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."