The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
How a Single Mom Built Multiple Empires and Changed Her Life Forever | Tasha Antell
08 Nov 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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My stepfather was very physically abusive. My mother was an addict. She would go away for a day or two at a time. And one time she just didn't come back. Our power went off. And then the water went off. When we were evicted from our home, I was 16. I slept in the dumpster. And then I would get up to school. I'd go shower at school and pretend like everything was okay. I had to.
I had no other option. What I went through as a kid would have broke a lot of people.
i have an i.t company i am not good at i.t i created a business and i hired someone to run it i have a marketing company biomedical company and then a chemical company just yesterday forbes canada came out we're on the cover of that is such a huge honor i look at the girl i used to be looking at her there is nothing stopping you from achieving everything you ever wanted the only person that is stopping you is you
Hey, guys, and welcome back to the podcast. This is Paul Alex. And today we have another phenomenal guest goes by the name of Tasha. Tasha is actually going to be speaking at our Swipe to Freedom event in Dallas. And she has a phenomenal story of taking diversity, critical incidents. And when life hits you, it hits you hard, guys. So she's going to show you how she was able to transition from
from all these critical incidents and turn it into success. Now going ahead and building multiple businesses, being able to exit from three businesses, have five beautiful children and show you how you guys can do this as well in 2025. Tasha, welcome to the show.
Thank you, Paul.
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Chapter 2: What challenges did Tasha face in her childhood?
It's great to be here.
No, absolutely. So Tasha, tell us exactly who you are.
Oh, gosh, where do we start? So I am a serial entrepreneur. I am a business strategist. And I am someone who loves growth. I seek it all the time. Most importantly, I am a wife and a mother. And yeah, just I am ready to build an empire.
No, I love that. So when you say to people, currently right now I'm running six businesses. I'm exiting three. I'm a mother of five beautiful children. I'm married. What do people say to you?
How on earth do you do it all?
Yeah, because I think that's everybody's question right now. They're like, how does she do this? And I can't even handle one job. So break it down. How can you handle all of this?
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Chapter 3: How did Tasha transition from a cleaning job to multiple businesses?
Well, it really breaks down to how are your systems and how are your processes? If you have a solid enough system, then the processes take care of everything. You create this system that is operating on its own. Really think of a business like a body. The whole is the system. The processes are each individual organ. Michael would love this.
If your heart is working properly, then that attributes to other things in your body. That attributes to your energy and everything else. And so having those solid systems in place create a very operational business. And so for me to operate that many businesses, it's really come down to having solid systems and processes.
Wow, that's amazing. And what would you say is your core business right now?
It would definitely be the janitorial business. So we do commercial and residential cleaning, a lot of post-construction cleaning.
I love that. And how did you get into that?
So it started as a means to take care of my family. So I was presented with a situation where I found myself getting ready to become a single mom. And with three amazing boys looking to me for guidance and to take care of them. I went on lots of job interviews. I hadn't finished my degree yet. And so I was going into the workforce with 12 years as a stay-at-home mom and no college degree.
Wow. So at this point in your life, Tasha, you were a stay-at-home mom, 12 years, three beautiful children. You were about to become a single mother. And what was your thought process at that time?
I don't know. When life puts me against the wall, I just show up swinging. So while I didn't know how I was going to make it work, I knew I was going to make it work. Life has taught me over and over that I will show up for myself and I can't count on anybody else to do it and do the work for me. So I've always had to show up authentically. And even if I don't know the next step, I still take it.
Yeah.
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Chapter 4: What mindset shift contributed to Tasha's success?
Yep. And the systems and the processes that you have to have are the same. So I really coach people on, one, getting out of their own way.
Yeah.
Because how often as entrepreneurs do we limit ourself and our growth? Sometimes because we don't even know.
Yeah.
And and I want to save people the time and effort and money that I spent figuring it out for myself, being here as a mentor for someone else.
No, absolutely. What would you say is a is a great story that you have of you helping somebody and then them being able to achieve either starting a business or something positive in their life?
Yeah. Well, I hope he doesn't mind me sharing because he's in the room. But I had this wonderful friend who I was watching and he does such phenomenal work. Yeah. And he is an amazing videographer. And he takes the most beautiful photos. But he was undercharging.
Mm-hmm.
undervaluing himself because he was living in a bit of a scarcity mindset. And I just showed him you are worth so much more. And so we talked about what he was struggling with in business. And all I did was flip the switch of look how easy it can be if you get out of your own way. So first thing we did was we went to his processes and how he got clients and even what he was charging clients.
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Chapter 5: What systems and processes does Tasha use to manage multiple businesses?
So let me ask you, like, what's your background? How were you, you know, as a kid, as a teenager? Because I'm a true believer that our environment shapes us for the future, right? And depending on... whether our parents were mentoring us, whether our parents were a negative impact on us. I mean, it really shapes who we are, right? And I know with a lot of entrepreneurship, it could go both ways.
It could go either, you know, your parents believed in you, they told you, hey, you can do anything you want, and yeah, they'll become ultra successful, right? But then you also have the entrepreneurs that take pain from negative environments, just probably having no support, and then be able to twist that around. And use it as power and fuel, right?
Yeah.
So what about your background?
Well, I believe that no matter what you've been through, I believe no matter what you're going through, you can use it as an excuse to fail or a reason to succeed. And so I want everyone watching to know that you are capable no matter where you've been or what you're going through. For me, I had a very...
difficult childhood My stepfather was very very physically abusive burnt cigarettes out on me things like that my mother was An addict and I She would go away for a day or two at a time. And then one time she just didn't come back. And so I'm sitting there. I've got a younger sister. She was 10 years old at the time, turning 11. And our power went off.
And so we'd sit by the candlelight and we'd have dinner. And I tried to say we were having a romantic dinner. And then the water went off. And we'd run through the sprinklers and, you know, lather up. And I'd say, let's see who can jump the highest. And I was always trying to help her see the good in all the situations.
Right.
I'm thankful for that because of her, I had to. I had no other option. And when we were evicted from our home, I took her to live with a friend. And I bounced around a couple homes. I was able to get a job. One job turned into three jobs in high school.
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Chapter 6: How did Tasha learn to effectively hire and delegate tasks?
That is me creating more wealth in different industries. So spreading my eggs, if you will. Yes. And I'm trying to think what the other one is right now. So we have the biomedical company and then I have a chemical company. And have you ever heard of hypochlorous acid?
Yes.
Okay. So we are the only product on the market that is certified organic and the shelf life on it is one to three years.
That's very big. And the reason why, the only reason why I even know about this, guys, you guys are listening. So I used to work for a major corporation called Ecolab. Ecolab, that's all they did was cleaning chemicals. So I got that job when I was from 21 to 26, went up through the ranks, and I was a soap guy. Literally, I was a high-glorified soap guy, right?
They paid me a lot of money to close a lot of deals for that. So as soon as you said it, I was just like, yep. But the fact that you guys were able to do an organic version, that's really big, especially for the future. A lot of people look for organic. They want less harmful chemicals. And if you're able to get the shelf life for that long, that's good on you guys. Thank you.
Yeah, the chemist that we have, he created an amazing product. And I really want to get into products where... They're not big on the market yet. I want to be first. I want to pave the way. So I'm very excited about that. We have some wonderful things coming up with those.
I love that, Tasha. I mean, you're a gem. So I know you got on some publications. What were the publications you got on?
Well, just yesterday, Forbes Canada came out.
Congratulations.
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