Professionalizing the Cleaning Industry with Matt Ricketts

About this episode

Matt Ricketts discusses his journey from airline pilot to entrepreneur and his mission to professionalize the cleaning industry.

Today's Inside EO guest is Matt Ricketts, President of Better Life Home. Matt sat down with Shep Hyken to discuss his journey from airline pilot to entrepreneur, his mission to professionalize the cleaning industry, and the lessons he learned building resilience through challenges like the 2008 recession and COVID.

People in this episode

Host: Shep Hyken

Guest: Matt Ricketts

Topics covered

• cleaning industry
• entrepreneurship
• resilience
• business challenges
• professionalization

Keywords

• cleaning industry
• entrepreneur
• resilience
• 2008 recession
• COVID
• Better Life Home
• business challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Better Life Home

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