Bert and John Jacobs, the brothers behind the Life Is Good T-shirt company; 1-800-Flowers founder and CEO Jim McCann; Burt's Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby.
Tyler Mathisen looks at the success of Honest Tea, TerraCycle, Top Pot doughnuts and Vineyard Vines.
Moose Tracks ice-cream maker Wally Blume; HeadBlade president-CEO Todd Greene; TurboTap inventor Matt Younkle. Also: the story behind IdeaPaint.
In this episode we profile 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Vantage Media, Super Soaker and Hint Water.
Tyler Mathisen reveals the secrets of success for three multimillion dollar companies: Pillow Pets, Tate’s Cookies and Tom’s of Maine.
Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan (Method); Wayne Beckley (Merlot Skin Care); Corbin Church and Michelle Romero (Miche Bags); Tom Schlafly and Dan Kopman (Schlafly Beer).
SimplyShe founder Maria Peevey; Vita Coco founders Ira Liran and Michael Kirban. Also: the story behind the moving company Two Men and a Truck, which was founded by Mary Ellen Sheets.
Ken Licklider (Vohne Liche Kennels); Lori Greiner, who creates such products as jewelry boxes and sells them on QVC; Robin and Chris Sorensen (Firehouse Subs). Also: the story behind Sweetgreen, a regional restaurant chain that specializes in salad and frozen yogurt.
Cypress Grove's Mary Keehn, whose company makes goat cheese; Liz Elting and Phil Shawe, who founded the language-services company TransPerfect while college students; Silly Bandz creator Robert Croak; Luke Holden of the Luke's Lobster restaurant chain.
Amy's Kitchen founders Andy and Rachel Berliner; Earl Kluft, whose E.S. Kluft & Co. makes luxury mattresses.
Entertainment lawyer-turned-cigar magnate Rocky Patel; Stonewall Kitchen founders Jonathan King and Jim Stott; brothers Carter and Courtney Reum, who created VeeV acai liqueur.
Mid America Motorworks founder Mike Yager; Leah Brown, whose A10 Clinical Solutions helps with clinical research trials run by government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and universities; racehorse owner Terry Finley.
The financial success stories of celebrity fitness trainer Tony Horton and sailboat designer Rod Johnstone.
Jelly Belly Candy Company chairman Herman Rowland Sr.; Designs by Lolita founder-CEO Lolita Healy; Quirky entrepreneur-in-chief Ben Kaufman.
The story of Herr's Foods, which began in 1946 when James Herr purchased a small potato chip company for $1750. Also: Reyn Guyer, who invented the Nerf ball; FruitGuys founder Chris Mittelstaedt.
Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey; the Bananagrams game; Stella & Chewy's dog food.
Mark Vadon, who founded Blue Nile, an online jewelry store; Joel Glickman, who created K'Nex, a plastic construction set; Epic Jet founders Bill Weibrecht and Michael Lyon.
Anne Beiler (Auntie Anne's Pretzels); Mark and Michael Klebeck (Top Pot); Cal Hancock (Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co.).
PING putter inventor Karsten Solheim; Nat Sherman, who created the Nat Sherman brand of cigars; Dream Water inventor Vincent Propiglia.
James Dyson, who invented a dual cyclone, bagless vacuum cleaner; John Paul Dejoria, who cofounded John Paul Mitchell Systems; Flywheel Sports cofounder Ruth Zukerman.
Tom Dickson (Blendtec); Jake Burton Carpenter (Burton's Snowboards); Chris Zane (Zane's Cycles).
Uglydoll creators David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim; toy designer Bruce Lund; OgoSport founders Rick Goodwin and Kevin Williams.