Mike Hanrahan started his domestic cleaning franchise in in 1993. Ten years later having some 400 cleaners out working every week he took the leap and founded Maid2Clean Franchise Ltd on a shoestring budget.
In the next ten years Maid2Clean rapidly became the largest domestic services provider in the industry. In 2014 with some 14,500 cleaners working through Maid2Clean Mike has built  the largest domestic cleaning franchise in the UK. 
But honestly, you have to listen in as he tells about how he has:

No staff
No equipment
No products
No materials
No transport requrements
AND he has never met a customer IN HIS LIFE!

His book "The Lean Thinker"  is a must read for all aspiring franchisors with limited budgets to franchise their businesses.The Lean Thinker is about using business acumen, resources and independent drive to duplicate your business model - with limited financial investment, to create a successful franchise.
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