Jonathan Park

Building a local cleaning business after leaving a 9 yr tech career. Sharing my journey to growing a 7 figure biz. Product @ intuit, xero, and mlse.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

Starting off Monday with 2 new clients booked.

• Client 1: Biweekly cleans w/ initial deep clean
• Client 2: Monthly cleans w/ reduced scope

This bumps our MRR by $660 to $5,800/mo (from recurring cleans only).

Let's keep the momentum going.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

My focus areas this month:

• Onboarding 4 new recurring clients (1 a week)
• Delegating all cleaning-related tasks
• Hiring & training 1-2 new cleaners
• Tightening up SOPs (adding videos)
• Cold calling & emailing commercial prospects

Full steam ahead.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

I've been away from twitter the last month - here's a quick update on the biz:

• Dec: $7.6k, 34 cleans, 68% recurring
• Jan: $5.3k, 26 cleans, 85% recurring

For Feb we've got 27 cleans on the calendar so far with 89% of them recurring.

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Ls from Dec and Jan:

• Lost a key weekly client ($1k/month)
• 2 brand new cleaners flaked last minute on their jobs leaving me scrambling
• Faced a few quality control issues, but resolved them same day or next clean

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@cleanwithmike Clean

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@Adam_Bauer @TheBizDad 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

Reason number 28 why I’m in the cleaning business

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

Todays todos:

• Supervise 2 new cleans
• Take 3 sales calls
• Implement new cleaning system

We hit a new high of 9 cleans for the week.

Just a month ago we had weeks with zero cleans.

No clever gimmicks or hacks. Just get the basics right every day.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

It's been a busy couple weeks for the cleaning business.

My current focus areas:

• Slowly removing myself from the cleans
• Balancing between sales & operations
• Hiring experienced cleaners
• Celebrating small wins

Still very early in this journey, but the path is clear.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

@txclearbiz I've always wanted to leave the corporate world and it was just right timing. I needed a 'burn the ships' moment to force myself to see this through.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

3 months ago, I left my corporate tech career to start a home cleaning business.

Here's the numbers so far:

• Sep: $2.6k / 7 cleans
• Oct: $5k / 16 cleans
• Nov: $6.2k / 23 cleans

Hopeful & excited for December 🙏🏼

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@ShaanVP Best pod on the planet hands down 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼@ShaanVP @thesamparr

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@harshdarji_4 🤝🏼

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

What I love about the home cleaning business:

1. Easy to grasp and execute
2. High retention & very low churn
3. Don't need much to differentiate
4. Extremely predictable business model
5. Few uncontrollable variables to stress about

All I need to do is show up.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

@harshdarji_4 This is revenue. I'm targeting 30-35% net profit.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

EOD recap:

✅ successful clean for new monthly client
✅ current clients migrated to bookingkoala
✅ all cleaners added on bookingkoala

I realized every improvement to the business came out of unexpected challenges.

I'm learning to embrace them instead of dreading them.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

Monday todos:

• Supervise new client’s clean
• Follow up with leads from last week
• Add cleaners to booking koala
• Interview new cleaner

Let’s have a strong start to the week 💪🏼

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

Take as much action as possible, cast a wide net, and don't stop until you get that first "yes".

The faster you can prove your fit in the market, the faster you can compound your experience & knowledge to the next level.

[Jonathan Park @JonathanVPark]

In any business, acquiring your first customer asap should be your top priority.

Here's how I landed my first client in 2 weeks of launching my home cleaning business:

• Handed out flyers
• Cold called realtors
• Bought leads on bark
• Posted on local facebook groups