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Founder & Instructor

Meet Katie Pearse

Katie Pearse started her first cleaning company in 2008. That company grossed $1.3M a year.

Nearly 20 years later, her companies serve clients across the USA and Canada, including the Yukon government in Dawson City, about 150 miles from the Arctic Circle.

In 2025 she moved to Houston. In 2026 she is launching a residential cleaning company there from scratch, using the same system she teaches.

Through Glisten Academy she teaches cleaners and cleaning business owners in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia — a professional cleaning system used by over 6,000 companies worldwide.

Katie Pearse
By the numbers

Real companies. Real numbers.

2008 the year Katie started her first cleaning company
Nearly 20 years in the cleaning industry
$1.3M a year grossed by her first company
$1M+ in sales
4 countries where she teaches: USA, Canada, UK, Australia
150 miles from the Arctic Circle: Dawson City, Yukon, where her team serves the Yukon government

Awards

Katie's companies win on the job, not just online

5+

times voted Best of Edmonton, Best Cleaning Service

2

Edmonton Journal Readers' Awards in 2014

Three Best Rated

named many times, in Sarnia and for Think Maids in Washington, DC

Taught by an owner

Katie still runs real cleaning companies

Every lesson comes from work her teams do this week, for clients across the USA and Canada, including the Yukon government in Dawson City, about 150 miles from the Arctic Circle.

Heritage Housekeepers

Residential cleaning · Fulshear, Texas

Think Maids

Residential cleaning · Washington, DC

Glimmer Janitorial

Commercial and janitorial · Edmonton, Sarnia, Dawson City and Houston

Heritage Pet Sitters

Pet sitting

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Certificate in Professional House Cleaning
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Residential Cleaning

Certificate in Professional House Cleaning

On our online campus as The Classic Clean Professional Cleaner Training

$299or 3 payments of $129

The cleaning industry's most in-depth training program for professional cleaners. Train yourself or your whole team to the same high standard.

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The Business Accelerator
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Business

The Business Accelerator

Premium cleaning. Premium rates.

$499or $999 with 2 consulting calls

My official plan to help you set up your luxury cleaning company — whether you are just getting started or already have clients. Market, sell, hire, and grow a company that clients ask for by name.

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