Thinking of buying or selling a window cleaning business? Advice on doing both is abundant from fellow window cleaners, brokers, and writers on the subject, ranging from Scott Gabehart's The Upstart Guide to Buying, Valuing and Selling Your Business, or Ed Paulson's more whimsically titled The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Business. This article focuses on how some did it and their advice to others.(...)

They might be young, but between them, they boast a list of accomplishments rivaling that of many industry veterans. And, at a time when the sagging economy threatens service providers and small business owners across all industries nationwide, they see nothing but opportunity. Blame it on the optimism that comes with youth, but it's difficult not to be encouraged by their success, and impossible not to be inspired by their stories. (...)

Window cleaners attending the IWCA annual membership meeting were greeted with an event shortened by a day, from the usual four days to three, and a vastly scaled down trade show. The latter was billed as a "Showcase," a tabletop display absent of the big booths, equipment and machines - a reflection of what the majority of exhibitors wanted in order to cut down on expenses, instead favoring a full-blown show alternating with a showcase every other year. The word "Convention" was dropped from the meeting title this year and was billed as the 2012 IWCA Education Forum & Showcase.(...)