Old dogs, new tricks

FSB's archives are packed with entrepreneurs who reinvented stagnant industries. Here's how some of them are doing today.

By Julie Sloane and Brandi Stewart, FSB Magazine
New trick: Trash pickup
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New trick: Trash pickup
1-800-GOT-JUNK?
1800gotjunk.com
Improving upon the schlep-it-to-the-dump idea, hauler 1-800-GOT-JUNK? made our November 2003 cover as a fast-growing $12.6-million-a-year company with 74 franchisees. By providing clean trucks, polite drivers and prompt service delivered through a computer call center, this Vancouver, B.C., company has taken off. Today the profitable firm boasts 317 junk-hauling franchisees and $91 million in annual revenues. -Julie sloane

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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.