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Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we have a super special guest - Rohan Gilkes, Founder of Launch27 and MaidsInBlack.
After 10 years working in corporate, Rohan got laid off from his banking job and starting a local cleaning company on a whim just to find some extra cash to afford his car payment. After scaling the business to over $20,000 in PROFIT per month within 8 months, Rohan decide to posted his story on a Reddit forum, which inspired thousands of people to start their own local business (including Neel).
Rohan's fully-remote local business currently generates millions of dollars in annual revenue with less than 1 hour of work per month. In addition to the cleaning business, he also started and recently sold a software company he founded.
In this episode, we discuss:
Rohan's origin story and how he came across the entrepreneur path
Scaling his business and how he managed to grow so quickly
Rohan's definition of "success" as an entrepreneur and goals now
You can find out more about Rohan here:
https://www.rohangilkes.com/
https://twitter.com/rohangilkes
After 10 years working in corporate, Rohan got laid off from his banking job and starting a local cleaning company on a whim just to find some extra cash to afford his car payment. After scaling the business to over $20,000 in PROFIT per month within 8 months, Rohan decide to posted his story on a Reddit forum, which inspired thousands of people to start their own local business (including Neel).
Rohan's fully-remote local business currently generates millions of dollars in annual revenue with less than 1 hour of work per month. In addition to the cleaning business, he also started and recently sold a software company he founded.
In this episode, we discuss:
Rohan's origin story and how he came across the entrepreneur path
Scaling his business and how he managed to grow so quickly
Rohan's definition of "success" as an entrepreneur and goals now
You can find out more about Rohan here:
https://www.rohangilkes.com/
https://twitter.com/rohangilkes
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