# How A Broke Janitor Built A $7M Empire Hauling Junk | Barry Hartman E530

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Podcast: [The Rich Somers Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rich-somers-report-5905323)
Published: 2026-07-30T14:00:00+00:00
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Accredited investors wanting to participate in our Catalina Island + Bodega Bay opportunities visit somerscapital.com/invest Rich Somers sits down with Barry Hartman to talk about how he went from working as a broke janitor and pursuing a professional snowboarding career to building a junk-removal company generating more than $7 million a year. Barry shares how he started with a single pickup truck, the business fundamentals he learned along the way, and why junk removal can become an incredi...

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