Startup cleaning company in Twin Ports grows to a nearly $1 million business
September 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Mary Ann Montgomery-Swanson walked away from her job as a Duluth X-ray technician a little over two years ago and wondered: What now? The company she started, Marianne’s Professional Cleaning, now is thriving. Continue Reading
Congratulations, Mary Ann!
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My son has worked for marrianne since the beginning, he loves his job , boss and his co workers. Would have to say I have never seen such professionalism and pride in a job well done. Congrats to you and your crew
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Congratulations…hopefully people understand the sarcasm (intended) on the pevious comment…funny. She has obviously worked very hard to get this business going. Proof positive that service businesses are the way of the future…Best Buy’s Geek Squad may be what turns that company around.
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So when is the city going build her a parking ramp for free? By the way…good job Mary ! We need to focus more on small business. If you had 8-10 more stories like this we would equal the number of jobs Maurices is bringing in.
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She did build that and she will be the first to say she couldn’t have done it without her crew. Always praises her employees for their hard work. She is a great boss. That’s why her employees remain long term. She Makes sure she tells them “great job” never thought she would get so big so fast, the bussiness idea fit her to a tee, this woman Knows Clean. Was glad to read this success story.
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Oh please take one sentence out of a whole speech? That is not even close to what Obama said. Quote the whole speech not just a sentence. He said you didn’t build it alone. Everyone has had help whether it was a teacher a community even your employees help build a bussiness. As proven by this story! Everyone had a role in their community, bussiness’s depend on a great easy access location. Someone had to build the road the building and products sold or used in any bussiness, city and towns rely on their community to build success. Maybe it was a teacher giving you that extra confidence or time that created that aaha moment of I can do this with hard work and support, Romeny built this and then outsourced it to china.
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Well knowing this family I would have to agree with part of your post. With a strong community come great things. Think about it. Communities who take pride in hard work and dedication to all aspects of where they live thrive. Making a great community stronger ties and supportive parents schools caring teachers produce strong determined youth. If you take all these things out of the equation you have low test scores poverty businesses fail except liquor stores payday advance and car title stores and the sense of pride drifts away. Leave a depressed area. If you don’t believe a strong community isn’t important and this is an every man for themselves world then by all means don’t take a loan out for a home. Because that’s my money they loan you, bussiness loans would not be needed if ppl could do it themselves. Bank who loan you money because they believe your idea therefore they help you. This everyone is on their own doesn’t work without support. You put in the hard work yourself but being in this all alone its me me me is hogwash
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Congrats to her on the success. However just Oneida correction, a “black light” will not pick up body fluids it takes a “u.v. light. They look alike however they are very different picks up effervescent. Its also nothing new I’ve been using one for over 20 years..
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