Debbie Sardone transformed a cleaning job into a $7M empire, founding one of the largest maid services in Dallas, TX. She now leads the world’s top residential cleaning academy—Cleaning Business Fundamentals—and co-owns SpeedCleaning.com, where she manufactures her own line of non-toxic products.
She also founded Cleaning for a Reason, a national nonprofit that’s provided free cleanings to over 50,000 cancer patients. Her work has been featured on Oprah, Fox & Friends, Reader’s Digest, Today.com, and more. Debbie’s accolades include the L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Award, Points of Light Award, Inc. 500 Best in Business, and Forbes 50 Over 50: Impact.
Derek Christian is an active business owner who has bought, turned around, and sold numerous companies of his own and has helped over 30 other cleaning business owners to buy and sell their companies.
His latest enterprises are a Handyman franchise as well as Reliable Cleaning of Fort Collins both of which he acquired with the intention to turn them around and resell them. Derek is also co-founder and Editor in Chief of the online magazine and website, Cleaning Business Today and an investor in home cleaning companies that operate in St. Louis, Portland, and Atlanta.
Prior to his career as a serial entrepreneur, Derek spent twelve years at P&G working on household cleaning products.
Art is an award-winning business coach who is expert at enabling service-based businesses to deliver on the promise of their brand. Art brings the experience of his 30-year career in business – in the US and abroad — to the residential cleaning community with specific training in building leadership, accountability, implementation, and sales skills. He is a mentor to the CBF Coaches and the CBF Elite.