A fortune in junk: College 'Hunks' turned summer job into multimillion dollar business

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There's a saying that "an idea by itself is worth nothing," but with persistence and a business-savvy work ethic, great ideas can pay off big time, even for students.

Or in this case, hunks.

Having discovered the trick to creating a profitable business, high school friends Omar Soliman and Nick Friedman have earned a multimillion dollar national chain and serious entrepreneurs cred -- like street cred, but among business owners, traders, people in dress suits. And now, it's spawned another business and is poised for growth.

"We wanted to put a clean, crisp image to a trash business, which is otherwise inglorious," Friedman explained in an interview with CBS.

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