Neel Parekh from Maid This Franchise

In today’s episode, Jeff begins a series of shows exploring people who have created businesses based on their skills. In this show, Jeff interviews Neel from Maid This Franchise.

Neel and Jeff discuss:

1. Started his career in tech private equity. He lived in a cubicle and was looking for side hustles. He wanted to be able to travel and be a digital nomad.
2. He tried multiple opportunities and finally came across a maid service. He was able to build it remotely.
3. He was able to build the business to where he could travel. He traveled to South America and stayed for 5 years.
4. They focus on the residential and vacation rental market.
5. They have Denver and South Florida.
6. The biggest challenge has been building the infrastructure from the ground up.
7. What’s new: Picking up the nomad trail again.

Fast Five Questions:

1. If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “I would work my network and get some consulting gigs and coaching.”
2. What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Not firing fast enough. I was not comfortable with firing someone. It ends up causing more problems”
3. What is a book that you would recommend? “The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer”
4. What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Newsfeed Eradicator.”
5. What is the best way to contact you? “www.maidthisfranchise.com.”

Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation

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