Ever the entrepreneur, Jim proposed a money-making opportunity to Derek.

When the forecast called for over a foot of snow, he offered to partially subsidize Derek’s purchase of a snowblower so Derek might earn an income clearing neighbors’ driveways and sidewalks.

This decision was made in a matter of minutes. Once the snowblower was purchased, the on-the-job training began.

He was a natural. Of course, once his younger brothers heard of the money-making opportunity, they were eager to help for a portion of the profit.

So off they went, walking the wintery neighborhood looking for customers. They had a 100% success rate, as every single door they knocked on hired them to clear their driveway! He also learned that while he was working on one driveway, neighbors were calling the house he was at to find out if he could make his way down to their driveways next. Talk about instant word of mouth references.

Derek blew the snow off driveways…

while Peter and Jeremy shoveled the front walks…

A good fraction of the snowblower is already paid off, after just a half day of work.