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Name-Your-Own-Deal App Launches with Virgin America, Sells Out Within Hour
Loopt flips the script on Groupon, allowing customers to create their own deals and approach local businesses to make it happen. Continue Reading
Consumer Products & Services
Oxman Surplus
Meet the World's Oldest Entrepreneur!
Or so we think. At 96, Oxman's Surplus founder Jerome Oxman still clocks a full workday and even began an expansion of his business recently. "I just can't retire," he says. "I'd go crazy." Continue Reading
AP
How Will New Cigarette Warning Labels Affect Shop Owners?
Despite the graphic new labels, local business owners don't think the FDA's attempts to deter cigarette smokers will hurt sales. Continue Reading
AOL
27 Million and Counting: Kathy Braddock, Rutenberg Realty
Meet Kathy Braddock, the co-founder of Rutenberg Realty, a New York-based residential real-estate brokerage. Continue Reading
TailGate Beer
TailGate Beer's Wesley Keegan: Brewing Up Success
Wesley Keegan's father gave him the idea to start a brewery. His passing gave him the inspiration to make it succeed. Continue Reading
AOL
27 Million and Counting: Rich Amundson, Dicks Cottons
Meet Rich Amundson, the founder of Dicks Cottons, a New York-based lifestyle brand that makes sunglasses and other accessories sold around the world. His motto? "Be happy, live comfortably." Continue Reading
AP
Company Looks to Cash in with Anthony Weiner Doll
HeroBuilders.com, a Connecticut toy maker, says it expects to sell thousands of miniature Weiners by week's end. Continue Reading
PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com
PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com's Josie Daga: Giving Bridal Gowns a Second Life
Many brides spend thousands of dollars on dresses they'll only wear once. PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com gives them a way to make some of that money back -- and to help other brides' dreams come true. Continue Reading
AOL
27 Million and Counting: Ford Blakely, Zingle
Meet Ford Blakely, the founder of Zingle, a San Diego-based company that helps customers submit orders to restaurants and other businesses via text message. Continue Reading
Anacleto Rapping, MCT
Mad Libs Creator Leonard B. Stern Dies at Age 88
in 1953, Stern co-created Mad Libs, which has since sold more than 150 million copies. His death leaves a blank space in the world of publishing. Continue Reading
AOL
27 Million and Counting: Robert Marandos, BowlSole
Meet Robert Marandos, the president and CEO of BowlSole, a Selden, N.Y.-based maker of adhesive shoe pads that turn regular shoes into bowling shoes. Continue Reading
Corbis
Consumers Reveal Their Top Customer-Service Gripes
A new survey reveals that 64 percent of shoppers have left a store in the past year due to poor customer service. What's the one factor that bugs them the most? Continue Reading
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Could Gisele Bundchen's Business Ventures Make Her a Billionaire?
Besides being the world's top-earning supermodel, Bundchen is on a startup spree, with new ventures that include a footwear line, skin care company and, most recently, a lingerie company. Continue Reading
Kim & Scott's Gourmet Pretzels
Kim & Scott's Gourmet Pretzels: A New Twist on Success
Talk about tying the knot. Not long after they were married, Kim and Scott Holstein decided to start a pretzel company in their kitchen. Today, they oversee a $10 million brand that can be found at Whole Foods, Walmart and other chains. Continue Reading
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Glenn Beck's Next Act? Launching Discount Deals Site Markdown.com
The discount deals site, similar to Groupon, bears the tagline "Value and Values." Continue Reading
