Waleed Cope

VIP Bubbles

VIP Bubbles is elevating the laundromat experience by delivering a premium, client focused laundry service. We've changed the traditional laundromat model into a modern, service oriented facility featuring tech forward equipment, impeccably maintained spaces, and on site staff dedicated to client service excellence.

Our comprehensive service offerings include self-service laundry with modern, efficient machines, as well as convenient pickup and delivery services designed to save our clients valuable time. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional results with every load, setting new standards for cleanliness, efficiency, and client satisfaction in the laundry industry.

Our mission is to make laundry day something clients and their families actually look forward to, proving that even life's most mundane tasks can be elevated through thoughtful service and attention to detail.

Co-Founder

The Soap Box

The Soap Box is a Brooklyn-based firm that offers premium garment and sneaker care services. 

Our dry cleaning, sneaker cleaning and laundry services are all performed with the utmost professionalism and care. We take pride in our work and are dedicated to providing the best possible service to our clients. Whether you need your clothes cleaned or your sneakers refreshed, we can help! 

Visit us today for all of your garment and sneaker care needs.

Thank you for choosing The Soap Box!

Co-Founder & CEO

Johnson Security Bureau, Inc.

Johnson Security Bureau, Inc. has been providing professional security, transport, patrol and protective services for nearly sixty years. 

Based in the Bronx, New York, Johnson Security was founded in 1962 and incorporated in the State of New York. We are the oldest Black-owned security firm in New York State and among the oldest Black-owned security firms in the country. As a third generation, family-owned-and-operated enterprise, Johnson Security has established an impeccable record of providing our clients with greater peace of mind.  

Our firm has achieved this record through a diligently screened, thoroughly trained security force that embodies a genuine concern for the safety of our clients and their employees and visitors, as well as for the safeguarding of the facilities and communities we secure.

Chief Of Staff

Laundry CEO

The Laundruy CEO Forum is the country’s gathering of owners, operators, managers, investors, and entrepreneurs in garment care.

They come together for hands-on workshops, inspiring speakers, high-value networking, and thought-provoking panels to fuel economic growth in their businesses.

These professionals attend this event to:

∙ learn the latest strategies and tactics being implemented by successful entrepreneurs
∙ hear inspiring success stories from entrepreneurs
∙ network with entrepreneurs and investors
∙ meet potential partners
∙ drive company growth
∙ and more!

Wash Weekly

Wash Weekly is an independent e-journal focused on providing owners, operators, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs in the garment care industry with a radically new perspective on building their businesses and fostering a mindset of innovative thinking.

Editor

Commerce and Chill

Commerce and Chill is where business partners Jessica Johnson-Cope & Waleed Cope share their insights and experiences on the journey through business and life as a married couple.

Co Host

TrackTik

TrackTik is an agile end-to-end operation management software designed for the security industry, focused on increasing visibility and productivity.

Our software is an integrated guard management system for monitoring, reporting and managing your security operations. Guards can do patrol tours, report incidents and activities in real time. Managers and clients can monitor, review, and respond instantly from their browsers or smart-phone. TrackTik improves efficiency, accountability and profitability.

Product Manager / Business Development

Project 17 Realty and Associates Ltd.

Sales Advisor

Massey Knakal Realty Services

Director of Sales

Hilltop Properties

Sales Agent

I am a business owner & operator
I am a former public school teacher, 4th grade
I am a laundry business owner who has folded more laundry than most people ever will 
I am from Brooklyn, New York 
I went to Coppin State University
I am a writer; check out my newsletter www.washweekly.com
I am a speaker (love talking about LAUNDRY & BUSINESS)
I am a podcast host. Check it out https://www.youtube.com/@WaleedCope/featured
I am Denzel Washnfold
I am the Laundry CEO. Check out https://www.laundryceo.com/

I am Waleed Cope, https://waleedcope.com/

Techstars

Mentor for the Techstars NYC Spring 2025 Cohort

Mentor

Cents

Powering laundry day at your local laundromat. 

We're hiring in a number of positions, please visit reach out at careers@trycents.com!

Chief Executive Officer

Chapman University Argyros College of Business & Economics

Supporting and advising the Dean of the Argyros School of Business and Economics at Chapman University.

Member of the Board of Counselors

Modo Labs

I run Modo Marketplace (formerly Ulyngo) and all things commerce at Modo Labs. Modo is trusted by leading brands and universities to quickly create personalized workplace and campus mobile apps. Direct message me to learn how you can accelerate your mobile-first strategy with our easy to use no-code platform.

Senior Director of Commerce

Founder of Ulyngo

Ulyngo

Through Ulyngo (now Modo Marketplace), a campus can centralize the daily commercial activities of students, offering any number of storefronts for a student to buy a bike from a new friend, register for a university-sponsored 5K, pay their club membership fees, or sell textbooks back to the campus bookstore.

Founder & CEO (Acquired by Modo Labs)

Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship

Alex works with student teams to assess companies current situations, identify specific growth verticals and develop strategic plans of action. Alex has been a guest lecturer in Entrepreneurial undergraduate and graduate level courses sharing his experience as an entrepreneur.

Advisor and Team Mentor

Playboy Enterprises, Inc.

As the only intern in the social media and digital marketing department, Alex independently managed and organized the Playboy Youtube channel assisting on the "safe-for-work"​ brand transition by Playboy. In addition, Alex assisted on the curation and filtering of content on other social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, etc. and was a part of the 5 person social media team that grew Playboy's online reach by 258% in one year.

Social Media and Marketing Intern

I'm a 2x founder obsessed with unsexy industries and creating technology to grow their opportunity.

I was the founder and CEO of Ulyngo, an award-winning marketplace and payments platform for HigherEd. After 5 years of growth, Ulyngo was acquired by Modo Labs: 
https://medium.com/@Ajekowsky/ulyngo-has-been-acquired-b2c98f26ed1e

I now run Cents which is building a network of garment care SMB's in order to outsource laundry day in America to local businesses.

My passions have always revolved around building businesses in unsexy industries with a focus on leadership, and human development. I love to create, think of new ways to do everyday things, and put my own spin on everything. Above all else, I love to smile and make others laugh.

I also love meeting new people and drinking ☕️, preferably together, so let's connect!

Alexander Jekowsky

4 out of 5 Americans have at least 1 subscription or membership, and my bet is that if you're reading this, you have many more! A year+ in the making! Cents is excited to introduce one of the most robust membership and subscription platforms ever built for the laundry industry!

We're excited to help local laundromats and dry cleaners power America's laundry day - give a laundry delivery subscription a try and get your Sunday back!

Co-founder & CEO of Cents (we're hiring) || Forbes 30 Under 30

Cents Memberships are here! 🎉 

Stop chasing one-time customers. Start building predictable monthly revenue.
Cents Memberships makes it simple to launch subscription plans for your laundry business—no developer needed, no complex setup. Just plug-and-play templates ready to customize and go.

What you get:
→ Unlimited membership plans ($35/month)
→ Ready-to-use templates & member dashboards
→ Multi-location support
→ Flexible discounts, quantity limits & bonuses
→ Customer self-enrollment through your website

From college semester plans to family subscriptions, create the membership model that fits YOUR business.

Predictable revenue. Repeat customers. One simple platform.

Already a Cents customer? Contact your CSM to add Memberships today.

Not a customer yet? Let's talk about how memberships can work for your business.

Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g7jzJiXB

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