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Investment Banker Turned Furniture Maker

By on November 11, 2012 in Profiles

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A few years ago, Greg Hankerson was an investment banker in Phoenix with a problem.

No, not a problem at work. A problem at home.

His wife wanted a patio, and Hankerson was too cheap to buy her one.

This need eventually drove Hankerson out of the world of high finance and into business manufacturing custom industrial-style furniture for his company Vintage Industrial Furniture Design.

Funny, what began with a five minute welding and fabrication lesson from a friend has turned into a full time affair making furniture out of old machinery that he sells around the world.

etysy furniture

Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    It’s amazing what someone can do with a little bit of information and some scraps. I love it when I hear about businesses like this. Its pretty much accidental, but a complete success.

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