Clean for Profit

Drake Hasselquist is 18 years old, still in high school, and has booked 1,668 window cleaning jobs since March. He started Hass Window Wash at just 15 years old with some basic equipment and a willingness to knock on doors. Three years later, he's built a team, collected over 200 Google reviews, established 128 recurring service plans, and is expanding into a second market in Omaha, Nebraska....

I spent nearly a decade cleaning windows, mostly by myself. Now we're on pace for a $300K year, and for the first time, my business is producing serious revenue without me doing most of the work. So what changed? In this episode of Clean for Profit, I'm joined by my business coach, Nick Cavuoto, to break down the shift from being a self-employed technician to building a real business. We...

This episode is a little different, and honestly, it's one that means a lot to me. What started as a conversation about building a $100,000 window cleaning business turned into something much bigger. We're talking about vision, taking massive action, and becoming the kind of person capable of building the business and life you actually want. I'm already preparing for 2027 because I...

Jamie Hallman didn’t quit his job, throw a bunch of money at ads, and try to build a massive company overnight. He took the slower route. Jamie started Hallman Window Washing part-time in 2018, doing about $8,000 his first year. Over time, he built the business organically, eventually topping out at roughly $155,000 as a solo operator before hiring a team and growing to $225,000 in annual window c...

Dave and I did a combined $51,021 in cleaning revenue in September — and somehow, neither of us walked away feeling like it was an incredible month. In this episode, we break down our September numbers, why higher revenue starts to feel different once you add employees and expenses, and what’s actually driving growth in both of our businesses. Sierra Window Cleaning went from just $5,700 last Sept...

Kris Cook built an exterior cleaning company to $10M in annual revenue, and in this episode he breaks down what it actually took to get there. Join the Lion's Den to get and inside look of what Kris has built. We talk about the growth stages most owners never see, what changes as a company scales, and the hard lessons that come with building a real business instead of just buying yourself a j...

John Rossiter is the co-founder of Zolato, a new CRM built specifically for home service businesses with a pretty unusual offer: the core platform is free. In this episode, John joins Colby and Dave to explain why the team decided to build Zolato, what they think is broken about traditional CRM pricing, and why contractors shouldn’t necessarily have to pay dramatically more just because they hire...

Last birthday, I was cleaning windows. This birthday, my business is doing roughly twice the revenue for the day, and I’m not in the field. That shift didn’t happen by accident. In this solo episode of Clean for Profit, I’m reflecting on what’s changed over the last year and why your cleaning business deserves to be treated like an asset you’re intentionally building. We’re on pace for about $25,0...

Is window cleaning still a good business to start... and how much can you realistically make doing it? Submit your question for a future episode: cleanforprofit.com/ask In our first Clean for Profit Q&A, we break down the real opportunity in window cleaning, what a motivated owner-operator can earn, and how to ask happy customers for Google reviews without making it awkward. We get into the lo...

👉 Take the Local Visibility Scorecard: cleanforprofit.com/scorecard Chip Powell operates in one of the strangest window-cleaning markets imaginable: a small desert town beside Mammoth Lakes, where many of his best customers are wealthy second homeowners who live hundreds of miles away. By late August, Chip had already matched last year’s roughly $175,000 in revenue—and his postcard strategy is he...

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👉 Ask your question for the show: cleanforprofit.com/ask You’ve generated consistent website leads for two years, hired someone to help handle the work—and two weeks before they start, your leads fall off a cliff. Is your website broken? Did your Google Business Profile get suspended? Did your rankings disappear? Or is this simply normal seasonality? Colby and Dave Scribani walk through how they...

👉 Take the free Website Assessment Your website might look “good enough”... but is it actually helping you win jobs? In this episode, I break down the biggest mistakes I see on window cleaning websites and what I’d fix first. We cover clear messaging, trust and social proof, mobile usability, strong calls to action, local SEO, and why your website may be making your company look smaller than it r...

Most window cleaning companies obsess over cleaning better. But the truth is, your customer probably can’t tell the difference between a great technician and an excellent one. What they can tell is whether you answered the phone, showed up when you said you would, communicated clearly, looked professional, respected their home, made payment easy, and followed up afterward. In this episode, I break...

Most home service businesses don’t have a lead problem—they have a follow-up problem. In this episode of Clean for Profit, Colby and Dave break down what actually happens after a lead comes in and how a consistent follow-up process can dramatically increase the value of every lead you generate. They cover the difference between high-intent Google leads and interruption-based Meta leads, why speed-...

July was another big month—but this episode is less about chasing revenue and more about figuring out what kind of business is actually worth building. In this monthly Clean for Profit recap, Colby and Dave break down their July 2026 numbers, what they’re seeing in their local markets, and how both businesses are adjusting as the summer rush starts to slow down. Dave shares how Glass Therapy Clark...

Most home-service businesses spend all their energy getting new customers—then complete the job and let those customers disappear. In this episode, I share the simple question we’ve started asking before leaving every job that can turn a one-time customer into years of future revenue. We cover: How to schedule the next service before leaving the property The exact script I’m using with customers W...

Not every window cleaning business needs to become a massive company. There are four main paths you can take: Stay a solo operator Work solo with occasional helpers Build a strong small business Scale into a larger enterprise Each model offers a different mix of income, freedom, complexity, risk, and responsibility. In this episode, I break down the pros and cons of each path—and why you need to k...

What vehicle should you buy for your window cleaning business? In this episode, I break down the cars, trucks, and vans I’ve personally used—or seriously considered—for running a window cleaning company. We’ll look at everything from Subaru Foresters and Toyota Sequoias to Tacomas, Ford Mavericks, city vans, full-size Transits, and the upcoming electric Slate Truck. I cover the pros and cons of ea...

Starting a window cleaning business is simple. Getting enough consistent customers to create real stability is the hard part. In this episode, I break down exactly how I would start a window cleaning business today and work toward my first $20,000 month. We talk about how much money you should have saved before leaving your job, why burning the boats too early can kill your business, and how to cr...

We went from just 18 Google reviews to 191 in two years, and it wasn’t because we got lucky. In this episode, I break down the exact systems, habits, follow-up process, and team expectations that helped us consistently generate more reviews for our local service business. We’ll cover: • When and how we ask customers for reviews • The follow-up process that actually gets responses • How to make ask...

Sierra Window Cleaning and Glass Therapy generated a combined $91,121 in June. In this monthly business recap, Colby and Dave break down what happened inside both companies, what drove the revenue, and what they are learning as their service businesses continue to grow. Colby shares how Sierra Window Cleaning made $39,738 in June with very little paid advertising. He explains how local SEO, Google...

In this episode, I break down search engine optimization from the ground up in a way that's easy to understand for window cleaning and other home service business owners. We'll cover what actually makes a business rank on Google, why some companies outrank competitors with more reviews, and how to think about SEO as building trust instead of chasing algorithms. Then we'll dive into...

“Company culture” always sounded lame to me. Too corporate. Too HR. Too much like something a consultant says right before making everyone do a team-building exercise. But once your home service business grows past just you, culture starts to matter fast. Not in a fake, over-formalized way. More like: what do we value, how do we solve problems, how do we train people, and what kind of company are...

This is one of the longest and one of the most value packed episodes we've filmed. I sat down with Nick Cavuoto and Dave Scribani for a conversation that goes way beyond window cleaning, marketing, or day-to-day business tactics. Nick brings a ton of high-level wisdom around leadership, mindset, sales, personal brand, business growth, and what it actually takes to become the kind of owner who...