Markham Business Cleans Up Across York Region and Beyond…

So what is the next step in the evolution of an enterprise?

What started as a simple maid service company has expanded to provide Clean4Me’s, “One Call Cleans it All™,” service convenience to both consumers and commercial clients. Clean4Me cleaning services include: Maid services; commercial office cleaning; carpet cleaning; duct clean and window cleaning, as well.

Headquartered in Markham, Clean4Me is sweeping across York Region and beyond! Amanda Collucci founded Clean4Me Inc just 3 years ago and has generated remarkable business results. Today, Clean4Me employs more than 18 employees and contractors to serve clients across York Region and the GTA as well as Durham Region and Peel Region to generate more than $48,000 per month revenue after just 3 years of operation.

The ability to develop your people and effectively manage complexity is the key: “We expand the scope of our service based on the demand from our clients and we have developed a system to run this efficiently,” says Amanda Collucci – President & CEO of Clean4Me.

In 2009, Amanda Collucci was elected to the Board of Directors of ARCSI, the Association of Residential Cleaning Services International, taking her business leadership on the road to support the development of the cleaning industry in Canada, the United States and beyond.

Clean4Me’s success was featured on the CBC Fortune Hunters TV show in February, 2009. Amanda Collucci also received a Best Start Up Award from the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE) in April, 2009 and was featured in OMNI TV and Rogers TV for her entrepreneurial success story. In addition, Clean4Me’s giving spirit to provide free house cleaning service to cancer patients was covered by City TV News in December 2009.

With 2010 in full swing, Amanda Collucci’s Clean4Me business has received 2 more business award nominations. One award nomination for the Markham Board of Trade Business Excellence Award and the other nomination by Royal Bank of Canada Women’s Entrepreneur Award.

Our mission is to provide high quality, convenience, reliable and professional service to businesses and residence. Maintaining clean windows not only provides better indoor air quality and energy efficiency for you but also helps your windows and surrounding structure last longer to protect your window investment.

The official launch of the Clean4Me Window Division is to celebrate the growing Clean4Me family of services and the expansion of the window cleaning business. “We specialize in low rise window cleaning and up to 5 story high commercial & residential buildings. We have professional equipment and our window cleaning technicians are trained and fall arrest certified to deliver quality service for you quickly and safely,” says Justin Villeneuve – Window Division Manager of Clean4Me.

Clean4Me will donate a portion of the its window cleaning service revenue to the Cancer Recovery Foundation of Canada – a non profit organization whose mission is to help all people prevent and survive cancer.

Grand Opening will be on June 28^th, 2010 at 10am to 12 noon at Clean4Me head office – 110 Riviera Drive, Unit 1, Markham L3R 5M1. Town of Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Markham Small Business Enterprise Manager – Sandra Tam will be at the grand opening ceremony.

For more information about Clean4Me, please visit website at: www.clean4me.ca

Ontario Summer Company Program

How does a student turn the summer into a meaningful (and profitable) venture?

The Ontario Summer Company Program is an important initiative developed by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to support the development of students and young entrepreneurs. It is an exciting opportunity for enterprising students, 15 to 29 years old, to start and run their own summer businesses with funding from the Ontario government and with mentoring from members of the local business community.

As a Summer Company Entrepreneur, students and young entrepreneurs aged 15 to 29 can receive a grant for as much as $3000 to start their business in summer. Students who meet the criteria for funding also receive hands-on business coaching and mentoring from experienced community business leaders to help make their Summer Company a success. Who knows? Any one of them could be the start of something big!

Amanda Collucci, founder and CEO of the cleaning service company Clean4Me Inc. is one of four mentors supporting youth entrepreneurs participating in the Ontario Summer Company Program in Markham. Having launched and grown a successful cleaning service company with over 18 employees offering a broad range of residential cleaning and commercial cleaning services Amanda can appreciate the challenges of starting a business.

Starting a business can be scary,” shares Amanda, recalling her own start up several years ago. “Having experienced business mentors beside you to support you during your start up stage is like having a compass in the middle of a rainforest. With a reliable compass and map, you can be sure to have a fun and enjoyable journey in the rainforest.”

For more information about Amanda Collucci and Clean4Me’s role in the Markham community you can visit www.clean4me.ca.

For more information about the Ontario Summer Company Entrepreneurs Program you can visit the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Web site.