Key Takeaways
- Two years ago, Darrick Ramsey and Alexis Jordan were given a challenge: Turn $1 into $100 in a week using all of the resources at their disposal.
- Jordan surpassed the goal by providing cleaning work for local small businesses and creating an in-demand snack.
- Ramsey offered pressure washing and car detailing services and ended up making $2,065 in a week.
When Darrick Ramsey first held the single dollar bill he’d been given, anxiety hit him hard. “I was very nervous, like I was anxious,” he recalls in an interview with Entrepreneur.
Alexis Jordan had a similar reaction: “For me, I was very nervous,” she says.
In February 2024, a documentary film team tasked these two students, along with about two dozen of their then-high school classmates, with an unusual challenge: Turn $1 into $100 in a week using all of the resources at…
