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424: She Started a Cleaning Business as a Side Hustle, Now It’s a Million Dollar Business

This week in the guest chair we have Jhanilka Hartzog, podcaster and owner of Founders Cleaning Business University. Together, she and her husband Anthony are certified side hustlers who turned their hustle into a thriving cleaning business—all without cleaning homes themselves.


In this episode she shares:

  • How she and her husband paid off over $100K of debt by holding multiple side hustles on top of their 9-5s
  • How they built an online course that has earned her students $13.5M in sales
  • Where she re-invests her money to continue building financial security for her family 


Highlights include:

00:00 Intro

03:40 Side hustling to pay off debt 

08:00 Juggling multiple side hustles

14:00 Vetting employees 

26:00 Marketing and scaling

35:37 Building relationships with cleaners

40:00 Transition from 9-5 to full time hustle

43:40 Starting an online course

48:00 Investing in real estate

53:00 Marriage and family

58:50 Advice for entrepreneurs 


Check out episode 424 of Side Hustle Pro podcast out now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube


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