Mark Kohler built a janitorial business to 20 employees while finishing college and becoming a father. He worked nights cleaning buildings and restaurants, added a carpet van, and set his own schedule. He didn't get rich, but gained the freedom and flexibility he wanted.
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When I started college, I started a janitorial business. I ran that business for seven years as I went through undergrad and my master's degree. And I'd be cleaning buildings and restaurants at night and had up to 20 employees. At one point, we had a carpet cleaning van. But man, it was tough. And I loved every minute of it. See, entrepreneurship is less about business and more about belief. The belief that you can turn your creativity into freedom. Now, some may say a janitorial business isn't freedom, but it certainly was flexibility. I could go to college, I could become a young father, and I could work. Work the hours I wanted to work and create the income I wanted to create. Although I didn't get rich doing it by simply owning a business and rolling up my sleeves.