Rinse’s Post

Ajay Prakash is the Co-Founder & CEO of Rinse, a company that is making trips to the dry cleaner and the washer / dryer obsolete while building the first national brand in dry cleaning and laundry. Prior to Rinse, Ajay was the COO and CFO of humble Brands, a consumer product startup in San Francisco. He also has experience at Bonobos, Berkshire Partners, the NBA, and Bain & Company. Ajay received his BA from Dartmouth College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Topics: - Building a national brand in a traditionally local service - Leveraging technology to disrupt traditional service industries - Scaling a startup in the home services sector #StartupLife #TechDisruption #OnDemandServices #LaundryTech #EntrepreneurJourney #VCPodcast

Thanks to Neil C. Hughes for having me on The Tech Talks Daily podcast. This was one of my favorite conversations to date. Not only did we go over the Rinse origin story, but we also covered how we help local cleaners, why we W2 our Valets, how technology is the backbone to our ability to scale, how we foster innovation and psychological safety at Rinse, and more. I also appreciated Neil’s question around who has been there for me along the way. It truly takes a village and it was nice to be able to shout out my co-founders James Joun and Sam Cheng, and my wife, brothers, and parents for all their support. Will continue to need that support since there’s still a long way to go… https://lnkd.in/gWGfhB_h

I'm excited to announce our latest acquisition (and our first in Seattle)! We've known John Vincent Lee at Loopie for a while now and have been impressed with the loyal customer base the company has built in Seattle and a handful of other markets over the past few years. We are excited to work with him to take care of Loopie's customers going forward. Congrats John and the Loopie team on the exciting news (and on building a great company)! Here are a couple articles on the acquisition: https://lnkd.in/g_QcDAue https://lnkd.in/gGW3cimy