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Housecleaning! I don't know if it's possible to disrupt this industry right now, but there are a lot of middlemen there. Although I know that people who actuall

• tatsuke95 14y ago
  Actually saw someone trying to disrupt this on Dragon's Den. It's a notoriously competitive space (nearly anyone can do the job) and labour intensive, so it's hard to work out a model where you can get a cut and still employ the workers. There are also liability issues; you are sending people to work inside other people's homes. That said, unless you are out in some village somewhere, it's very likely you can find someone locally for that rate.
  • gadders 14y ago
    I was discussing the issues with cleaning companies here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4722332 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4722332 And I live in a village. Shops outside newsagents are the fallback position for finding cleaners.
• andy_boot 14y ago
  There was an interesting reddit thread about a guy who set up a housecleaning service: maids in black i think it was called. People started cloning it and a subreddit was formed http://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/ http://www.reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/