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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCarter Grandbois was 16 when he started working for a junk-removal operator in Johnstown, Colorado, and noticed how much money he could make from relatively small jobs. His boss kept a stack of cash in the centre console of his truck, and Grandbois went home and spoke to his father about starting their own operation. Within days, they had bought a trailer. Their first job brought in $500 for about 30 minutes of work.Now 18 and working full-time for himself, Grandbois says his business, Carter\u2019s Junk Away, can bring in as much as $15,000 a month during peak season, a Fortune report noted. He said he eventually improved its profitability by building a pricing calculator, tracking job data and creating systems for generating leads. \u201cI\u2019m really into vibe-coding and creating software,\u201d he explained. The calculator helped his crews bid jobs more consistently, allowing Grandbois to oversee more of the business without being on the truck.<\/p>\n Grandbois said his junk-removal business initially struggled to become profitable consistently. The pricing calculator changed how his workers estimated jobs by giving them a system for calculating what to charge customers.\u201cAfter that, we were able to be profitable on every single job,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen our team is out\u2026 they\u2019re bidding jobs spot-on every single time. So every time they complete a job, I mean, we\u2019re making anywhere from $50 to $200 without being on the truck.\u201dGrandbois said he typically earns between $125 and $1,000 per junk-removal job. His employees are high school friends, while he increasingly handles parts of the operation from home rather than working on the truck himself.The software has also become something Grandbois wants to share with other people entering the industry. He has two calculators: a universal version and a \u201cprivate junk-removal calculator,\u201d which he described as being designed for a \u201cmore experienced junk-removal business.\u201dGrandbois said he recognised that giving away the tools could potentially help competitors, but decided to share them anyway.He said, \u201cI was like, \u2018Hey, like everyone else could totally use this for their business.’\u201dWhen asked about creating potential rivals by distributing his tools, he said: \u201cThat is one of the things with giving away stuff for free. You never know who\u2019s watching the content. But at the end of the day, I know I\u2019m doing something good for anyone else who\u2019s trying to start.\u201dHis approach has been influenced partly by social media, where young entrepreneurs can watch other people build businesses rather than relying only on traditional business stories.Grandbois said, \u201cIt\u2019s probably just like Instagram reels where you\u2019re scrolling, and you\u2019re like, \u2018That guy has a Lamborghini. That dude has a McLaren. Why can\u2019t I have one of those?’\u201d His posts about his work on TikTok are under the account american.junkremoval.<\/p>\n Junk removal remains physical work, and Grandbois is building his company while he is 18. Unlike a traditional corporate job, the business does not provide employer-sponsored health insurance, a 401(k), or other employment benefits.Grandbois has also expanded beyond removing junk. He said he bought a lightly used Ford F-250 with about 10,000 miles and has started offering coaching to people interested in building junk-removal businesses.\u201cWe\u2019ve started to do coaching to help other people who are interested in junk removal scale really quick,\u201d he said.Grandbois estimated that junk coaching now accounts for about half of his business activity and said he has made roughly $40,000 from coaching this year. He said social media has also brought older prospective entrepreneurs to his content, including \u201ca bunch of 40-year-old dads who are also interested in starting a business like this.\u201dThe business model is therefore changing from simply sending crews to collect unwanted items to selling the systems Grandbois developed while building the company. His pricing calculators, social-media content and coaching now sit alongside the original junk-removal operation.<\/div>\n Photo credit: Carter Grandbois \/ InstagramThis image is improved using Gemini Carter Grandbois was 16 when he started working for a junk-removal operator in Johnstown, Colorado, and noticed how much money he could make from relatively small jobs. 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