Neel Parekh

I’m the Founder & CEO of MaidThis Franchise, a national, tech-enabled cleaning franchise that helps residential homeowners and short-term rental hosts (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.) with their cleanings. I help franchise owners build freedom-first businesses that are fully remote and can be run from anywhere.My journey started with a 9-to-5 in private equity and a burning desire to break free. I tried all the usual side hustles—eCommerce, blogging, even writing about pet hair vacuum cleaners—before launching a local cleaning company with one cleaner and a $400/week revenue. Fast-forward: we now gross $100K+/month from our home office alone and have scaled nationally.Over the last 7+ years, I’ve run MaidThis completely remotely while traveling to 50+ countries. The business gave me the freedom...