Aaron Bradley always dreamed of becoming a successful entrepreneur -- when other kids were dreaming of being firemen and police officers, he was thinking up business plans. And that's why he ended up skipping college after graduation... much to his parents' dismay! Mom and Dad Bradley were...

Ken Chiarella makes a good, clean living by getting his hands dirty!It all started with a small shipment of soil-building garden worms that he ordered from an ad.And it probably would have ended there if the worms hadn't doubled and tripled their population! Suddenly Ken had far too many w...

Jeff Turner had spent his life running successful businesses as both a corporate executive and an entrepreneur -- but when it came to his latest venture, he wanted to do something a little different.He'd done the corporate thing many times before -- and sold his own startup for some seriou...

Michael Cramer was working in finance when a passion for something with a little more "flavor" took his life in a completely different direction!In 1999, he launched Adagio.com with his family with the dream of providing tea lovers everywhere with a source of premium products and brewing e...

George Wright knew a thing or two about marketing when he started at Blendtec.com, and one of his first goals was to find a way to expand his company's market into a new space.George wasn't scared to try new strategies, either, which is why he got a crazy idea after getting an eyeful of hi...

Dale Majors didn't start the company that would grow into Bikewagon.com with a business plan, a group of investors, or a wide selection of items to offer his customers. No, he was just looking to make a few extra bucks to buy stuff for his own bike! So he bought a box of used bike parts, a...

When Lloyd Lapidus and Greg Pippo were dreaming up the concept behind their brand new venture in 2004, they had a couple of important people in mind to target as their ideal customers: their wives! The two entrepreneurs had fashion-loving mates who couldn't get enough the latest des...