Service providers run errands and do odd jobs for the not so rich and famous

The L.A. Times reports:

June Saruwatari is so organized that she has made a business of it. The owner of Organizing Maniac clocks 12-to-16-hour days helping other people eliminate clutter, set up filing systems and learn to manage their time.

But even the tidier-than-thou have their limits.

Saruwatari didn't have time the other day to hang around her Los Feliz home waiting for a repairman. So she summoned Gofer Girls, a Los Angeles company that does errands for $30 an hour.

"I run a business," Saruwatari said. "I value my time."

The rich and famous have long understood the value of hiring people to handle their chores. They call them servants or, in Hollywood, personal assistants. But now regular people are doing the math and increasingly are outsourcing life's tedious tasks to an army of small businesses.

Anyone interested in the business world should read this article.