{
  "id": 8263876,
  "title": "California entrepreneur started toilet business with one truck; made $4.3m",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/california-entrepreneur-started-toilet-business-with-one-truck-made-4",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-18T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/a-31-year-old-california-entrepreneur-started-a-portable-toilet-business-in-2023-with-one-truck-and-100-units-two-years-later-nearly-2000-toilets-and-12-trucks-helped-bring-in-4-3-million-in-2025/articleshow/134333774.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Daniel Tom, 31, started Bay Area Sanitation in California in 2023 with one truck and 100 portable toilets. The business became profitable within its first year and generated $4.3 million in 2025. It now operates nearly 2,000 toilets and 12 trucks, with Tom focusing on long-term rentals, regular cleaning and reinvesting profits to expand the company further.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}