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Miami junior gives students options for laundry service with local business
Rachel Guinn
Issue date: 9/11/07 Section: Campus
There's no longer an excuse for Miami University students' laundry baskets to fill up, as they currently have yet another option for cleaning those dirty socks.
An entrepreneurial Miami student has created Hawk Laundry, currently an entirely student-created, student-run laundry service.
Austin Sweeney, a junior strategic communications major, said that he recognized the need for Hawk Laundry last spring because of the busy schedules his classmates lead. Busy with a summer job, most of the organizational work for starting Hawk Laundry up was done the week before school started, he explained.
According to Sweeney, Hawk Laundry uses the Locust Car War Laundry on Locust Street where they wash, fold and the deliver the clean laundry to their customers.
This service is available on and off campus; in fact, the majority of customers currently using Hawk Laundry's service are off campus-for fraternities, who may not have washers or dryers in their residences.
"(Members who have used Hawk Laundry) have been really happy with the service," Sweeney said.
Steve Schenberg, a customer of Hawk Laundry, said Hawk Laundry saves him a great deal of time.
"As far as the prices go, I think that they are very affordable," Schenberg said. "I am a college student on a budget and I can afford Hawk Laundry even on no income."
Sweeney's venture is modeled after two similar laundry services at Indiana University (Hooiser Laundry) and Depauw University (First Class Laundry). Sweeney said that after seeing the success of these two companies, he was inspired him to begin his own business in Oxford.
Yet, even after only a few weeks, Hawk Laundry has already managed to make a margin of profit after only a few weeks of its existence, Sweeney said. Hawk Laundry currently serves five customers, which works well, Sweeney said, because he can do his own laundry while doing work for Hawk Laundry.
The service has three employees other than Sweeney himselfÂ-two for manual labor and one for marketing.
An entrepreneurial Miami student has created Hawk Laundry, currently an entirely student-created, student-run laundry service.
Austin Sweeney, a junior strategic communications major, said that he recognized the need for Hawk Laundry last spring because of the busy schedules his classmates lead. Busy with a summer job, most of the organizational work for starting Hawk Laundry up was done the week before school started, he explained.
According to Sweeney, Hawk Laundry uses the Locust Car War Laundry on Locust Street where they wash, fold and the deliver the clean laundry to their customers.
This service is available on and off campus; in fact, the majority of customers currently using Hawk Laundry's service are off campus-for fraternities, who may not have washers or dryers in their residences.
"(Members who have used Hawk Laundry) have been really happy with the service," Sweeney said.
Steve Schenberg, a customer of Hawk Laundry, said Hawk Laundry saves him a great deal of time.
"As far as the prices go, I think that they are very affordable," Schenberg said. "I am a college student on a budget and I can afford Hawk Laundry even on no income."
Sweeney's venture is modeled after two similar laundry services at Indiana University (Hooiser Laundry) and Depauw University (First Class Laundry). Sweeney said that after seeing the success of these two companies, he was inspired him to begin his own business in Oxford.
Yet, even after only a few weeks, Hawk Laundry has already managed to make a margin of profit after only a few weeks of its existence, Sweeney said. Hawk Laundry currently serves five customers, which works well, Sweeney said, because he can do his own laundry while doing work for Hawk Laundry.
The service has three employees other than Sweeney himselfÂ-two for manual labor and one for marketing.
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