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.
Offline Niches
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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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Making Millions With Eco-Pizza
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2008-04-24 11:10.
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Company: Eco-friendly, organic pizza company
Projected 2008 sales: Approximately $15 million
When Vaughan Lazar and Michael Gordon opened their organic pizza joint in 2006, it seemed like a gutsy attempt to snatch a piece of the pie from the top dogs. But the fraternity buddies were just catering to a different set of taste buds. Says Lazar, "We found a huge void in the restaurant industry for people eating organically."
Detroit School Of Rock Success Story
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-04-14 09:21.
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http://www.detroitschoolofrock.com/
(FORTUNE Small Business) -- If you think you can't launch a business in these tough times, think again. I recently met an entrepreneur who confirmed my belief that anything is possible if you have the right idea and sufficient passion.
