Transcript Surprising Ideas That Made Millions

Surprising Ideas That Made
Millions
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Doggles
• These goggles for dogs
are the brainchild of Roni
Di Lullo, who stumbled
upon the bright idea one
day in 1997 at the local
dog park. Her border
collie, MidKnight, was
sensitive to the light and
was having a hard time
catching a Frisbee.
Clocky
• Outfitted with two
wheels, the clock rolled
off the nightstand and
across the floor when
the snooze button was
hit — forcing its groggy
owner to get out of bed
to turn it off.
• Clocky is sold by
thousands of retailers
in over 45 countries,
earning nearly $10
million in sales since its
inception
Billy Bob Teeth
• These fake teeth
were designed to
transform anyone into
a bumpkin.
• He expanded
sunglasses. He has
made over $50 million
in sales.
Knork
• Mike Miller first got this “cutting edge”
idea in the eighth grade while trying to
eat pizza with a fork.
• Knork Flatware saw nearly $2 million in
sales in 2011.
SENDaBALL
• Think of SENDaBALL as a different type of
greeting card.
• In 2003, they created a website and
racked up $1 million in gross sales
HeadBlade
• Shave your head.
• Annual revenues of $7-10 million
Lucky Break Wishbone
• Plastic wishbone
• 800 stores
• $4 in sales
Uglydoll
• It’s raked in over $100 million in retail
sales since its debut.
Geese Police
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Worked at golf course and had 600 geese.
Trains Collies to chase geese.
11 franchised locations
38 dogs
$2.8 million a year
FitDeck
• 50 cards with different exercises that don’t
need equipment
• Several million dollars