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An bottle of Scope exploding in his suitcase led Michael Lewis to quit his six-figure salary job and start a business in which travelers can order toiletries and have them delivered to their destination. Continue Reading
Consider it Netflix for couture. With Rent the Runway, women have access to some 15,000 designer dresses that they can wear once and send back. They'll even throw in the dry cleaning. Continue Reading
David Arrick was intrigued by the cupcake craze, but realized all the tasty offerings out there seemed, well, a little girly. So he cashed in his 401(k) and began selling "aesthetically masculine" cupcakes made with beer, bacon and other manly ingredients. Continue Reading
Brothers Stuart and David Pikoff retrofit vans and trailers and turn them into mobile party units, complete with video games, laser tag and "human hamster balls." Could this be America's funnest franchise? Continue Reading
Dominic Francisco Odbert takes vintage suitcases and transforms them into iPod stereos that have become a favorite of audiophiles. In fact, business is so good, he's putting grad school on hold. Continue Reading
Each year, hundreds of companies pay 28-year-old Jason Sadler to wear T-shirts with their logos -- and then promote his fashion statement through Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Consider it the modern-day sandwich board. Continue Reading
From "Most Giraffe Tattoos on a Shoulder" to "Fastest Time to Peel a Clementine," URDB has become a Wikipedia-of-sorts for some of the world's quirkiest records. Continue Reading
Dave Gerolemon and Chad Walters are hoping to cash in on the Silly Bandz craze with a stand that helps kids organize their rubber bracelet collections. Continue Reading
With 20 million sold, the Snuggie has become big business. Now the inventors of SnugglePies and the Uni-Lazy are putting their own spin on the wildly popular "blanket with sleeves." Continue Reading
A jog on a humid day inspired Jeremy Litchfield to quit his job and start an athletic apparel company -- that makes its clothes from recycled, environmentally friendly materials. Continue Reading
At 16, Lindsay Phillips came up with the idea for a flip-flop with interchangeable straps during art class. Today, she's running a $30 million company. Continue Reading
Consider it Abercrombie with a country twist. How two Minnesota natives made farm clothing hip and turned it into a $2.5 million company. Continue Reading
BrewDog's "The End of History" ale may be the strongest beer in the history of the world. Did we mention it comes in bottles wrapped in roadkill? Continue Reading
Bill Talbot and Guy Malvezzi took a bunch of old sharecropper's shacks and transformed them into a unique destination hotel in the middle of the Mississippi Delta. Continue Reading
Virtual Dating Assistants helps busy people outsource the annoying tasks that come with online dating. Continue Reading
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