How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Business

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Post by mkbrody » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 4:42 PM UTC

How We Bootstrapped a $20K Website into a $4M/year Business
myclean.com

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Post by axusgrad » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:01 PM UTC

Great :) My house is kind of dirty, have any advice on how to find a good cleaner outside of the NYC area?

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Post by coup44 » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

Wow. Looks like you guys did a great job. Very cool concept.

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Post by tejay » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:09 PM UTC

Wow, fantastic. Cool story too. So, how often was your developer in Canada at the movies when you called? Haha

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Post by mkbrody » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:10 PM UTC

axusgrad wrote: post #2

Great :) My house is kind of dirty, have any advice on how to find a good cleaner outside of the NYC area?

I'm not sure where you're located, but you may want to try Angie's List. I know they have a relationship with quality cleaning companies in many areas: http://www.angieslist.com/cleaning/. Thanks for reading!

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Post by mkbrody » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:11 PM UTC

tejay wrote: post #4

Wow, fantastic. Cool story too. So, how often was your developer in Canada at the movies when you called? Haha

More often than we'd like! All jokes aside, he's been great and is very reliable for us.

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Post by ovi256 » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

Would love to hear more about the first part of the trip: how they got to $15k per month. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

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Post by codegeek » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:14 PM UTC

Good read. I recently became a father and suddenly the need for hiring baby sitters,nannies, house cleaners is critical and like the blog says "it is not rocket science but not as easy as ordering book on amazon", I totally concur. My wife and I have been struggling to find "good" and "reliable" cleaners, or babysitter even though we have tried craigslist, care.come (for nannies) etc.

Basic household needs have many pain points that are asking for innovation. Some of my pain points specially as a family with a kid :

- how to hire good/reliable house cleaners

- how to hire good/reliable nannies/baby-sitters (part/fulltime)

- I hate going to the groceries for items that are pretty much recurring. Eg.: milk,eggs,fruits etc. are mandatory and every time we run out, a trip to the store is needed.

- Food and cooking. ??

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:15 PM UTC

ovi256 wrote: post #7

Would love to hear more about the first part of the trip: how they got to $15k per month. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

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Post by mkbrody » Wed, Apr 17, 2013, 5:17 PM UTC

coup44 wrote: post #3

Wow. Looks like you guys did a great job. Very cool concept.

Thanks!