I really loved my job before I acquired my businesses and I made decent money doing it, but when COVID-19 came around, I’d already been thinking, “I’ll give my job two to three years, but then I have to take action and go towards what I really want to do.” It all ended up making sense. They didn’t necessarily want to go back into the life of being business owners, so I’m carrying on the torch now. As I got older, they got to the point where it was time for a change, so they wrapped that all up and moved across the world to Canada from New Delhi, India. I was born into a family that ran three different businesses. Vab: Business ownership runs in my blood, so to speak. Rogers Business: Is there someone or something that inspired you to go into business ownership?
Now that I’m in the laundromat business, I think, “Okay, well, what can we do? What can technology do for us now?” That’s where I’m at today. Because of that, there isn’t the same amount of tech disruption that a lot of other industries have seen.
Vab: It began with just wanting to do something of my own, but it also turned out that the laundromat industry in general, or at least in Canada, is still an essential, but often overlooked business. Rogers Business: Where did the idea for your small business begin? The second one wasn’t running well when I bought it, but by that time, I felt I could take it on and turn it around. In early 2021, I bought the existing business and it did well right away, so I bought a second laundromat in the same year. I did, too, but the laundromat came along and the numbers made sense. But what?” I think a lot of people struggle with that for a long time. I would say that a lot of entrepreneurs who want to start their own business have this issue where they think, “Okay, I want to do something on my own. How did I specifically get into a laundromat? It was honestly a fluke. I’d been wanting to go and do something on my own for a long time, so I saw this as a good opportunity. During COVID-19, I lost my job after being there for 10 years. Rogers Business: Tell us a little bit about your business. We chatted with him about what he loves most about business ownership and how he envisions expanding his laundromats in the future. Within a year, he’d acquired his second location, Shining Star Coin Laundry Vab plans to rebrand both his businesses under one name in 2023. When he found a well-run laundromat for sale, everything added up and he jumped right in. He spent the next year learning about entrepreneurship and looking for the right opportunity. Vab Sethi had always wanted to be a small business owner and hadn’t taken the leap – but when he lost his job due to layoffs during the pandemic, the moment finally felt right. How Jane Park Super Coin Laundry’s client-focused strategy drives its high-rated reviews
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