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What we have learned running laundromats and building the point-of-sale system that runs them: how stores get valued, how attendants get trained, how drop-off scales and where the software helps or gets in the way. Written and recorded by owners who work the counter.
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What a laundromat is worth and how the number gets built: SDE, EBITDA, gross revenue, equipment and the lease.
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Owners running heavy drop-off volume and multiple stores, on staffing, throughput and what breaks first.
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Adding wash-dry-fold, comparing systems, training attendants and keeping machines and cash accounted for.
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Every episode of the show in one place, with the guest and the subject in a line.
Browse this topic →Published August 26, 2026.
Ian Gollahon on the SourceForge Podcast: what separates a laundromat POS from a self-serve payment system, which stores need one, and the costs that decide the purchase long after the subscription stops mattering.
The valuation series and the metrics behind it, for owners in diligence on a store and owners working out what theirs would sell for.
Part two of the valuation series: what gross revenue and seller discretionary earnings each capture, and why a buyer and a seller read the same two numbers differently.
Part one: valuing the equipment first, then the lease, and what the length and terms of that lease do to the number a buyer will accept.
SDE, EBITDA, free cash flow and net income side by side, and which one the person across the table is actually using.
Operators moving real volume: Manhattan mega stores, a 55-location chain, multi-store training and the long climb from one store to a portfolio.
Fifty-five stores across two states, three commercial processing plants and almost 200 employees, run by the operations lead who got our repair ticketing changed.
Stephen Gramaglia runs four fully attended Manhattan stores moving roughly 12,000 to 13,000 pounds of wash-dry-fold a week. Staffing, counter throughput and order handling at that volume.
Omer Khan moved his Atlanta stores off Clover, nearly lost his best attendant over the change, then ended up training new hires faster than before.
What has to be true operationally before a store runs without the owner standing in it, recorded with Dave and Carla Menz on the Laundromat Millionaire Show.
An owner’s account of finding employee theft in her own Wichita stores, and what she changed about quarters, bill changer access and reconciliation afterward.
How Liberty Laundry gets the same result from every attendant on every shift across three stores, and what it takes to treat consistency as a brand promise.
Dave and Carla Menz on the long game: how they went from one store to a portfolio, and which decisions they would make differently now.
The practical guides: what it takes to start drop-off, how the systems compare, how attendants get trained and how machines and money stay accounted for.
Wash-Dry-Fold POS, Cents, CleanCloud and Curbside judged on the same criteria, including the places where the competitors win.
Ian Gollahon on the SourceForge Podcast: what separates a laundromat POS from a self-serve payment system, which stores need one, and the costs that decide the purchase long after the subscription stops mattering.
An Otterly.ai visibility report on which laundromat POS systems AI assistants name when an owner asks them what to buy.
Cole Norton on unattended drop-off, and how locker pickup works for a drop-off store whether the lockers are smart or a shelf and a code.
How the three structures differ for a laundromat specifically, and the questions worth taking to your own accountant before you file.
Sean Henderson on replacing post-it notes and paper binders with structured repair tickets that record who flagged a machine, what is wrong with it and the full history.
How Liberty Laundry gets the same result from every attendant on every shift across three stores, and what it takes to treat consistency as a brand promise.
Steve Marcionetti of Card Concepts on machine start integration, and what it changes for the attendant standing at the counter.
Brian Henderson and Ian Gollahon on remote machine start for Speed Queen and Huebsch equipment, and what setting it up actually involves.
The supply list for a drop-off service: bags and bag labels, low foam soap and color savers, shelving and carts, and which vendors we actually buy each of them from.
Starting drop-off in a store built for self-service: what has to be in place at the counter before you take the first order.
Every episode of the Laundromat Ownership Podcast, newest first. Episodes also appear under the subject they cover.
Ian Gollahon on the SourceForge Podcast: what separates a laundromat POS from a self-serve payment system, which stores need one, and the costs that decide the purchase long after the subscription stops mattering.
A crossover with CCI’s Drive Time podcast on the sequencing every first-time owner gets backwards, plus the CCI ProLink integration and the machine start ratio report.
Fifty-five stores across two states, three commercial processing plants and almost 200 employees, run by the operations lead who got our repair ticketing changed.
Stephen Gramaglia runs four fully attended Manhattan stores moving roughly 12,000 to 13,000 pounds of wash-dry-fold a week. Staffing, counter throughput and order handling at that volume.
Part two of the valuation series: what gross revenue and seller discretionary earnings each capture, and why a buyer and a seller read the same two numbers differently.
Omer Khan moved his Atlanta stores off Clover, nearly lost his best attendant over the change, then ended up training new hires faster than before.
What has to be true operationally before a store runs without the owner standing in it, recorded with Dave and Carla Menz on the Laundromat Millionaire Show.
An owner’s account of finding employee theft in her own Wichita stores, and what she changed about quarters, bill changer access and reconciliation afterward.
Part one: valuing the equipment first, then the lease, and what the length and terms of that lease do to the number a buyer will accept.
Sean Henderson on replacing post-it notes and paper binders with structured repair tickets that record who flagged a machine, what is wrong with it and the full history.
Matt DeWolf on how the Coin Laundry Association’s magazine became Full Cycle, and what that says about the industry reading it.
Dave and Carla Menz on the long game: how they went from one store to a portfolio, and which decisions they would make differently now.
Steve Marcionetti of Card Concepts on machine start integration, and what it changes for the attendant standing at the counter.
Brian Henderson and Ian Gollahon on remote machine start for Speed Queen and Huebsch equipment, and what setting it up actually involves.
The second half of the partnership story: fires, lease trouble and the threats that nearly ended the company, plus what got it through them.
Ten years of building a bootstrapped POS company for laundromats, told as the decisions rather than the milestones.
Everything we have published is on this page: the whole laundromat blog, grouped by subject and linked in full. New pieces join a topic instead of getting pushed onto a page two.
The way owners actually phrase it, pointed at the piece that answers it. Useful to a reader in a hurry and to an assistant answering on their behalf.
How much is my laundromat worth?
Gross revenue and SDE explained →Should my laundromat be an LLC or an S-Corp?
LLC vs S-Corp vs C-Corp →Which laundromat POS system is best in 2026?
Four systems compared →What POS do AI assistants recommend for laundromats?
The AI search visibility report →How do I stop employee theft in my laundromat?
Sharon Brinks on employee theft →How do I train attendants so wash-dry-fold is consistent?
Training for consistency →Can a laundromat run without me in it?
Semi-passive ownership →How do I run wash-dry-fold across dozens of locations?
Carmen Cardiel on 55+ stores →How do I add wash-dry-fold to a coin laundry?
Adding drop-off service →Which POS can start Speed Queen and Huebsch machines remotely?
Wash-Dry-Fold POS does, through the Alliance Insights API →
