"Alfred, which recently won TechCrunch Disrupt's $50,000 ""Battlefield champion"" prize, is a new startup for an old business. Founded by a group of Harvard Business School graduates, Alfred is essentially a butler service that users can subscribe to for $99 a month. Just say what you need -- groceries, home cleaning, laundry -- and a real human (sadly, probably not named Alfred) will take care of it for you. 
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