Maids In Black: An Entrepreneurial Dilemma (Tech Or Non-Tech?) – with Rohan Gilkes

Rohan Gilkes, Maids in Black, Marketing, Marketplace, Non-Tech, Social Media, Traffic

What would happen if someone who knew & loved tech applied what he knew to an unsexy, non-tech business?

Rohan Gilkes noticed that he and his friends could buy and pay for just about everything online through sites like Amazon. But when they tried to book local services like house cleaning, it was like taking a trip back in time to the pre-Internet days.

So he created Maids in Black, a cleaning service that lets customers book, pay for, and rate maids online.

Rohan Gilkes

Maids in Black

Rohan Gilkes is the founder of Maids in Black, a cleaning service that lets customers book, pay for, and rate maids online.

 

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