Fido’s out of diet dog food, your mother-in-law’s
lonely, your Jimmy Choos have gone missing in the clutter of
your closet, and your family’s fed up with fast food. What’s
a desperate housewife to do? Call LifeWorx, a new Chappaqua-based
company that bills itself as “a part-time intelligent butler.”
“We do extra tasks that people don’t have time for and would rather
not do themselves,” says LifeWorx CEO Bal Agrawal. “People are
used to outsourcing their lawn care, but not delegating tasks like organizing
their paperwork, going shopping, or preparing meals. They spend a lot of time
on chores and errands, then wonder why they don’t have more free time.”
The company can tackle just about anything on one’s to-do
list. One staffer walks a 97-year-old client’s beloved
poodle daily, and Agrawal himself retrieved and returned a forgotten
backpack of homework during near-blizzard conditions. The company’s
15-plus employees include organizers, eldercare consultants,
chefs, and cleaners. |