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The Just Junk Story
After graduating with an Economics degree from Queens
University, Mike Thorne received a management position
with one of Canada’s largest corporations in Toronto,
Canada.
In 2003 while gazing out into a sea of cubicles trying
to figure out how to remove old office equipment from
his floor of his building, he had an epiphany. He realized
everything in this world would one day need to be removed
and disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner.
With no time to waste Mike left his well paying job
and life in Toronto and moved back to his hometown of
St. Catharines, ON.
He started where everyone else does, right at the bottom
with a $500 used van and virtually no start up capital.
He did however have a vision to one day create a brand
and franchise model that would compete with the best.
After placing a small classified ad his hunch was right.
Everyone had junk! He quickly became junkman by day
and business man by night, marketing, hiring and systemizing
every aspect of the business model into the early hours
of the morning.
Thorne's entrepreneurial spirit was strong, strong enough
to ignore his friends and family who we’re understandably,
a little leery of his new found dream of becoming a
professional junk hauler.
By 2006 Just Junk had received numerous business awards
including new business of the year and had removed junk
from close to 10 000 residents across Southern Ontario.
By 2007 after turning down multiple franchise prospects
Just Junk Franchising Corporation found the right man
in Don Freeman to spearhead the first franchise in Hamilton.
Mike Thorne has succeeded at creating a brand with enormous
staying power.
Just Junk is regarded as the industry leader and the
most recognized brand in the cities they service. For
a young company this is only the beginning. Just Junk
is presently entertaining countless franchise inquiries
from across Canada and the US.
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