Mark Gross started in business with an idea that didn't work. In the pursuit of the wrong idea, he landed on the right one, Oak Technologies. This segment begins with Joe Fergus of COMTek and includes comments from Scott Denniston of the US Veterans Administration.
You've heard, "find a need and fill it" many times. We say, "find a pain that people will pay money to relieve." This is the only way any business makes money. Joe Dannis is deaf himself and didn't like the way he was taught to communicate so he changed the world. He is our hero.
The founders of Wahoo's love to surf, and they make food they love to eat. They figured that plenty of surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders would want to eat what they make. More...
Tourist can't bring cars onto Catalina Island so they enjoy the area on bikes. When Gary Brown opened Brown's Bikes he only had two styles and now there are a dozen different syles.
Host Hattie Bryant says that this company is succeeding because it helps its customers manage the most important aspect of business and of life. More... More from Hattie...
Carol Schroeder wrote the book on specialty retailing. She says that successful shopkeepers who have made it through the Wal-Mart shake out know that they can not sell anything people can buy at Wal-Mart.
This is the package of dog food being shipped all over the world. Customers pay top dollar for their dogs to eat the same type of healthy food products they buy for themselves.
Yes, do what works. Ken Done and other owners who have growing companies know what works and repeat it over and over to achieve profits through scale. More...