City Maid Service in the Top 100 and in the Top 10 of the “Greenest & Most Innovative” Categories
Congratulations to City Maid Service, located in New York, New York, for being named in the Top 100 for 2014 Home-Based 100 Business Winners and in the Top 10 of the Greenest and Most Innovative Categories. We caught up with business owner and entrepreneur Marisol Santiag and asked her to answer some questions and share some words of advice and inspiration with our StartupNation audience.
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Tell Us About Your Journey
StartupNation: What is your favorite aspect of being an entrepreneur?
Marisol: Problem solving, meeting a deadline, etc.
StartupNation: To what do you attribute your success as an entrepreneur and business owner?
Marisol: Parents, dad owned his own company, which was instilled in me from my early years.
StartupNation: What ignited the spark in you to start/select your particular business as an entrepreneur?
Marisol: My experience with my dad, he owned a cleaning service.
StartupNation: What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur?
Marisol:
- Organizational Skills
- People Skills
- Leadership Skills
Words of Wisdom – Inspiration for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
StartupNation: If you had one piece of advice for someone just starting out, what would it be?
Marisol: Do paperwork daily, don’t let it get out of control!
Inspiration
StartupNation: Where do you find your greatest inspiration?
Marisol: From the negative people who believed we could not build a business.
Learn more about Marisol business and view other businesses that entered and placed in the competition by clicking here for the top ten and a full list 2014 Home-Based 100 Business Winners and entrants.
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