Guest List -- Sunday, June 21
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:18 AM by Andrew Littell
Mike Enos is an avid outdoorsman. In the winter he struggled to cover his boat with tarps and bungee cords. When he saw a truckload of new boats shrink wrapped, he called the company and asked if they could shrink wrap his boat. Their answer was "no," and that inspired Enos, a serial entrepreneur, to find the materials and do it himself. After years of running some unusual businesses -- he was a taxidermist and owner of "Johnny on the Spot," a port a potty business -- Enos found himself in early retirement after selling his port a potty business for $5 million. But like most entrepreneurs, the urge to start a new business tugged at him. In just two years, Fast Wrap has grown into a successful business with 11 franchises.
Panelists
Michael Port, author of "The Think Big Manifesto: Think You Can't Change Your Life (and the World)? Think Again," and creator of Book Yourself Solid, a small business coaching program
Rieva Lesonsky, CEO of SMB Connects, a provider of information, data, decision support tools and research for and about America's small and midsize businesses
A Father's Business
In honor of Father's Day, we'll catch up the founders of DadLabs, a company dedicated to providing creative media content and information products to a new generation of dads. Despite the economomic downturn, they are still projecting a profitable quarter. See how Brad Powell, Clay Nichols, and Troy Lanier combined their own parenting experiences with emerging Internet technologies to create an entertaining brand of parenting advice for the 21st century.
Elevator Pitch
Deborah Brenner pitches her company Women of the Vine Cellars, sellers of wine made exclusively by award making women winemakers from around the world. She is looking for capital to increase inventory and staff.
