Who wants to clean the fish tank and pick up the dry cleaning on a sunny Saturday morning?
Now there’s Mylackey.com to do all the drudge work in your life. The year-old Seattle-based company, which provides a range of services on one Web site, plans to expand into seven more cities by the end of the year. Mylackey is emerging at a time when the home-delivery segment is white hot. Companies such as online grocer Webvan, Net convenience store Kozmo.com and take-out food start-up Food.com are becoming media favorites. But while the focus of those firms is selling goods, Mylackey’s main offering is convenience and elbow grease. “We’ll do anything a customer asks,” chief executive officer Brian McGarvey said. He isn’t kidding. When McGarvey ticks off a list of services his company provides, it sounds like a fraternity initiation. “Tomorrow we’re sending someone to cut firewood,” McGarvey said flatly. “We’ve been asked to pick up dog poop, and even to provide escort service–that one we turned down. We’ll do anything that’s legal.” On Mylackey.com, consumers can find someone to de
