CEO Dominic Coryell Wins 2008 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov 12, 2008 -
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Local CEO Dominic Coryell Wins 2008 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards

Entrepreneur’s Organization Awards Boston-Based Husky Express First Prize and Innovation Award for Fully-Automated Laundry Service

November 12, 2008 – Boston, MA– With all of recent negative economic news coming from Wall Street, the City of Boston and Northeastern University today can be very proud that a product of the City and the University this week was named the 2008 Global Student Entrepreneur.  

Dominic Coryell, a Northeastern University graduate, serves as the CEO of Boston-based Husky Express.  Coryell emerged from a group of 26 finalists to win this year’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards competition – the “Heisman Trophy” for top undergraduate student business owners. This year’s competition attracted over 1,000 collegians from more than 300 universities in 11 countries.

Coryell was also given the Innovation Award for Husky Express’s implementation of a fully-automated process that provides high-quality, next-day delivery and pick up of garments, creating efficiencies not commonly associated with the industry. Husky Express’ 2008 revenues are approaching $800,000.

Entrepreneur’s Organization, with support from its sponsoring partner Mercedes-Benz Financial, searches annually for the world’s top student business owner. This year’s 26 finalists – representing Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia and the United States – presented their businesses to a panel of accomplished business leaders including (1-2 names) and  assembled by EO in Chicago on November 5 - 6, 2008.

About Garment Valet powered by Husky Express

GARMENT VALET® is a laundry and dry cleaning delivery service that caters to residents of multi-unit housing facilities in Boston by placing a digital locker system, a virtual concierge of sorts, in common areas for all the residents to share.  It is similar to a vending machine, but engineered specifically for wash-dry-fold and dry-cleaning.  If there is no space for a locker, the company also has the ability to offer un-attended delivery by obtaining a key. In-person or office delivery is always available as well.  The convenience this machine offers is three fold; it eliminates the need to carry garments to the dry cleaners, it saves time for those who want an alternative to self-service wash-dry-fold, and it eliminates the hassle of in-person delivery and the time constraints involved by securing typical un-attended delivery.

Customers all have an online account with GARMENT VALET® which allows them to place orders, track orders, and receive notification of their incoming delivery to their digital locker (through phone, email, and SMS).  The lockers act as a shared service point so each customer does not need their own cube.  GARMENT VALET® can use the same locker for multiple customers per day, thus efficiently saving precious city real estate square footage.
Visit: www.garmentvalet .com or call 617-44-clean to for 50% off you first order. Mention the code “smartmove”