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Started a lawn service on the fly. Worked great!
All I had was an old car and a lawn mower, didn't even have a phone or pager (1994 or so). Whipped up some flyers and pasted them all over the trailer park communal mailboxes (several parks). Used mom's phone number and checked in by pay phone.
First day, lady called mom wanting to know if I could edge.
"Tell her I can."
"You don't have an edger!"
"I will after I get paid on this next job."
Hauled ass to Home Depot, got an edger, rest is history.
A major leg up was mom (grandma) being old and having old friends that wanted the work done. Once I displayed competency, the referrals rolled in.