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Dinara Kydyrniyazova from Uralsk launched Eco Shine Pro, a cleaning company in Los Angeles, after working in government and American cafés. She says the business generates $200–300 thousand in annual revenue and handles up to 10 cleaning jobs a day (digitalbusiness.kz). She started with basic equipment and went out to clean clients’ properties herself.
What happened
After university, Dinara joined the civil service. She spent 2.5 years as an assistant to a vice minister at the Ministry of Industry and Construction, answering calls, delivering documents and serving tea.
Dinara wanted to try different kinds of work and moved into the private sector. But she still felt she was going nowhere. A friend’s wedding gave her a reason to travel to the US: Dinara wanted to spend some time living abroad and try to earn money.
Her first few months in New York were difficult. Without strong English or experience, finding work was hard, and her attempts to get restaurant jobs often ended in rejection.
How Dinara Kydyrniyazova started her business
In the US, Dinara worked as a restaurant hostess, a café cashier and made drinks at Hilton. She then began driving for Uber. Over four years behind the wheel, she saved money and brought her English up to an advanced level.
After she moved to Los Angeles, a friend suggested she try cleaning. Getting started required basic equipment and accounts on specialist platforms. That was how Eco Shine Pro began.
For the first few months, Dinara cleaned alongside an assistant, splitting the earnings equally. As bookings grew, she began hiring more staff.
What this means
Today, Eco Shine Pro handles up to 10 cleaning jobs a day. Its reported annual revenue of $200–300 thousand averages around $17–25 thousand a month. This is company revenue: the figure alone does not show how much the founder personally earns.
“This is a steady result for a business I started without investors or loans. Now I can finally plan for the future instead of just surviving,” Dinara says.
Her path to owning a company took her through several jobs and four years of driving for Uber. She handled the first cleaning jobs herself, then built a team to take them on.
