This high school dropout was cleaning offices for $14 an hour before he used AI to build a $1 million business
News Source : Fortune
News Summary
- Rick Chorney grew up without much of a safety net.
- As a teenager, he fell into substance abuse, and wound up on welfare.
- Chorney projected that he’ll cross $1.3 million in sales this year.
- His business has grown to 16 cleaners on staff, two business partners, and one AI receptionist handling up to 15 phone calls an hour.
- The company he co-founded in 2023 with his best friend Adrian (they’ve known each other since they were age 2)
The first year Rick Chorney ran his own cleaning company, he didnt take a single day off. He was in the field by 7 a.m., home by 8 p.m., and back at his laptop until 1 in the morningseven days a week [+12152 chars]
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