First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the toasts.

Mayfield graduate Josh Womack started a company with his business partner to help with best man’s and bridesmaid’s speeches.

The company is relatively new, having only started three and a half years ago, and they are learning new ways of pricing with the same amount of help they always had. Womack said, “It’s a different type of business because it’s not tangible; it’s not like a cupcake or an ice cream cone or something that you can eat or wear it’s more like a consulting service.”

Cameron Amigo is Womack’s business partner and applied the set word count threshold for reviewing the speeches. Amigo said, “To help people who have a short speech we want to charge less, and then to help our comedians when they have to do more work we just want to charge more so that the customer is paying more respectively for the work we’re providing.”

The review pricing depends on a number that they’re still testing. Amigo said, “It’s anything under 400 words- 800 words”

Laugh Staff personalizes every speech and make sure the speech is a certain length and quality also. Amigo said, “The length is as important as quality and depth. If you have a great speech and you’re funny, it can go longer if people don’t notice but if it’s horrible and you’re still going on it’s gonna suck.”

English teacher and friend of Womack, Nick Somich, believes the service is worthwhile.  He said, “I think this is a very important service. People who need it are going to pay whatever they need to pay so that something is done well.”

Somich also said, “I don’t think Laugh Staff should present itself as a discount service because I think that they’re trying to establish a level of quality and show this is a premium service for people who think of a thing as something of higher class.”

Womack and Amigo started out picky with whom they put on their staff. Womack said, “Even before being funny we had to get people who were gonna be responsive.” The staff keeps in close contact with the customers through emails and updates.

It is those crucial emails and updates that help Laugh Staff develop a truly enjoyable toast—a personable wedding moment that will never be forgotten.