Trading a Paperclip for an Ice Cream Truck

BUSINESS LAUNCHING THIS WEEK,ALL THANKS TO A PAPERCLIP.FOX 17'S MICHAEL MARTIN EXPLAINSHOW HE TRADED HIS WAY UP -- TO AREADY-TO-ROLL ICE CREAM TRUCK.Joel Haugen, Owner, PaperclipsIce Cream27.32 "This is wheer it allstarted."NOW THE OWNER OF A BEAUTIFUL,FRESHLY-WRAPPED FORD TRANSITVAN..

TRANSFORMED JUST RECENTLYINTO A CUSTOM ICECREAM TRUCK.

JOEL HAUGEN, ON THEROAD TO STARTING HIS OWNBUSINESS.

TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE.Joel Haugen, Owner, PaperclipsIce Cream5.04 "So I was working for acompany whenCOVID hit, I got laid off.

And Iwas like,Well, now I have plenty oftime.."Joel Haugen, Owner, PaperclipsIce Cream4.53 W"hen growing up in youthgroups, I knew a lot of youthgroups around doingthe going door to door with apaper clip andseeing what they can get up to.And I never had a chance to doit." IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGOACTUALLY, WHEN HE DECIDED TOMAKE THAT VERYF IRST POST ONFACEBOOK MARKETPLACE.

JoelHaugen, Owner, Paperclips IceCream 5.49 "I just posted apicture of me holding apaperclip on Facebookmarketplace and said,I have a paperclip.

What do youhave?I'm trying to tarde up to an icecream truck."AND, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ITWASN'T TOOHARD TO FIND PEOPLE WILNGLI TOBARTER.38 0.01 "so for my first tradeI traded thisnormal sized paperclip for anoversized brassantique safety pin."37 0.10 "I was able to traedthis for aNintendo switch versioon f supersmash bros, which has a value ofabout 60dollars." Joel Haugen, Owner,Paperclips Ice Cream6.39 "then I traded that fortile saw and Itraded that for an engine hoist.And Itraded that for an arcademachine for ajeep.

And then it just kind fosnowballedbigger and bigger." AND IN HISWHIRLWIND OF MEETING NEW FACES,AND MAKINGSOME KILLER TRADE.

SJOEL STARTEDSHARING HIS PROGRESS ONTIK TOK.

34 0.15 "I had a lotof messages, wasytring to find something biggerandbetter and I think I fuond it.

Igot thisvintage arcade game call of thewild bigbuck hunter." Jo Helaugen,Owner, Paperclips Ice Cream7.53 "I wanted to trade forthings that hadmore ambiguous value, like thearcademachine to somebody it could beworth 200 bucks to the guy Itraded for it was worth hisjeep." HE REEICVED CASH INADDITION TO SOME OF THE ITEMS HEGOT IN RTADES..

BUT ALSO ENDEDUPWITH BOATS, MOTORCYCLES,CAMPERS, LAWNMOWERS, ANDEVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

21 0.01Started from a paperclip, nowwe're here EVENTUALLY TRADINGSOME OFHIS ACCUMUATLED MONEY TO GET THEVAN THAT WOULD BECOMEHIS ACCUMULATED MONEY TO GET THEVAN THAT WOULD BECOMEPAPERCLIPS ICE CREAM.

3 0.01 Ittook us about a year but wedid it..

Traded a paper clip upto an Ice reamtruck HIS FIRST GIG WAS AT HISCOUSIN'SGRADUATION PARTY..

BUT WITHMILLIONS OF VIEWS RACKED UP ONTIKTOK, PAPERCLIPS ICE CREAM HASALREADY, IN IT'S FIRST WEEK OFEOPRATIONS, BEEN BOOKED FORSEVERAL UPCOMING EVENTS.

3 0.58"Right now it doesn't look toomuch like an ice cream truck butgive me a oucpleweeks and I will be on the roadselling icecream." Joel Haugen, Owner,Paperclips Ice Cream1 2.08 "Ijust posted on Facebook that I'mready for hire and woke up toover 200 messages.

So it's, it'sawesome.

It's a constantheadache, but in a good way."Joel Haugen, Owner, PaperclipsIce Cream 13.00 "I'm hitting theground running and I willprobably keep going until thesnowfalls becaeus it's new, it'sfun, and I want toget exposure." MICHAEL MARTIN,FOX 17 NEWS.IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HIRINGPAPERCLIPS ICE CREAM FORYOUR OWN EVENT -- WE HAVEDETAILSON OUR WEBSIET, ALONG WITH ADETAILED LIST OF ALL THE TRADESHEHAD TO MAKE TO GO FRM OAPAPERCLIP TO AN ICE CREAM TRUCK.STILL TO COME AT SIX...ATTORNEY