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My product can be sold to retailers, laundromats, individuals, and businesses. For this assignment, I will focus on the end customer.

My customer lives in Orlando and attends the University of Central Florida. This is her first time away from home and she has always had everything done for her by her parents. Thankfully, at home her hobby was cooking; however, until she moved away, she had never done laundry. She worried about doing laundry for the first time. One Saturday, she decided she can no longer go without clean clothes. She walked down to the laundry room of her dormitory and began doing her laundry. She put her clothing in the washer and returned to her dormitory. A while later she remembered she was doing laundry and ran to the laundry room only to find her clothing on top of the dryer, wet.

She frantically called her mother and asked her what to do. Her mom asked her to smell her clothing and see if they smell like mildew. They did, and consequently she had to start all over again. This time she set a timer, but the timer went off as she was completing an online quiz. On a fixed income, she was upset about the money wasted using the washing machine. Eventually she adjusted to doing her own laundry, but if she had my all in one machine none of these things would have happened to her.

What do I have in common with her? This was my sister when she went away to University of Central Florida. Like many people, leaving the house and adjusting to life on your own is hard. Like my sister, I live away from home and have to do my own laundry, but there has to be an easier way.

I don’t think this is a coincidence. I came up with this idea because it will save time and be convenient for students, mothers, and anyone who does their own laundry. Technology has greatly progressed, and I am relatively certain my product could be produced and brought to market at an affordable price. This product will change the way laundry is done and will make household chores simpler.