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Mark Vlaskamp is a cofounder and managing partner of The Folde.
  • Mark Vlaskamp started The Folde in 2017 and opened his first laundromat two years later. 
  • In 2021, the company hit $1 million in revenue. In 2022, sales reached $2.4 million.
  • Vlaskamp broke down his startup expenses and the strategies he used to scale.

Mark Vlaskamp started a laundry-delivery business in 2017 in hopes of cashing in on a model that was gaining popularity. 

"That was the time when everything was starting to get delivered," he told Insider. "It was a service that didn't exist, and it was super new and exciting."