Filthy Rich Cleaners: The Cleaning Business Podcast
Welcome to Filthy Rich Cleaners, the podcast that helps cleaning business owners turn their first toilet scrub into a six-figure success story! Hosted by Stephanie Pipkin, founder of Serene Clean, this show is packed with easy-to-follow tips, funny stories, and real advice from people who’ve been there. Whether you’re starting out or looking to grow, you’ll learn the secrets to building a cleaning business that shines – and makes you filthy rich.
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Meet Stephanie Pipkin, your host and owner of Serene Clean. In this first episode, she tells the story of how she started her cleaning business at age 22 with just a flyer and a hope to make some side income. Today, at 28, her company makes $1.4M in revenue, and she runs it from Savannah, Georgia while her team operates in Wisconsin. Stephanie gets real about all the ups and downs - from her first employee ghosting her (and crying about it) to managing hundreds of cleaners at a military base during the Afghan refugee crisis. She talks about what it's really like to run a cleaning business, including dealing with problem employees, building a solid team, and creating a company culture she's proud of.
Key Moments:
0:00 - Who's Stephanie and what's Serene Clean?
2:13 - Life before cleaning (waitressing and office work)
6:42 - How a YouTube video changed everything
11:00 - First employees - the good, bad, and ghosted 24:30 -
Making it through COVID
32:59 - The huge Fort McCoy project
39:57 - Why she's starting this podcast
46:04 - What actually works when starting out
52:17 - How the business runs today
Mentioned in this Episode:
Profit First
Clean My Space YouTube Channel
ZenMaid Software
QuickBooks
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Rather read than listen? Check out the full episode write-up on our blog at https://www.zenmaid.com/magazine/filthy-rich-cleaners-podcast-episode-1/