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Starling started Good Witch Cleaning with just a vacuum and $100 worth of supplies from a discount store. Within one year, she hired her first employee and managed impressive growth to about $500,000 ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Burgess Heberer, a 37-year-old business owner, based in Santa Claus, Indiana. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I loved my old ...

Burgess Heberer left his corporate job to pursue his exterior cleaning side business full-time. He's choosing not to take regular pay until his revenue reaches $1 million. Even though Heberer and his ...