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How To Make Money With Acrylic Globes

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2007-07-21 10:24.
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http://sphericalconcepts.com/

After traveling internationally as a Marine and later as a product developer for a plastics company, in 1981 John Szal combined his love of travel and design in Spherical Concepts (sphericalconcepts.com), a maker of acrylic globes.

The firm's Earth and sky globes, which range in diameter from three inches to five feet, are handcrafted in Frazer, Pa., using a process based on glass blowing. Continents or constellations are silk-screened onto a sheet of acrylic, which is then heated and inflated.

How To Make A Profit With Cat Poop Inventions

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2007-07-19 10:35.
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http://www.litterworks.com/

Brian Turkalo quit a stable, well-paying job as a corporate salesman to deal with his cat’s poop full time — and he couldn’t be happier.

How To Make $30,000 A Month, Catching Allegators

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2007-07-02 12:05.
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http://www.animalcapture.com/

How To Make $1.3 Million Dollars Selling Retro Cards

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2007-06-29 12:25.
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http://mikwright.com/

As owners of MikWright Ltd., a Charlotte, North Carolina-based greeting card company, Tim Mikkelsen, 45, and Phyllis Wright-Herman, 44, employ a group of friends and neighbors to glue old family photos to off-size greeting cards. The duo then writes humorous, snarky captions for the 1950s, '60s and '70s-era pictures.

How One Business Got Blown Up

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Tue, 2007-06-26 12:15.
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It may sound dangerous, but pyrotechnics is a part of everyday family life for Zambelli Fireworks Internationale, which is one of the oldest family run fireworks companies in the U.S., and also one of the largest.

The self-titled "first family of fireworks," based in New Castle Pa., has been in business since the turn of the 19th century, when Antonio Zambelli brought his pyrotechnic ability to the U.S. from Naples, Italy.

The Strangest Monopoly You'll Ever Read About

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2007-06-22 10:42.
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http://www.columbuswashboard.com/

The Columbus Washboard Company has the washboard market virtually all to itself. Only two other such businesses in the world exist, and the Columbus Washboard Company is the only washboard-making enterprise based in the U.S.

How To Go From Underpaid Lifeguard To Entrepreneur

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2007-06-20 12:31.
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http://www.californiaquivers.com/

Douglas Smith, a full-time lifeguard, had never considered owning his own business until his friend, Matthew Farruggio, asked him if he was interested in becoming a franchisee. Farruggio's company, California Quivers, sells frozen fruit beverages called Quivers as well as other snacks like funnel cakes and pretzels. Smith had watched Farruggio's business grow from its start in 1997, so in April 2006, Smith and friend Nick Lehman, 27, became the company's first franchisees.

Drive-In Cloakroom As A Business

Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2007-06-08 06:43.
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http://www.cloakvroom.com/

CloakVroom is staffed 24 hours a day to provide event-goers with peace of mind, and offer event organisers a hassle-free drive-in facility.

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