Thomas Tull applied dynamic pricing to laundromats early in his career
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Thomas Tull is the founder of Legendary Entertainment and Tullco LLC. He discusses his early business career in an economically challenged neighborhood.
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“And, you know, so the area I grew up in was economically challenged and needed laundromats. Tried to apply some innovation to laundromats with dynamic Pricing and some other things.”
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