Does any one know where I can get a good example of a business plan for a small cleaning company?
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Go to http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/ or http://www.bplan.com/ where you will find sample plans and instructions on how to write a business plan
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While it may be difficult to find a sample business plan that matches your needs exactly, you should check out some other non-profit business plans to get an idea of the general format. Business plans in general follow the same basic outline, so any outline that you find that you like will work as a good starting point.\n\nHere's one example:\nhttp://www.bplans.com/spv/3050/index.cfm\n\nBusiness Plan Pro actually includes a plan for a shelter for battered women, but that's not free.\n\nFor more free advice, contact your local SCORE office. You can find your local office by going to the SCORE web site: http://www.score.org/\n\nGood luck!
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There is an excellent service provided by the government called the small business association.  They provide free business planning, and loans to eligible people. This is your link to a new future:\nhttp://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n\nThere is also a lot of information available right here at Yahoo Business. check them out. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/
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You can start by reading the article "Starting a Janitorial and Cleaning Service Business" at  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol95/janitorial.htm. The article contains information on startup strategies, operational considerations (prices, manpower, finding suppliers), and marketing the business. \n\nFrom the article, here are some tips:\n\n1. The first step to marketing your business is deciding who your potential customers are and determining the types of services you could offer. \n\n2. The best way to market this business is through cold calling. Drive through the area to look for newly opened businesses, buildings or facilities. Then introduce yourself to the landlords ­ your potential clients ­ and request for an opportunity to bid on their cleaning contract. \n\n3. Draw up a better and more professional proposal by learning firsthand the needs of the potential customer, as well as the layout of the facility (e.g. type of carpeting, etc.)\n\n4.  Networking is another effective strategy to get ahead in the janitorial business. Aside from newly opened buildings, get a list of companies that are downsizing or laying off cleaning staffs.\n\n5. Word of mouth is another effective form of advertising a janitorial service. It can be generated through favorable feedback from your existing clients that will hopefully filter to other building owners or entrepreneurs in your area.\n\n6. If you decide to embark on advertising, you can try placing an ad in newspapers or trade journals in your area. \n\n7. You can also try direct mailing to potential customers, sending them information and brochures about your business.\n\n\n\nFor detailed information I suggest you read the following books:\n\n- Janitorial Service Businesses : Strategies for Promoting, Estimating, and Bidding Cleaning Services \n- The Janitorial Contractors Bible \n- Introduction to Janitorial Service Contracting : How to Succeed in Your Own Cleaning Business \n- Cleaning Up for a Living: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Successful Building Service Contractor \n- Introduction to Janitorial Service Contracting : How to Succeed in Your Own Cleaning Business
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odd job man, bin cleaning, driveway cleaning, rubbish removal, decorating, joinery/DIY type jobs for people,  plumbing, life coaching!, home tutoring, carpet fitting, gutter cleaner/painter.. just some ideas.\nIf you are serious about doing something as a business venture, have you considered a business planning course? check out the website below for one you can do from home around your other commitments...
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Go to www.entrepreneur.com\nType in "business plan" in the search bar at the site
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My advice is for you to read more of the business, so you can determine what you think you want and can given your present resources. The book "101 Best Businesses to Start" estimates that first year potential earnings for this business can be $40,000, while startup expenses can be $5,000 or even lower. Industry experts, however, recommend raising $50,000 for a startup capital in order to be able to invest in heavy duty cleaning equipment and have more resources to spend in marketing the business.\n\nYou can start by reading the article "Starting a Janitorial and Cleaning Service Business" at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol95/janito... . The article contains information on startup strategies, operational considerations (prices, manpower, finding suppliers), and marketing the business. \n\nFrom the article, here are some tips to help market your business:\n\n1. The first step to marketing your business is deciding who your potential customers are and determining the types of services you could offer. \n\n2. The best way to market this business is through cold calling. Drive through the area to look for newly opened businesses, buildings or facilities. Then introduce yourself to the landlords ­ your potential clients ­ and request for an opportunity to bid on their cleaning contract. \n\n3. Draw up a better and more professional proposal by learning firsthand the needs of the potential customer, as well as the layout of the facility (e.g. type of carpeting, etc.)\n\n4. Networking is another effective strategy to get ahead in the janitorial business. Aside from newly opened buildings, get a list of companies that are downsizing or laying off cleaning staffs.\n\n5. Word of mouth is another effective form of advertising a janitorial service. It can be generated through favorable feedback from your existing clients that will hopefully filter to other building owners or entrepreneurs in your area.\n\n6. If you decide to embark on advertising, you can try placing an ad in newspapers or trade journals in your area. \n\n7. You can also try direct mailing to potential customers, sending them information and brochures about your business.\n\nFor more in-depth information about the business, we have compiled a list of books on the topic and you can either purchase the book or borrow them from your library. The list of recommended books on starting a cleaning business can be found at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/bookstore/ho...\n\n- Commercial and Residential Cleaning Services: A Resource Guide to Developing and Maintaining Your Own Janitorial or Home Cleaning Business (Author: Walter Fenix)\n- Janitorial Service Businesses : Strategies for Promoting, Estimating, and Bidding Cleaning Services \n- The Janitorial Contractors Bible \n- Introduction to Janitorial Service Contracting : How to Succeed in Your Own Cleaning Business \n- Cleaning Up for a Living: Everything You Need to Know to Become a Successful Building Service Contractor \n- Introduction to Janitorial Service Contracting : How to Succeed in Your Own Cleaning Business
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If you want to be up and running ASAP:\n\nhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com
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I have not found a free business plan on the baby bedding business but you can check out other free business plans to get a feel for how to write it and simply tailor made it to your planned business.\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Local colleges and university libraries might be good resource for sample business plans within the same or similar business.  Also try locating a SCORE office (Service corp of retired executives) or the SBA.  Try off the beaten path, what about local bars, auditoriums etc.  that book acts -- they might be a good resource.
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You can try this link: http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-mainCat-m-1-getting_started-i\n\nBut it depends on what angle you're asking from? Do you want answers to how the management style should be? I guess if you could be more specific, then it would be easier to help you. Anyways, general help is in that link. Have fun!
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My advice is for you to read more of the business, so you can determine what you think you want and can given your present resources. \n\nYou can start by reading the article "Starting a Janitorial and Cleaning Service Business" at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol95/janitorial.htm  The article contains information on startup strategies, operational considerations (prices, manpower, finding suppliers), and marketing the business. \n\nFrom the article, here are some tips to help market your business:\n\n1. The first step to marketing your business is deciding who your potential customers are and determining the types of services you could offer. \n\n2. The best way to market this business is through cold calling. Drive through the area and put your flyers in their mailboxes. Or if you see the homeowner, approach them and introduce yourself. It may seem scary at first, but the worst thing they can do is to say No.\n\n3. Draw up a better and more professional proposal by learning firsthand the needs of the potential customer, as well as the layout of the house (e.g. type of carpeting, etc.)\n\n4. Networking is another effective strategy to get ahead in the cleaning business. \n\n5. Word of mouth is another effective form of advertising a janitorial service. It can be generated through favorable feedback from your existing clients that will hopefully filter to other home owners in your area. Ask your existing clients to refer you to their friends or acquiantances who may need cleaning services.\n\n6. If you decide to embark on advertising, you can try placing an ad in newspapers or trade journals in your area. Flyers in locations where many home owners congregate -- e.g. libraries (ask permission first), or even schools\n\n7. You can also try direct mailing to potential customers, sending them information and brochures about your business.\n\nFor more in-depth information about the business, we have compiled a list of books on the topic and you can either purchase the book or borrow them from your library. The list of recommended books on starting a cleaning business can be found at http://www.powerhomebiz.com/bookstore/homecleaning.htm\n\n- How to Start a Home-Based Housecleaning Business (Author: Melinda Morse)\n- Start and Run a Home Cleaning Business (Author: Susan Bewsey) \n- Start Your Own Cleaning Service (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Ups)  Author: Jacquelyn Lynn\n- Start and Run a Profitable Home Cleaning Business \nAuthor: Susan Bewsey\n\nYou may also want to check the following associations:\nAssociation of Specialists in Cleaning & Restoration http://www.ascr.org/ \nBuilding Service Contractors Association International\nhttp://www.bscai.org   \nInternational Sanitary Supply Association http://www.issa.com/
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Here's a list of sample business plans:\nhttp://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n\nThere isn't a specific one that meets your needs, but there are lots of plans to help you get an idea of what one should include.
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You can find several free business plan examples at the following websites\n\nBplans.com - where a few are free and the rest are bundled in the software they are selling\nhttp://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n\nMOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
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You can get a generic one from www.SBA.gov or you can get a detailed one for free (depending on the type of business you want) from www.BPLANS.com.  ENTREPRENEUR.com is another good source.
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There are 2 components to the business you want to start. 1) mobile and 2) dry cleaning.\n\nYou may be able to get started with your day to day car. As business develops though, a van will be necessary.\n\nFor the dry cleaning, you probably don't want to invest in starting one from scratch, so use one that is up and running. My suggestion is finding a local dry cleaner to partner with. Tell them you are starting this business and you need to service a number of clients in the area and what kind of discounts they can offer.\n\nOnce you've determined a price, you can market that price plus a profit to your perspective clients. Take into account, driving time, gas cost, and the dry cleaner's turn around.\n\nYou are basically going to begin this business as the dry cleaner's driver, but once volume picks up and you are sending them lots of business, you will need to renegotiate the cost to make it more profitable for you. \n\nThe hardest part is getting started.\n\nGood luck!
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Yes, in fact one of the largest is Merry Maids and there are several franchise janitorial opportunities and they make excellent money and they're very profitable.\n\nIf you are looking to start a janitorial business, the business rules are always the same and actually, they are quite simple. Here's my advice about starting ANY business!\n\nA business can offer three things to their prospective new customers. The three things are; quality, service or price.  However a business cannot give all three, so, a new business must chose which two out of the three they are going to market.  Keep in mind that service (providing a service or product) when the customer wants it is going to cost something. Providing quality service or products costs something too!\n\nTake Wal-Mart for example.  Their choice is price and some quality.  Think about it; try to find a person in a Wal-Mart department that is available to help the cutomers and also think about the long check-out lines.  Typically these types of "box" store such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Target go after the price and some quality market and stay away from service.  On the other side are the stores that offer quality and service and then charge more for their goods, such as; Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale's, etc. Go visit a BMW or Porsche dealer then go to a Ford or Chevrolet dealer and you'll see the contrast.  The Porsche or BMW dealer will offer you a glass of champagne while you MIGHT get a cup of coffee at a Ford or Chevy dealer.  The sale guys at the BMW or Porsche dealer will be wearing  three piece Armanni suits, they guys at the Ford or Chevy dealer will probably be wearing slacks and a pull over golf type shirt!  The difference is that one car will probably cost $30,000 more, so , they sell quality and service!\n\nA successful business decides by way of a business plan which two pieces of the pie they are going to offer and then tailors their sales and marketing efforts towards that market.  For example, let's say you're going to start a janitorial service business.  I would go after the people and clients that want and need quality work such as doctor's offices, dentists offices, banks, etc. and are willing to pay a bit more for it.  In other words, adding value to your service goes a long way in getting and keeping good customers. Price customers usually will always be the ones that will leave when a better price comes along and this is usually not the case when selling and providing quality workmanship and service at a fair price.  There is an old adage in business that goes something like this; "The sweetness of low price is forgotten long after the bitterness of poor quality is remembered."\n\n  Businesses that typically fail are those that try to offer all three items (quality, service & price) and in business  it cannot be done since quality and service come with a price which must be paid by the customer.\n\nTo sum up, pick which two items you're going to offer your prospective accounts and go after the market that fits the two you've picked and don't waste your sales or maketing efforts on the inappropriate type of account or market you are seeking and by all means write a good business plan before you pay out the first dime!  If it doesn't look good on paper, it's not going to look any better after you've spent your money trying to get your business going and remember this phrase as well; If you don't know where you're going, chances are you'll never get there!  Good luck and I hope this helps you!