Fortune· 2h ago· 1 min read
Teens are up against the worst summer job market in nearly 80 years , fighting just to get a shift at an ice cream shop. One 11-year-old is taking matters into his own hands and offering to clean his neighbors' trash cans for $10.
Once his school broke up for the summer break in May, Ashton Meyer began knocking on the doors of local residents of East Gwillimbury, Canada, to ask whether he could clear out their trash—and documenting each knock on Instagram and TikTok.
“My name is Ashton, and I’m doing a service to clean out all of your bins—that includes your garbage, your green bin and your recycling,” he says on camera, door after door.
Now, he has 40 clients; he’s become a social media sensation, racking up more than 111,000 followers on Instagram in just two months; And as the leaves turn brown, he hopes to expand to leaf raking.
“I want to be an entrepreneur who owns his own…
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