For most, water scarcity spells potential disaster. For Trevor Hill, 43, and Leo Commandeur, 47, it simply spelled potential. In 2003, they founded Global Water Resources, a water and wastewater utility that makes good with the old by reusing residential wastewater. They strategically established roots in Phoenix--an area where water was lacking, regulations were high and growth was booming.
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Cool Bicycle Niche Business
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-07-14 11:30.
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Link of the day - How PickyDomains.com Changed The Domain Game For Good
http://www.myzigo.com/
With gas prices a topic of urgent concern, it's no wonder bicycle-related innovations are coming fast and furious. One of the latest we've spotted is the Zigo Leader, a bicycle that's easily convertible into several different forms.
Paper Clip Profiteer Story
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-06-30 10:46.
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Link of the day - Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects
http://www.clip-rite.com/
What: Paper clip with a sticky note
Who: Janet Lau of Clip-rite Inc.
Where: Hayward, California
When: Started in 2007
Startup costs: $100,000
How Limiting Supplies Helps Profits
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2008-06-11 10:12.
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Link of the day - Free $50 Kmart card.
Ian Ginoza, 35, sells sneakers in Wicker Park, but there’s no chance shoppers would mistake his boutique for a Foot Locker.
How two U.S. entrepreneurs cracked the Moroccan property market.
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2008-06-05 09:38.
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Link of the day - Free $500 Southwest Airlines Gift Card
FEZ, MOROCCO (Fortune Small Business) -- It's slow progress at best, strolling through the Fez medina with David Kellar and Brian Smith.
The heavily laden donkeys don't help. Nor do the boys playing pickup soccer games, or the shopkeepers who spread their wares in the cobbled alleys of the medieval walled city.
Cappuchino on wheels
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2008-05-30 08:34.
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Link of the day - Free $50 Kmart card.
One Sexpresso, Please
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2008-05-24 17:13.
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Link of the day - Free $50 Kmart card.
Craig (of the List) Looks Beyond the Web
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-05-12 10:59.
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Imagine what it might have been like to be Dr. Kleenex. You invent a modern miracle, the cheap paper handkerchief, and suddenly you become the person blamed for America’s disposable culture, praised for a more convenient life, or both.
There never was a Dr. Kleenex, though — the product was created by a team of researchers at Kimberly-Clark laboratories in the 1920s. But there is a real Craig in Craigslist, and lately he is looking at life beyond his little list that happens to be the seventh-most-popular Web site in the United States.
How a Minneapolis scrapyard got wired and sent sales through the roof.
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2008-05-03 11:16.
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http://www.alliancesteelco.com/
When Michael Zweigbaum took over as CEO of Alliance Steel Services in Minneapolis three years ago, the 40-year-old scrap-metal company had grown rusty.
Who says entrepreneurial success and environmental conservation can't go hand in hand?
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-04-28 09:45.
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Making Real Money With Fake Clouds
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Fri, 2008-04-25 18:10.
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