Fox Hill Guy

In sixth grade, I got left out of my friends’ group FaceTime because I didn’t have an iPhone. If I wanted one, I had to figure out how to make money.

So I started offering people help with the jobs they didn’t want to do themselves. That became Fox Hill Guy: landscaping, snow removal, animal care and general handyman work around Greater Boston. I kept it going through middle school and high school, then took it full scale in the summer of 2023. Along the way it grew to more than 60 loyal clients.

I started by walking door to door with my fliers, dropping them in mailboxes around the neighborhood and posting them in local Facebook groups.

Then I coded a website myself to showcase my services. Together, the fliers and the website generated $15,000 in profit.

I joined TaskRabbit in 2023 and completed 90 tasks there, from yard work to full moves, with a 4.9-star rating across 39 reviews. Separately, I moved out around 200 IU students during finals week.

To keep up with bigger jobs, I recruited and trained three employees.