[sparkman55]

If you think technology-enabled laundry service in San Francisco is a good idea, you might give Rinse (https://www.rinse.com) a shot. We have a focus on making sure the price and product work in a competitive market, and on using spectacular customer service and quality assurance to build a solid brand.

It's surprisingly difficult to build an efficient delivery service. To succeed you need knowledge of the peculiarities of the delivered goods, effective management of the delivery staff, and of course clever software. Route optimization and dispatch are interesting problems, but quality tools for drivers and other staff are just as important!

[zach]

This seems like a great business to develop in the college market. The options students often have are overpriced and inflexible laundry service or schlepping their duds half a mile into town. Any college you can get access to will be a great testing ground at least.

[sparkman55]

That's an interesting insight! We're currently focused on serving the urban professionals in San Francisco...

We're hiring a Marketing person to help with this type of question: http://www.rinse.com/careers/

[sjg007]

College students have no money...

[markatto]

That's not necessarily true, I live in a college town and many students have loads of money. Most of the new off-campus housing targeted at students is out of my price range, and I'm single, work full time, and payed very well for the area.