After only 18 months in the laundry business, Craig & Michelle of Monster Laundry in Sacramento have tripled their revenue! Learn how they did it and the hard lessons they learned along the way. In this interview with Dave & Carla of The Laundromat Millionaire Show, they share their retooling mistakes, challenges of working with your partner, and their most successful moves thus far.
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Our Guest: Monster Laundry: https://www.monsterlaundry.com/ Our Sponsors: H-M Company Drain Troughs: https://www.draintroughs.com & LaundroBoost: https://laundroboostmarketing.com Our Website: https://www.laundromatmillionaire.com Our Online Course: https://dave-menz.mykajabi.com/sales-page Our Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/c/LaundromatMillionaire Our Podcast: https://staging3.laundromatmillionaire.com/podcast/ Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laundromatmillionaire/ Our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/laundromatmillionaire Our LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-laundromat-millionaire-menz/ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laundromatmillionaire/ Our laundromats: https://www.queencitylaundry.com Our pick-up and delivery laundry services: https://www.queencitylaundry.com/delivery Our WDF & Delivery Workshop: https://staging3.laundromatmillionaire.com/pick-up-delivery-workshop/ Suggested Services Page: https://staging3.laundromatmillionaire.com/services WDF & Delivery Dynamics: A Complete Business Blueprint: https://staging3.laundromatmillionaire.com/wdf-delivery-dynamics-a-business-blueprint/ The Laundromat Millionaire Insurance Program: https://staging3.laundromatmillionaire.com/insurance/ Previous episode with Dyna Robotics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpslRUFa6Tg Dyna Robotics: https://www.dyna.co/ Western States Design – Will Klein distributor: https://www.westernstatedesign.com/ Jordan Berry – Laundromat Resource: https://www.laundromatresource.com/ Dexter Financial: https://www.dexterfinancial.com/ Curbside Laundries Software: https://www.curbsidelaundries.com/
Timestamps
00:00 Episode 109 Intro – Craig Taylor & Michelle See 01:40 Backstory of meeting Craig 03:10 Craig’s Journey into the Industry – Due Diligence on Location 11:48 Non-Passive Business & Working with Your Spouse 15:22 Lease Negotiations & Financing 19:16 Changing the Store Layout 22:31 Renovating without Fully Closing the Store 24:58 Staffing Challenges 26:55 Mistakes During First Months 30:54 Importance of Branding the Store 34:07 Successes Over the First 2 Years 39:37 Tripled their Revenue 42:55 Decision to Add Delivery Services 44:53 Mission to Impact the Community 46:33 Ideas for Children in Small Spaces 48:31 Challenges with Homeless Population 52:18 Plans for Future Growth of Monster Laundry 55:39 Final Thoughts & Contact Information
