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Joe with the rarest of the coach, he currently owns a 2007 Kanye West BAPE collaboration

you Can remember your 12th birthday?

There was probably some Cake and Maybe even in the Form of a bead, and if you were lucky enough that friends, family and a few gifts.

What did you on this day, Chances Are it affected the rest of your life very much.

But for Joe Franklin , who began a coach collection, so exclusive he is one of the go-to provider for the UK rap scene, to this day, as a everything.

He saved birthday money and put on a pair of Jessie J ' s signature Nike Air Max 90 coach, he says that he wanted to impress his friends.

"Later That Day , someone double what I have paid, me. So obviously, I it and I took double my money," says he beat Radio 1 News.

Since then, The Most expensive is went pair of sneakers, which he sold for £62,000 After he flew to LA and bought by a collector for £45,000.

they were laced, a pair of Back to The Future Nike Air Mags, that - just like in The Movie .

This is an eye-watering number, But Joe - who is still just 17 and lives at home with his parents in north-west London , says the "higher net Worth " collectors he sold to see a Trainer in the art.

Most of his customers live in Russia and Dubai - the kind of people who might come to London and Park your gold Lamborghinis outside Harrods over the Summer .

What is to be expected that d'ya? Drop a Quick £60k on this?

But he also sells a lot of UK-based Rapper, who want something, the lift to rotate a video, or just to look good.

Dizzee Rascal , Aj Tracey , notes, and M Huncho all were customers.

Joe>says that on an average week, he now makes anywhere Between £5,000 and £20,000 in today.

He Made half of it, while still in school - so it's probably not surprising that he finished school at 16 with only a few school graduation.

"I had to ask coach a lot of people, the buy in contact with me, and asked if I source a Trainer, and I couldn't do it while in school. It was too much. "

Joe, who is dyslexic, says he was never particularly academically anyway. But the people in school saw that he was "an eye for an offer".

"you couldn't see that I have this ultra-bright child, But I know that if there is money. "

Don 't worry, we asked: Joe have not yet seen, M Huncho without The Mask

he admits that He thought his parents would let him out of school was crazy, "" on the first one.

"But do pass the months, and I wore it, and she was right, it is a commodity, right?

"It's supply and demand at the end of The Day . You Don 't have to look at it as a coach. They saw it as a product I could get hold of and to make a profit. "

He uses Instagram to show some of their products, from @5upplied, and brings the customer to a place, he works in the East-London - by appointment only.

It is, says Joe, an exclusive service.

It is time he delivered a pair of Nike SB Dunk Paris coach to the value of £ 30,000, which is on a private jet Luton private aviation airport-since it's only two hours to the source - as an example.

"If you delivered your Trainer take you on a runway, I can deliver them on a runway. It really doesn't matter," he says.

Joe's advice to any budding entrepreneur is to "just give it a go"

To achieve this, he had to speed across the Country - in a taxi, Joe, is always to learn to negotiations with The Collector , he was for the procurement of the trainers on the way.

After the gathering, until he came to The Airport , and the buyer sits "in the jet there with his wife and children, Luggage, and food everywhere. And he's like, 'I can't believe you Made it.

"I texted you two hours to me some of the rarest of coaches, and they literally delivered it to me on a plane". "

Joe says, it was a moment that really meant something for him.

"I was really impressed by what he said. Obviously you know that your customers are satisfied with the service they give you, But if you say that it is my and it really means so much more. "

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Joe says that the reason why he's not "fanboy" of the artists who come through its doors.

"I'm here to provide a service, it can not other places. Even if Drake came out, I would not act like a fanboy. It's just another potential customer come through - I'm just trying my service provide. "

It all sounds very serious, But Joe is 17 and makes a decent amount of money. He's certainly living A Life , some of us can only dream of? It is only natural to ask, what he spends his money on.

"Honestly? I just reinvest it back into The Business . I do make my money, and more money. "

And he betrays his friends, the works are mostly still in school or not, you can ask him also, get the rounds on the weekend. "Not yet," he laughs.

Joe, plans, before the building of the trainers and the introduction of "Social Media app" music - Nothing done was not," says But , he believe that the sales Trainer, until he finds something to sell better.

His tip for a business to start he has reservations, he reminds us that he is still only 17 - is it, "learn from your mistakes, always take the criticism, just keep trying and never give up".

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