Businessweek: Jeff Schmittinger, the owner and founder of Wisconsin Chimney Technicians in Waukesha, Wisc., has been cleaning the chimneys at the White House for 19 consecutive years and three administrations, and he still hasn’t been paid. To be fair, he never asked for a dime. Schmittinger first volunteered for the gig in 1993, after hearing […]
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How’s this for a very niche microbusiness: a photographer that only takes pictures of bottles. They only photograph bottles — nothing else. You send them your bottle and they shoot it and then clean up the resulting image in Photoshop and then make it available on their servers for you to download. Simple as pie.
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If you have brown eyes, but you’ve always wanted them to be blue, an inventor has a new device that can make that change permanent. Gregg Homer, founder of Stroma Medical in Laguna Beach, Calif., told the Daily News he’s already tested the irreversible cosmetic treatment on about 12 volunteers in Mexico, safely removing small
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The bow and arrow may not be the most common weapon used today, but it is still a popular niche for business. Enthusiasts enjoy the sport of hunting or simply using their favorite bow for target practice. Velocitip is counting on it, reports Boston Herald. “You put the device on the arrow to collect flight
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An inexpensive but effective way to hide your valuables is a diversion safe. These safes do not look like the typical steel lockbox safe. Instead, diversion safes are disguises like a hollowed-out book or soda can. Diversion safes look like containers designed to hide your valuables in plain sight. BuyASafe.com sells safes that are made
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Nmctoys.com (NotMadeinChina) sells toys that aren’t made in China. There was much news regarding the quality and safety of toys produced in China during the summer of 2007. We walked through the toy department of big box retailers and could not find a toy produced outside of China. Gone were the wooden blocks, dolls and
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CNNMoney reports Inland Surfer founder Jeff Page started his business 10 years ago after friends introduced him to lake surfing behind boats. Photo by Inland Surfer.
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People love their pets, and they are willing to spend a lot to show it. If you’re anything like Sheryl Bass and her husband Neil Cline, you want them to participate in all aspects of your life. This includes weddings, reports TheStreet. And so, Pawsitively Purrfect Products and its “Pet Petal Pullcart” was created. It
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Business Week: Jacob D’Aniello, co-founder and chief executive officer of DoodyCalls, can imagine only one scenario in which his business could fail. “If one day, everybody in the world woke up and decided they loved picking up dog poop,” he says grimly. “If it suddenly became everybody’s favorite recreational activity, that would be a terrible
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Belfast Telegraph: The mother of two boys had the idea for BubbleBum in 2009 while making frequent trips between Derry and England to visit a sick relative. After being stranded at an airport without a car seat she proceeded to solve the problem not only for herself but for all other parents who are faced
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