Two Maids & A Mop

How Warren Buffett Inspired My Lifelong Journey Creating A $25M Cleaning Empire

June 29th, 2019
Ron Holt
$600K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
500
Employees
Two Maids & A Mop
from Birmingham, Alabama, USA
started April 2003
$600,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
500
Employees
market size
$900M
avg revenue (monthly)
$135K
starting costs
$18K
gross margin
90%
time to build
270 days
growth channels
Word of mouth
business model
content-library
best tools
Instagram, Google Drive, Dropbox
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
40 Pros & Cons
tips
3 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hello dreamweavers, empire builders and world changers. My name is Ron Holt, CEO & Founder of Two Maids & A Mop.

I started my company more than sixteen years ago inside a 250 square foot office space. When I’m dead and gone, there’s a good chance my tombstone will read “Crazy Entrepreneur That Out Hustled Everyone”. That’s been my mantra ever since leaving the uninspiring halls of corporate America and it’s a virtue that is based on tiny, small habits eventually evolving into big, massive victories.

So if you’re like me, and can’t stay focused because you’re always wanting to fix another problem….just stop right now because the true secret to my success has been to simply outwork and outpassion everyone in my path, every single day for nearly twenty-five years now.

But for you more detailed types, let’s head back to April Fools’ Day 2003. That was my first day in business down in Pensacola. We cleaned two homes and received a whopping $110 on that fateful day. I lost money that day and would lose money every single day for the next two years. That should sound painful enough, but wait...there’s more. It took me another full...

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