Strange Success with Jane Wells

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Strange Success with Jane Wells. CNBC’s Jane Wells finds rags-to-riches stories with a twist.,Strange Success is about people who come up with crazy ideas to solve a problem you may not even realize exist. They take an even crazier journey to success, filled with failures, rejection, and stupidity. If you like weird stories with profitable outcomes, Strange Success is for you.

02/04/2019

Adventure Combat Ops

Combat veterans, many of them from Special Ops, have found success in Las Vegas, where they’ve created a business that allows people to battle zombies in a global apocalypse. It all happens inside a massive facility east of the Strip—bringing in about $2 million a year—and it’s all strangely real. But to the men who created it, these battles are not just about money. They’re therapy.

19 phút
26/03/2019

Vitality Air

Two bored realtors in Calgary, Alberta, kept trying to come up with a “big idea” to make money. One day they were looking at a bottle of Fiji water and wondered, “If people will buy water from Fiji, will they buy air from Canada?” Apparently they will, especially if the air come from one of the cleanest, most beautiful places on the planet, Canada’s Banff National Park.

16 phút
19/03/2019

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Strange Success with Jane Wells

19 phút
12/03/2019

PuckerButt Pepper Co.

Ed Currie was so miserable he wanted to die. Then an angel appeared and told him to live. Now he runs a hellish enterprise, growing the hottest peppers on Earth. How hot? “Stupid hot.” It’s made him rich. It’s also made this reporter sorry she ever took him up on the offer to taste one.

21 phút
05/03/2019

Cuddle Up To Me

A divorcee in Portland just wanted a hug, but all the men she met assumed that meant sex. It didn’t, and the only way she figured anyone would take her seriously is if she charged money to cuddle. It worked. It’s weird. It’s Portland.

21 phút
26/02/2019

Apollo Peak Cat Wines

A guy in Colorado working in the pet food industry saw a huge gap, and filled it, with wine. Except it’s not really wine. He also won on “Shark Tank,” except he didn’t really win on “Shark Tank.” It’s strange.

21 phút
19/02/2019

Drop Stop

How two best friends living in a small apartment in LA with dreams of making it big in Hollywood instead came up with a $33 million dollar product to save lives. Hint: one nearly died. Reveal: they still live in the small apartment.

19 phút
12/02/2019

Neuticles

How a dog lover near Kansas City, MO, came up with a product for neutered dogs to let them keep their “God given look.” Neuticles are testicular implants for dogs, though inventor Gregg Miller has made custom implants for a variety of other animals...including an elephant. It’s made him a multi-millionaire, even though Neuticles are “banned in three countries.”

18 phút

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I kinda want to be on this

12/05/2018

Icmunkees

It’s a sick sad world. I f-in love it now.
Great PodCast! 5/5

19/06/2018

wwwSHOCKPROOFXcom

Very inspiring! Highly recommend to any entrepreneurs & investors!😎👌👌👌
Great storytelling

11/04/2018

lovingthegoldenstate

I’ve been a fan of Jane Wells since she was a local TV reporter in LA. Great writing.. wit and amazing stories. It sort of reminds me of Paul Harvey’s “Rest of the Story”. By far my favorite podcast.
Outstanding

22/02/2018

picklespicklespickles!

My favorite podcast! Listen on my way to work every day.

Strange Success with Jane Wells. CNBC’s Jane Wells finds rags-to-riches stories with a twist.,Strange Success is about people who come up with crazy ideas to solve a problem you may not even realize exist. They take an even crazier journey to success, filled with failures, rejection, and stupidity. If you like weird stories with profitable outcomes, Strange Success is for you.