Angie’s List
When handy men failed to show up for repairs, he got even -- launching a website to recommend home improvement companies. Learn the multi-million dollar story of Angie’s List.
View ArticleBurn Note
Keep your messages secret in cyberspace? You can when you send a burn note. Learn about a mobile app that makes emails self-destruct like Mission Impossible. The story of Burn Note.
View ArticleiContact
In 2002, Ryan Allis and Aaron Houghton were students at the University of North Carolina. Allis specialized in web-marketing consulting, while Houghton did web design and software development. Aaron...
View ArticlePassport Health
Students heading abroad inspired this school nurse to become an entrepreneur. Today her 160 clinics offer specialized medical services for world travelers.
View ArticleAirbnb
Air mattresses and breakfast – that’s how this $50 million company got started. Learn how three San Francisco entrepreneurs went from renting out their apartment to renting out castles, Igloos and...
View ArticleVegetation Solutions
You could say this entrepreneur is the “digestion-rental” business. His company clears away weeds and unwanted vegetation – using goats. Hundreds of them! Hear the pesticide-free success story of...
View ArticleEtsy
This painter, carpenter and photographer built a website to help artists – like him -- sell homemade crafts online. Today Etsy-dot-com, has sales of $221 million. Hear the story of Etsy.com.
View ArticleManpower
When a law firm whose secretary was ill barely got a legal brief to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in time -- its partners got an idea. Why not create a side business offering companies temporary employees?
View ArticleDogtopia
Amy Nichols was in her late 20s when she had a dilemma. She was a hard working woman with a dog who was alone too much of the day. She thought many of her fellow commuters had the same problem.
View ArticleGreen Screen Animals
Thanks to him, animals can act in movies ... without ever going on location. Hear about the digital studio that’s capturing Hollywood’s wildest performers …from squirrels to grizzly bears. Green Screen...
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