274: The Middleman Method: A Real-Life Example of Turning Trash into Treasure
John made $1614 before 11am the day we recorded this episode.
His business model? Buying industrial byproducts, the kind of stuff that’s used for shipping like pallets, cardboard boxes, crates, and so on, and selling them on for a profit.
John Wilker started out buying or being given pallets free by businesses that had no need for them and selling them to pallet yards.
Realizing the pallet yards were selling them on for a profit to businesses that did have a need for them, John saw an opportunity.
“Bottom line is I’m a middleman,” John said.
John hit the pavement and started knocking on the…
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