Relentless entrepreneur hunts success — in cleaning clothes

In three years of trying to bring disruption to an old-line business, Todd Belveal has had countless doors shut on him. He’s not about to give up.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 14, 2018
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File. Todd Belveal founded Tampa-based Washlava in the summer of 2015.
File. Todd Belveal founded Tampa-based Washlava in the summer of 2015.
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Tampa area tech entrepreneur Todd Belveal passionately believes he could upend the way people pay to clean clothes at laundromats.

Upend, as in replace coins with a smartphone app.

 

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