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Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand

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a night in Nashville it was raining and I was walking to an event. to sell dry cleaning. And I remember realizing I don't want to do this when I'm forty five years old. We had been working for about

One thousand days in a row. We were open twenty four seven. And There was just such a toll that had taken on us. from bootstrapping this.

You were burned out. Incredibly. And Guy, I made forty thousand dollars. You know, I had friends in private equity who were at this point making partner and making, you know, a million dollars plus per year.

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