Sabin Lomac, like so many others before him, departed Maine in 2006 to pursue a career as an actor in Los Angeles. Jim Tselikis paid a visit to his cousin a few years later, and the two spent a lot of time talking about their childhoods outside of Portland, Maine. The conversation eventually moved to […]
Greg Schroeder was a wine collector. In order to locate a good wine shop in southern California, he would travel over 35 miles. So he launched Amazing Grapes in Orange County, which grossed $3.5 million the year before he appeared on The Profit. Greg’s issue was that he hadn’t yet earned a profit, and he […]
Gilbert Martinez emigrated from Mexico to the United States in 1979 and settled in Southern California. He started a furniture manufacturing company in the Los Angeles suburbs and built an amazing commercial customer list. Ana, Gilbert’s daughter, grew up in the family company and developed a strong interest in and skill for commercial furniture design. […]
Rick Hopper has been creating and inventing since he was a little child when he used his Lincoln Logs and Erector sets to construct monoliths. In his spare time from working in the window business, he would build furniture for his family, continuing his love and creative spirit. After his own window company folded, he […]
In Latta, South Carolina, Lynn and Norton Hughes established a buffet barbecue restaurant in 1996. Norton’s father, Shuler, had invented his own barbecue sauce forty years before. The Hughes’ restaurant, which included Norton and Lynn’s family recipes, became a popular attraction, with people traveling more than 100 miles to try the meal. The restaurant is […]
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