Meet Hudson Lightfoot, 16, who grew window-cleaning business to 125 clients

At 16, Hudson Lightfoot is balancing high school with a business he started when he was just 13. What began as a simple window-cleaning operation in Orillia has since grown into Marchmont Window Cleaning, a student-owned business serving customers across the area. According to OrilliaMatters, Lightfoot has built a client base of 125 customers, hired his first employees and received a $3,000 grant through Ontario’s Summer Company programme. Marchmont Window Cleaning's website describes the company as a student-owned, locally operated business established in 2023.From a bucket and squeegee to a growing businessLightfoot told OrilliaMatters that he started the business at 13 with a bucket and squeegee. At the time, the operation was a small venture run by a teenager looking to earn money while learning how to manage a business. He reinvested his first summer's earnings into the company.