ISSA Partners With Route and Swept Software for Live Event in DC

What started out as a simple idea on a podcast has turned into an industry leading event— Cleaning & Cocktails Live. The idea: Hold an event that supports cleaning business owners and building service contractors (BSCs) in working on their businesses together, instead of doing so alone and in a hyper-competitive state. This includes establishing and empowering a community that can improve the perception of cleaning companies and benefit the overall industry.

This year’s Cleaning & Cocktails Live event will take place during National Cleaning Week, on March 28–30, 2023, in conjunction with the Clean Advocacy Summit, being held March 28–29. Tickets can be purchased here for both events.

Since 2021, Ricky Regalado (founder of Route and Rozalado Cleaning) and Michael Brown (founder of Swept Software) have lived the motto #StrongerTogether and have hosted events in three major cities that connect, inspire, and share knowledge with BSCs.

“I scaled my company from $1 to $15M and into 20 states by working with other cleaning companies and using software.” shared Regalado. “People always ask me how that was possible, and I realized that people want more than a quick post on social media or email…they want to sit down and learn how to use my growth playbook.”

John Barrett, the executive director of ISSA, attended the event in 2022 to show support for BSCs. “As soon as I walked in the room, I could feel the energy. These events feel different, and that is why ISSA is partnering with Ricky and Michael,” Barrett said.

 What to Expect From Cleaning & Cocktails Live

• A focus on winning, retaining, and expanding profitable contracts
• A chance to learn from industry experts on how they have won (and retained) millions of dollars of profitable contracts
• Speakers who own successful cleaning companies and will share their growth playbook with the attendees
• A copy of the growth playbook and an opportunity to apply it to your specific business during the event
• A group size of roughly 75–100 people, ensuring real time feedback from experts and peers
• Two evenings of networking with like-minded professionals in the cleaning industry, in an environment that allows deep connections to form
• Attendance at the all-new Vulnerability Fireside chat, where industry leaders share some of the lowest points in their professional journeys and how they overcame those moments.

Who Should Attend

• Commercial cleaning companies with annual revenues ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to millions
• Residential cleaning companies that want to start offering commercial services.

“We are constantly pushing ourselves to create new experiences that truly help cleaning company owners,” said Brown. “These events are so much more than cleaning services, chemicals, equipment, and software — it is about challenging ourselves as leaders to look at growth holistically across our businesses and industry. We really are stronger together.”

The results speak for themselves, with past attendees sharing that they have won multi-million-dollar contracts, created new subcontracting partnerships with both parties winning together, and formed private groups for business owners to connect and support each other.

If you want to grow your business with proven methods, click here to learn more and purchase tickets for the event.