Hustled Up

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What if the help your business desperately needs doesn't have to come from someone sitting in your office? This week, we're joined by Rico Donato, who runs the 1LD (One Layer Deep) Virtual Specialist Program, to talk about one of the biggest game changers for growing businesses: getting the right people in the right seats (even if those seats are thousands of miles away!).

We're diving in...

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I’m flying solo this week, and we’re talking about something I could genuinely yap about ALL. DAY. LONG. — branding. ✨

After recently sitting on the Lead Your Brand panel at CleanCon, I left feeling even more fired up about helping business owners build brands that actually feel like people — not digital billboards. Because your brand is so much more than a pretty ...

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Court is officially in session. 👩‍⚖️ This week, we’re trading the tactical business talk for something a little more chaotic: Business Owner Court — Guilty or Not Guilty?

We’re putting some very real (and very debatable 👀) workplace and business scenarios on trial and handing down our verdicts. Should a loyal client still pay the cancellation fee when their kid gets si...

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After nearly nine years in business, one of the biggest things that has changed for us isn’t our pricing, our team, or even the way we run our companies — it’s what we’re willing to give our energy to. In the early days, EVERYTHING felt important. Every competitor, every unhappy client, every employee’s opinion, every little problem, and every opportunity to...

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This week, Laura is taking over the mic for a solo episode — and she's getting tactical! After recently bringing a new remote team member into the Chores & More office, we've been thinking a LOT about what actually needs to happen before someone new joins your team. Because hiring someone isn't automatically going to make your business more organized — you need to create ...

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If we could go back to 2018 knowing everything we know now … would we make the same decisions? 👀 This week, we’re playing a little game of “Would We Do It Again?” and revisiting some of the biggest choices we’ve made while building Chores & More — from going into business each other and choosing our name and branding to pricing, hiring, coaching,...

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This week, we're welcoming back our friend and fellow entrepreneur Kathy Merchant — but this time, she's stepping into an entirely new chapter! After decades in the cleaning industry, Kathy has taken a longtime passion for planning, goal setting, and helping female entrepreneurs and turned it into Kathy & Co., a luxury planner and stationery company created specifically with wo...

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Sometimes we talk so much about business that we forget there may be a few of you out there wondering … who the hell are Holly and Laura, anyway? 😂 Whether you’ve been hanging out with us since the beginning or you’re brand new to the Hustled Up fam, we thought it was time for a proper reintroduction.

This week, we’re playing 21 Questions — and we&rsqu...

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Growth sounds exciting — and it is — but nobody talks enough about how freaking uncomfortable it can be. In this episode, we’re joined by Ashley Cruz, owner of Celestial Shine Cleaning in Pennsylvania, for a candid conversation about the changes, challenges, and growing pains that come along with building a bigger business.

We’re talking hiring struggles, step...

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In today’s episode of Hustled Up, we’re recapping our recent trip to Tennessee with a group of cleaning business owner friends — and honestly, this trip was so much more than just a fun getaway. We’re talking about what happens when you get into a room with people who genuinely care about you, your business, and your growth … and why sometimes the best...

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This week's episode came straight from one of your DMs, bestie, and we're diving into a topic that every service-based business owner eventually has to figure out: how should you pay your employees?

We're breaking down the pros and cons of hourly pay vs. commission-based pay, sharing exactly why we made the switch in our own cleaning company, and talking about what we've learned...

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This week, we're sharing some of our biggest (and probably most controversial ) business hot takes. Some of these opinions might make you nod your head, some might make you want to argue with us in the comments ... and honestly? We welcome the debate. 

We're talking about everything from why not everyone should become an entrepreneur, why revenue is one of the most overrate...

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Everyone is always asking, "What should I start doing to grow my business?" … but what if the real answer is figuring out what you need to stop doing?

In this episode of Hustled Up, we're sharing the habits, mindsets, and business decisions we had to let go of in order to actually grow our cleaning company. From people-pleasing clients and underpricing our services t...

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Hiring can be one of the funniest, most frustrating, and most unpredictable parts of running a business ... and trust us, we've seen some things. 😂

In this episode of Hustled Up After Hours, we're swapping our wildest hiring and interview stories — from candidates showing up an hour late (or an hour early), bringing surprise guests to interviews, asking us to ma...

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This week's episode is a little different. We showed up with no notes, low motivation, and honestly ... a lot on our minds.  Instead of forcing another perfectly polished business lesson, we decided to sit down and talk about something a little more real: the lessons we've learned the hard way.

Some of these mistakes are small (like accidentally blurring the line between bo...

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Have you ever gotten to the end of the week feeling completely exhausted, only to realize you spent the entire week putting out fires and somehow didn't make any progress on the things that actually move your business forward? 

In this episode of Hustled Up, we're talking all about the difference between working IN your business and working ON your business — because trust...

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Episode 150 is a BIG one, besties — and we’re celebrating by bringing on the founders of one of the most talked-about events in the cleaning industry: CleanCon!

In this special episode, we sit down with CleanCon co-founders Holly Moore, Molly Moran, Erin Larison, and Drew Larison to talk about how this industry-changing event came to life, what makes it different fro...

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Hiring your first employee feels exciting. You post the “WE’RE HIRING!” graphic, start getting applications, and suddenly you're imagining all the things you'll finally have help with.

But what nobody talks about is everything that comes after that. 

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Jen Rodgers from Just Peachy Clean and Profit Pathways t...

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Okay besties … today, we’re talking about the side of entrepreneurship that nobody wants to think about: compliance, insurance, OSHA, workers comp, payroll paperwork, and all the “boring” business stuff that becomes VERY important the second something goes wrong. 

In this episode, we’re breaking down:
✨ workplace safety and OSHA
✨ why solo cl...