Top Entrepreneurs: Ex-attorney cleans up with disruptive approach to business

From lawyer to drug sales rep and now laundromat innovator, Amy Martinez-Monfort inspires with her innovative thinking.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 11:00 a.m. May 23, 2019
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Mark Wemple. Amy Martinez-Monfort has been a disruptive force in the Laundromat industry with her startup business Tampa Laundry Co.
Mark Wemple. Amy Martinez-Monfort has been a disruptive force in the Laundromat industry with her startup business Tampa Laundry Co.
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Dumpy exteriors. Uncomfortable plastic seats. Machines and soap dispensers that accept only quarters. No air conditioning, TVs or Wi-Fi.

If ever there were a business model that cried out for disruption, it’s the Laundromat.

 

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