Age Is Never a Barrier - How Joseph Lambert Built a Multimillion Dollar Junk Removal Business Before 20.

Joseph Lambert shares his remarkable entrepreneurial journey from Sandy Springs teenager to successful business owner. After his parents divorced when he was 12, Joseph found his outlet in work-mowing lawns and working construction with mentor Chris Milan, who taught him work ethic, integrity, and street smarts through 12-hour summer days. These formative experiences shaped his approach to business and life. Throughout high school, Joseph confidently tackled every job opportunity, learning through failures like a concrete demolition project that cost him $3,000 on a $1,000 bid. At 17, while doing landscaping, a customer asked him to remove furniture before moving. Joseph completed the job with friends and experienced his epiphany: junk removal was simple and infinitely scalable. Rather than reinvent the wheel, Joseph studied 1-800-GOT-JUNK's $700-800 million model and focused on better execution. Starting with rented trucks, he differentiated through people-recruiting clean-cut college students from Kennesaw State and UGA instead of typical laborers, creating premium residential experiences. He prioritized aggressive growth over profitability for three years, at one point carrying $100,000 in credit card debt, but ultimately scaled to $2.8-2.9 million in revenue with 8 trucks and 30-35 employees. When Joseph sold to Allied Junk Partners in early 2024, he made the deal unique by announcing plans six months early and promising team bonuses. Employees earning $15-22/hour received life-changing four and five-figure payouts when the sale closed. After nearly two years as VP, Joseph departed in October 2024. Now with a wife and four-month-old daughter, Joseph invests in manufactured housing with his mother in East Tennessee while exploring opportunities in the waste industry. His advice to aspiring entrepreneurs: "Just do it"-embrace imperfect action, keep moving, and trust that opportunities reveal themselves through motion, not perfect planning.