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SweepSouth seeks to revolutionize cleaning in S. Africa

Platform hopes to improve treatment of cleaners by allowing them to rate customers Entrepreneur Aisha Pandor has founded an innovative on-demand cleaning service in South Africa. SweepSouth began operations in June 2014, after Aisha and her husband found it difficult to find a house cleaner around the holidays. At the age of 28, she [...]

By |2020-08-10T10:38:34-05:00December 13th, 2016|Technology|
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Amazon is recruiting full-time house cleaners

Online retailer may be introducing home cleaning services for Prime members A new job posting on the Amazon jobs website describes an open position for “home assistant.” As first reported by The Seattle Times, the tech giant may be planning to provide housekeeping as a perk for Prime members. The recruiting ad lists as [...]

By |2020-08-20T12:59:34-05:00November 9th, 2016|Technology|
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Angie’s List brings the hammer down

Additional changes to angieslist.com will fundamentally alter your relationship with the company. - by Derek Christian Angie's List continues to make very large changes as they move to more of an advertiser supported model. We have included the text of an email (below) that was sent to us by a reader. Other readers have reported [...]

By |2020-09-28T14:15:55-05:00August 2nd, 2016|Sales and Marketing, Technology|
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All Set cleaning app backed by Liberty Mutual

Insurance giant and others fund on-demand home services startup to the tune of $14.5 million A new on-demand home services app called All Set recently named Liberty Mutual executives in a securities filing. Last year Liberty mutual introduced Solaria Labs, an "in-house technology incubator" as well as a venture capital effort targeted at the [...]

By |2020-09-24T15:40:49-05:00July 28th, 2016|News, Technology|
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Handy insider decries loss of client-customer interaction

Former contractor shines light on the underbelly of the “sharing community” What’s it like to see the “sharing community” of a tech startup, not as a competitor but as an independent contractor? A former cleaner for the home services tech startup Handy has detailed her experience with the company. Read more For more articles, [...]

By |2020-10-01T09:06:25-05:00July 13th, 2016|Technology|
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How the changes to Angie’s List will affect your cleaning business

Tech giant to introduce 3 levels of membership and a significant change in how ads will displayFollowing the Revenue Depending on your market, Angie’s List may be a big driver of sales for your business. They have announced some major changes that mean you will need to adjust your strategies. The biggest change is Angie’s List is going [...]

By |2016-06-14T19:02:17-05:00June 14th, 2016|Sales and Marketing, Technology|
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Finnish cleaning startup Freska buys Norway’s Wipe

European on-demand cleaning companies continue to consolidate The Building Skills Partnership (BSP) has developed a curriculum with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Los Angeles chapter (USGBC-LA) Finland's Freska announced that it has acquired the Norwegian company Wipe as the on-demand home cleaning industry continues to consolidate. Read more on TechCrunch.

By |2016-06-09T20:38:19-05:00June 9th, 2016|Technology|
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How to go paperless with your field technicians

6 decisions, 3 free apps, and 1 critical purchase that will save you money and make your transition to mobile devices smooth Six Decisions Whether or not to purchase devices Going paperless does not necessarily mean that you have to buy a tablet or a smart phone for every cleaning tech, carpet tech, or team [...]

By |2016-06-09T02:31:03-05:00June 9th, 2016|Efficiency and Optimization, Operations, Technology|
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"Ethically Dubious" practices spelled out in writer's critique of Handy

Road to success for tech startup allegedly littered with greed, deception, racism In a scathing commentary about the tech startup, Handy, writer Josh Raab recounts how the meteoric rise of the home services giant may have taken shortcuts, not just on the law, but with ethics. Read more on LinkedIn.

By |2016-06-09T02:23:40-05:00June 9th, 2016|Technology|
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