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Angella Luyk and staff of Midnight Janitorial

Angella Luyk
Midnight Janitorial
Brockport SBDC

In 2005, Angella Luyk launched Midnight Janitorial with little equipment and one employee. Confident she would succeed in the highly competitive commercial cleaning industry, Ms. Luyk employed two simple principles: enrich the lives of employees and deliver the highest possible quality at the fairest price. Today the company employs 27 people and 2008 sales are expected to top $500,000. Midnight Janitorial is known throughout the Rochester business community for its consistently high level of performance, a happy crew that takes pride in what they do, and business ethics beyond the norm. In October 2008, Ms. Luyk won the much-coveted small business Rochester Business Ethics Award for outstanding practices and citizenship. The company is committed to hiring the disabled; one-third of its employees are disabled. Ms. Luyk met with Business Advisor Ralph Toscano at the SUNY Brockport Metro Center to discuss positioning Midnight Janitorial on the million-dollar track. She wants to accomplish this through Minority/Women Business Enterprise Certification. Ralph clarified her questions, discussed the rationale behind the more difficult questions with her, and helped her complete certification requirements. The client was granted M/WBE Certification on October 15, 2008. Midnight Janitorial is confident that their customer base will expand in 2009. The company was featured in the July 1, 2008 issue of Growing Wealth Magazine. In the article, Ms. Luyk offers unique insights and valuable solutions for building a successful business in tough economic times.