Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Happy Wednesday!

I hope everyone had a Happy St. Patty's Day. The weather was perfect and the Hogs defeated the Cornhuskers. I met two visitors at the ball game who were thinking about moving to Fayetteville, and it was so nice to hear the compliments they gave our town. 'It's got a cool feeling to it' and 'people are just NICE' were my favorite statements from them. We do live in a cool place where everyone goes out of their way to be very nice. I wake up every morning excited about getting out and about in Fayetteville, and I hope that I can contribute to making it a better place.

I've been thinking about the factors that have contributed to my motivation for operating Streakers. It started off as a way for me to explore the intriguing world of small business. I was sitting in a small business management class at the UofA and came across the idea of starting a window cleaning business. My favorite professor, Mark Zweig, had 'window cleaning business' on a list of things that he thought would be a successful business oportunity. I did a little research and realized that I could start one up. I bought the basic supplies and started going door to door. After a little bit of success, I got bored of learning the business side of it. I swtiched my goal of operating it to support my random adventures. I've traveled at least once a month now for about a year and a half. Sometimes I make a weekend visit to my parents house down in Doddridge, AR and other times I'll travel out of the country. This has probably been the best decision I've ever made. I like to think of it as a lot of mini-retirements.

Now, I have gotten to the point where I want to make Fayetteville the city with the cleanest residential windows in the USA. This may come across as odd for a twenty-five year old young man with his degree from one of the nicest business schools available, but I love showing people what a difference really clean windows will make for your home. So this Spring, expect to see Streakers all over town giving everyone a clear view of Fayetteville. I'm going to focus on residential window cleaning, but I will be doing some store-fronts. If you see us out working feel free to stop and chat. We work hard and focus on being as efficient as possible, but we've always got an ear for a good story.

Also, I've usually got some promotion going on, so if you have found my site by searching for a local window cleaner... go ahead and give us a call for a free estimate (I'm sure I've got some local treat to give you). The telephone number is (903) 280-1378.

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