I quit uni to start my own business & now I earn £500 a week - people say my job is a joke... but I love it
A HUMAN told how he dropped out of university to start his own business and now earns £500 a week. Oakley Inkersell, 19, from Christchurch, New Zealand, dropped out of university to start his own business and now earns £500 a week. He manages to revive dirty and neglected engines that are in dire need of cleaning and regularly shares videos of his stomachaches on his TikTok account. He decided to show the face behind the business in one of his posts, which shows he is open about making the transition from education to entrepreneurialism. Social media users were impressed by the young entrepreneur’s success and flooded the comments section with praise.
Published : 2 years ago by Russell Falcon in
A HUMAN told how he dropped out of university to start his own business and now earns £500 a week.
Oakley Inkersell, 19, from Christchurch, New Zealand, decided to drop out of school to become his own boss.
He explained that he “absolutely hated” his time in college, despite wanting to break into the business world.
The young man found an alternative path to success after combining his passion with his past experience of cleaning cars.
“Everybody has a car and it will always get dirty,” Oakley wrote in a LinkedIn post.
“What it means to me is the huge market size, lots of recurring business, and high customer LTV.”
In January of this year, he decided to start his mobile car valuation business, Cleaner Cars.
The 19-year-old manages to expertly revive dirty and neglected engines that are in dire need of cleaning.
He regularly shares videos of his stomachaches on his TikTok account, amassing his 16,000 followers with his transformations.
Oakley decided to show the face behind the business in one of his posts, which shows he’s open about making the transition from education to entrepreneurialism.
The teenager claims his car valuation business is booming, earning him hundreds of pounds a week.
He explains: “I am a 19 year old New Zealander and I just started my mobile car care business in Christchurch.
“I went to college and absolutely hated it! So I decided to start a business and be my own boss.
“Working for myself means I become my own boss and I make over $1,000 (£500) a week – just cleaning a car or two a day.”
Oakley says Cleaner Cars is now a week in advance by customers, despite only using word of mouth and TikTok to advertise.
“Taken a risk and now I’ve never been happier! You should too,” he captioned. clip.
The savvy businessman explains that he now plans to conquer New Zealand’s auto cleaning market while recruiting more staff.
Social media users were impressed by the young entrepreneur’s success and flooded the comments section with praise.
One wrote: “Love people like this! Great job.”
Another said: “Just keep going man, it’s okay to be your own boss.
The third added: “This is awesome! Hope your business grows and expands branches, would love to use your services. Keep growing, this is awesome!”
And the fourth man chimed in: “Good for you! I’ll check on you next time I’m around.”
Others suggested Oakley should raise the price while some were so fascinated by his work, they even asked him for a job.
One person pointed out: “You’re not charging enough! Do your market research.”
Another said: “That’s reckless man, but you should be making over $1,000 a week if you’re that independent.”
We’ve previously talked about two brothers who dropped out of university and worked at a chip shop making £150 a week – but now they’re worth £40m.
Reiss and Kris Edgerton, aged 30 and 29, were named in Sunday Times Rich List and shared how they once came up with the idea on Skype with the youngest billionaire in the UK.
According to this year’s listing, the Edgertons started Aybl, a Redditch-based women’s fitness clothing brand that’s currently worth $10 million.