Teh One Who Knocks
07-22-2016, 10:29 AM
By Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Daron Taylor saved up for a bike and built himself a trailer to lug his lawnmower to customers of the lawncare business he started at 14.
Now, the Cleveland 15-year-old has raised $20,000 from GoFundMe donors all over the country, to help him reach his goal of owning the largest lawn care service ever. D's LawnCare, which Taylor said serves eight to 10 regular customers, gained national attention after videos went viral of Taylor explaining his goals and showing off his bike.
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Taylor cuts the lawns with the help of his little brother, TiShawn Holmes. When asked what motivated him to start the business, he said he was inspired by others, but that he preferred to be out cutting grass and building up business than "sitting home playing a video game all day."
"I'm happy," he said. But he has big plans: "I want it to look like where I'm sitting on the couch and have people working for me while I'm getting rest."
Taylor will go to school for digital arts next year, and wants to have a career in engineering or robotics.
Hear more about his business and his future plans in the video above.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Daron Taylor saved up for a bike and built himself a trailer to lug his lawnmower to customers of the lawncare business he started at 14.
Now, the Cleveland 15-year-old has raised $20,000 from GoFundMe donors all over the country, to help him reach his goal of owning the largest lawn care service ever. D's LawnCare, which Taylor said serves eight to 10 regular customers, gained national attention after videos went viral of Taylor explaining his goals and showing off his bike.
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Taylor cuts the lawns with the help of his little brother, TiShawn Holmes. When asked what motivated him to start the business, he said he was inspired by others, but that he preferred to be out cutting grass and building up business than "sitting home playing a video game all day."
"I'm happy," he said. But he has big plans: "I want it to look like where I'm sitting on the couch and have people working for me while I'm getting rest."
Taylor will go to school for digital arts next year, and wants to have a career in engineering or robotics.
Hear more about his business and his future plans in the video above.