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By the time he was in the eighth grade, at 13-years-old, Emil had taken out his first loan: $8000 to purchase a commercial lawn mower. He paid off his four-year loan in two years.

It was the beginning of Motycka Enterprises, LLC – a company which currently provides work for about 65 people in Northern Colorado. Motycka Enterprises offers everything from building and janitorial maintenance to lawn care, tree care, snow removal, and even Christmas light installation. The company helped Emil to earn $135,000 his senior year of high school.

Emil is currently a senior at the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business, in Boulder, Colorado.

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College tuition: $5,000

Room and board: $2,000

Textbooks: $500

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