Several years ago, Melissa’s life hit rock bottom. She found herself with nothing. She was living in a homeless shelter, jobless, without a car and raising her teenage son.
 
It was while she was in the homeless shelter that things started to turn around for her. 
Melissa took a class on how to […]

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Here’s a story about a woman who became hooked on a hobby and turned it into a profitable business.
 
When Dawn’s two boys dragged her to a family-style karate class in 1984, a passion was born.  “I got the hang of things quickly,” she says.  Soon the single mom was taking private karate lessons.  […]

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Howard had his morning routine down. It took thirty minutes to carefully plaster his comb-over across his shiny hairless head. For over ten years the meticulous procedure, which involved a special comb and plenty of hairspray, became a tedious art. One hot humid Florida summer day his comb-over met it’s doom. […]

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Have you ever opened a jar of food only to later wonder, “How many days ago did I open this?”
 
Now you may never have to ask that question again. 
 
Kathleen and Deborah have created a product where a small counter attaches to containers through either a magnet for metal surfaces or a suction […]

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After the events of 2001, Pat, a computer consultant, wanted to send out an especially cheerful holiday card, but couldn’t find one that fit the bill. So she took a photo of her parrot, Scarlet, with a Christmas elf and sent the electronic card to 350 people.
 
The feedback was […]

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