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College Hunks Turn Junk Into Biz

By on September 16, 2011 in Profiles

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WSJ:

To earn some cash during the summer of 2003, college students Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman started what they thought would be a temporary business removing old furniture and other items from people’s homes.

But after a brief stint in the corporate world following graduation (Mr. Friedman from Pomona College and Mr. Soliman from the University of Miami) they decided that hauling junk was far more to their liking. College Hunks Hauling Junk LLC became a full-fledged operation in 2005 and began franchising two years later.

The Washington, D.C.-based company has 37 locations in 28 states.

We’ve written more about them here.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    See? This is what happens when you have a college student who needs money. They create their own income! In this case, a simple idea has really taken them far. I like hearing about companies like this.

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