 1,000 to $ 3,000
Start small, stay small, think small, be small..............just make the money you need to grow slowly.............be happy & live a simple life.
Nightrider
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rick007
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hi duckcountry- yes i've been in business before and got screwed by some nice people from colorado. have you ever heard of STRAW LOGGS? i lost my ass over that deal. i just think it's time to work for myself now instead of making bucks for the so called employer.my life has been grunt work so maybe it's about to change. wish me luck. LOL.
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happy cleaning
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Ken_Is_OK
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Start small, stay small, think small, be small
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rick007
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BILL GATES started SMALL---need i say anymore?
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Ken_Is_OK
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Gates got a good education first.
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rick007
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pardon me- he quit school and proceeded to get rich. FILTHY RICH!!
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happy cleaning
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duckcountry
Master Carpet Cleaner Joined: 29/October/2005 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1082 |
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Rick, just wondering what experience you have at building a business, not working for one.
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Are you in a high paying business or are you just a self employed low paid grunt who thinks this business provides dignity?
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duckcountry
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Gates got lucky. He BOUGHT DOS (Dirty Operating System) and convinced IBM it was better than CPM. The man who then lost the IBMPC business committed suicide over some little dweeb who promised the world to IBM and then had to figure out how to do it. Nearly everything he put his label on was either free when it started or reverse engineered and stolen.
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Are you in a high paying business or are you just a self employed low paid grunt who thinks this business provides dignity?
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Hammy
Carpet Cleaning Guru Joined: 27/September/2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 10330 |
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Back in 1991 my initial investment was $10,000. I bought a Chev 3/4 ton $4000, portable extractor $3500, vacuum $700, Upholostery tool, $200, carpet groomer $30, various chems $400, and away I went. Five years later I purchased two more trucks and truckmounts. My point is I think most people in this business start small. some grow some do not. If you have the will and determination you can make it work.
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Could somebody just clean my carpets!
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John L
Carpet Cleaning Guru Joined: 29/November/2004 Location: I'm Right Here! Status: Offline Points: 4013 |
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I started SMALL with a Timbucktoo 10gal 2x2 stage 100psi in a Hachback..
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nightrider
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When I say Start small = start with a small investment keep your day job and see what income you generate with that investment.
Stay small = Don't get excited with a good month and think all the months will be the same.....thus spending money on a new car/truck/truckmount/whatever. Stay small until you see a pattern of steady income .
Think small = Don't have ideas or delusions of grandure.....thinking big without proper financing or a solid foundation of backup cash.....will just mean a demise to principals of financial managment.
Be small = Don't get a swollen ego and think your $hit don't stink if and when you do get big , don't have the attudude " hey look at me.....I'm a somebody.....look at my car, my house, my clothes, look at all the toys I can buy........BE HUMBLE..... help the other guy climbing the ladder with you , don't talk bad about your competition.........and never kick the guy behind on your way up the ladder to success.....because you never know who you may run into on your way down
NIGHTRIDER
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duckcountry
Master Carpet Cleaner Joined: 29/October/2005 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1082 |
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Those are true words of wisdom from the nightrider.
Pride goeth before a fall, a haughty spirit before destruction. In the big scheme of things none of us who have walked the planet is any more significant or relevant than the rest. When we pass away each takes from this world what we brought into the world - nothing - which in the end is our true net worth. Edited by duckcountry - 13/January/2009 at 2:12pm |
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