Archive for the 'Offline Success Stories' Category

Karate Studio

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. […]

Making Bald the New Cool

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. […]

Parrot Cards

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 […]

Success With Bowls

Like many career women, Soli had serious choices to make when she became
a mother. A trained architect and artist, Soli worked in New York
Galleries and taught photography at New York University. When her son
was three years old, however, she wanted to be able to stay home with him–but how to support him?
“When I started, I […]

Timeless Clothes for Kids

This entrepreneur has made it her business to provide classy clothes for kids.
Cristina, 36, can still see her and her big sisters when they were children dressed in crisp, A-line shift dresses. She says that her mom dressed her and her sisters in timeless outfits. Cristina and her sister Victoria figured that a lot of […]