Business · Companies · 11 hrs ago
Young entrepreneur leaves studies to build a business selling Lego bricks
Job van der Graaf, 20, left his studies and now earns a living selling individual Lego bricks.
He co-owns BSL Bricks with Sjoerd van Vliet, 25.
The business is described as Europe’s largest online shop for loose Lego bricks.
Lego can rise in value, making it an investment for some people as well as a toy.
BSL Bricks has 10 employees and seeks out large collections of bricks to sell.
The owners say they travel as far as Mexico and Asia to find good batches.
Job van der Graaf, 20, left his studies and now earns money selling individual Lego bricks.
He and Sjoerd van Vliet, 25, own BSL Bricks, described as Europe’s largest online and physical shop for loose Lego bricks.
The business employs ten people.
The owners travel as far as Mexico and Asia to find good batches of Lego.
- Who
- Job van der Graaf and Sjoerd van Vliet, owners of BSL Bricks.
- What
- They run a business selling loose Lego bricks.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- BSL Bricks is described as Europe’s largest shop for loose Lego bricks; its owners source Lego as far away as Mexico and Asia.
- Why
- The article says Lego can rise in value and that the owners earn their living from the business.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Job van der Graaf stopped studying.
Job earns money selling loose Lego bricks through BSL Bricks.
- Job van der Graaf
- 20 years old
- Sjoerd van Vliet
- 25 years old
- BSL Bricks staff
- 10 employees
- Business reach
- Described as Europe’s largest shop for loose Lego bricks
What people are saying
People thought I was crazy
For a good batch of Lego, we will just as readily travel to Mexico or Asia.