Kacie Stephens started her business as a one-woman show. With zero experience in the industry, the mum-of-four went from dropping out of her commerce degree to building a flourishing $2.5 million cleaning brand from her family’s kitchen table.
How Aussie created a multi-million dollar business. But the Australian professional cleaner’s journey to success didn’t come easy. The 38-year-old was running The Big Clean Co across Victoria when her business, like so many others, was impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns — leaving her and a team of five employees unable to clean homes for customers in 2020. Stuck at home with four kids under 12, the mum came up with a simple pivot strategy to keep the business afloat.