The Story

Meet Manny. See what she built.

How one woman, one vehicle, and a tight route became a system that a growing network of owners now runs across the country. The founder story, in her words.

Manny, founder of CleanBucks and 10BucksARoom, in her office
The Systems Builder

She started with one vehicle and herself.

Manny began with one vehicle, a single route, and herself doing the work. She went from one room to over 350,000 rooms cleaned, learning the hard way what makes a cleaning job profitable — tight scheduling, the right crew, and a customer who rebooks without being asked. She tested every part of the operation in real houses, with real payroll, real fuel bills, and real reviews.

Then she asked a simple question: why couldn't this work for someone else, in another city, without her being there? So she took the operation apart and rebuilt it as a repeatable system. The playbook, the brand, the scheduling, the marketing, the review engine — every piece designed so a new owner could step in and start taking bookings within a week.

Manny with her 10BucksARoom branded vehicle in front of a home

The branded vehicle that started the first route.

CleanBucks cleaning team with branded vehicles and equipment

The team behind every clean.

The Founder Story

From one vehicle to a system.

2011

One vehicle, one woman

Manny takes her first recurring cleaning route with one vehicle and herself, learning what makes a customer stay.

2016

The repeatable route

A second crew is added using the same scheduling, pricing, and follow-up system.

2019

The system takes shape

The playbook is documented and the brand, website, and CRM are built.

2026

CleanBucks licenses launch

The first new owners open their doors using the same platform that ran the original territory.

Licensee Testimonials

Real owners. Real results.

"I launched in seven days. My phone was ringing before the week was over. I hired my first team member in month two."

Latanya H.
Highland Park, IL

"The system does the parts I used to hate — scheduling, reminders, reviews. I get to focus on the customer in front of me."

Priya S.
Preston Hollow, TX

"I opened my calendar on a Sunday and had eleven jobs already booked for the week. That's when it clicked."

Marcus P.
Oak Cliff, TX
Where CleanBucks is going next

More territories. Same playbook.

Manny is focused on one thing: opening protected territories with owners who want to run a real business, not buy a fantasy. The platform keeps improving because every owner feeds what works back into the manual.

Protected
territories per owner
0%
royalties, always
1
flat monthly fee
Ready to talk?

Start with the system Manny wished she'd had on day one.

Territories are limited and assigned one owner at a time. If your city is still open, you can start with the same platform we use to run real cleaning operations every day.

Or call 1-855-766-6410