All Entries in the "Founders Stories" Category
Doing It Bare
Bare Naked Granola sells granola and got started with just $500. The company was started by Kelly Flatley and Brendan Synnott- entrepreneur’s through and through. In a nutshell here is their story.
Both Kelly and Brendan had day jobs and made the product (Bare Naked Granola) at night. They rented out kitchen space at a commercially licensed venue, worked [...]
Shoes
Tom’s Shoes was founded by Blake Mycoskie. It is a humanitarian shoe company that gives away one pair of shoes for every pair purchased. You may recall Blake from the amazing race, he was inspired to start his company on a trip to Argentina.
Upon a return trip to the country he discovered a shoe worn [...]
Beer-With Speed
Maybe you have seen Turbo Tap in action at popular sports venues? Or if you haven’t, maybe you noticed you are spending less time waiting in line for beer. I can be said that necessity is the mother of all invention; at least according to Matthew Younkle. Matthew Younkle thought of the idea while waiting [...]
How Headaches Can Make You Millions
In the 1990’s women from all walks of life started carrying Pepper Spray in order to protect themselves. The trend was so hot that Oprah even did a segment for her show. This where Wayne Perry enters the picture. Wayne used to make a living by getting sprayed in the face with Pepper Spray. In [...]
Stories We Love
At Infindea, we love business that were started for (almost) nothing, by nothing we mean less than $1000USD. You see, there is something special about a solopreneur or aspiring entrepreneur who can start a business with essentially zero and build it into a bona fide company without the need for venture capital or angel investors.
Throughout the [...]
