She earned $20 doing laundry for a friend. Now this entrepreneur washes 7,000lb a month

Army veteran Hyacinth Tucker started doing laundry as a side hustle. Now she’s winning pitch competitions

The first time Hyacinth Tucker did someone else’s laundry, she earned $20. “I didn’t think of it as a business. This was just another side hustle,” she said. It was 2022 and the Maryland-based army veteran needed money.

She was going through a divorce, and Covid had staunched the flow of income from the event facilities she owned, so she had taken to driving for Uber and pet-sitting.

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