How to grow a business while hiring reliable employees and managing life as a parent?

My friend, that is the struggle every house cleaner that wants to grow goes through. I'm in the same position where I have a family/business to manage. Hiring will ALWAYS be a challenge for us due to the nature of our industry. The service force is not like is used to be back in the early 2000s. With that said, I've been trying to think outside the box in terms of how I can grow the business and assume a more managerial role so I have more time with the family, BUT as an entrepreneur you need to integrate work/life, NOT try to balance work on one side and life on the other. Each will pull you in different directions and for mothers the direction that wins is always family. 

To answer your question - "Should I just go for it?" - you have two options: 

1. No, keep a smaller schedule where you can manage a small crew and have a list of daily workers that can fill in when needed. These daily workers are potential full time workers that you can bring in as new clients come in. 
2. Invest in your business' growth, lower your margins to pay better collaborators (this helps retention). Work on establishing a cleaning "method", a replicable process that collaborators will have to follow. This way you can keep bringing in new clients and hopefully maintain standards. You need to really have your numbers figured out to see what can be done. Sit with a financial advisor/accountant that will help you understand your numbers, margins, and growth projections. 

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