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Ep 170 - The Hustle Behind WeClean

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After recently raising $900,000 to become the biggest laundromat service in Manila, Ignacio Phelan of WeClean joins us in this episode to share the story of how WeClean scaled fast. Ignacio will share how he started his hustle by being an events producer for nightclubs that forged his skills that came in handy with WeClean. He will also share why he decided to go to the Philippines and create a laundromat business that was able to scale very fast by creating innovations on things typical laundromat operators overlook. Ignacio will also share how they were able to get $900,000 in funding by hitting the metrics they needed and what their immediate plans are in scaling WeClean.

Links in the episode:

  1. Ignacio Phelan (LinkedIn profile)

  2. WeClean (website)

  3. WeClean (Facebook profile)

  4. WeClean (LinkedIn profile)

Show notes in the episode:

  1. 1:55 WeClean and Ignacio Phelan

  2. 2:48 Million Dollar Question What's your Hustle?

  3. 5:40 What's your First Hustle?

  4. 9:40 Hardest thing to endure

  5. 11:27 Investments through College

  6. 13:22 Things to Consider for WeClean's Investment

  7. 14:43 Principles to Look at in a Distress Play

  8. 16:48 Navigation through Mom & Pop Stores with a Big Business

  9. 19:04 Biggest Competitors and Franchises

  10. 24:01 Why use the Philippines as WeClean’s HQ?

  11. 25:40 Biggest Adjustments coming to a new Country

  12. 27: 46 How does Ignacio scale with WeClean that Fast?

  13. 32:07 POS Systems

  14. 34:41 How Profitable is a Cash Business like Laundromat?

  15. 38:00 Capture the Demand

  16. 39: 55 Training People that can make a Business Top-Notch

  17. 42:35 Challenges of WeClean

  18. 46:35 How did WeClean Scale-up with their Partners?

  19. 50:00 Best Advice for Expats Business Owners

  20. 52:56 Overall Goal of WeClean

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