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Four Bryant students start-up new campus-wide business Anthony DeAngelis '06 of East Greenwich, R.I., Michael Hajjar '08 of Cohasset, Mass., Joseph D'Ambrose '08 of Middletown, Conn., and Matthew Kelleher '08 of Glastonbury, Conn., are the founders of Expedient Laundry - a door-to-door laundry service for Bryant students. The four young men were randomly assigned to the same team in their Business 101 class to work on a project together. The assignment was to create a business for on or off campus and pretend to run it. D'Ambrose and Kelleher both shared the frustration of trying to do laundry on campus -- the number of students waiting in line outnumbered the available washers and dryers. Knowing that other students felt the same way inspired the laundry service idea. DeAngelis, Hajjar, D'Ambrose, and Kelleher earned an 'A' on their project, but they weren't ready to let go of the idea. "We realized that a laundry service at Bryant might actually work," said DeAngelis. From that point, the students embarked on a year-long odyssey, working with Tom Eakin, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, to set up a company in accordance with local and state laws. They found a commercial laundry service, Lou's Laundry in Warwick, owned by Louis E. DeCiantis, and set up an account there. Expedient Laundry focuses on high-value and customer service. The business now has several dozen customers and is looking to expand to nearby Providence College. The success of the business, and the entrepreneurial drive of the four students, was profiled on the cover of the Money & Business section of The Providence Sunday Journal on March 12. Read the full article online at http://www.projo.com. For more information on Expedient Laundry, visit their website at http://www.expedientlaundry.com.
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