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DQ News: Umbrella Company Found Their Niche: Rain

Find a need and fill it; it’s the basic building block of any real business. That’s exactly what Cheeky Umbrella founder Jen Zurowski did:

When she learned Vancouver would host the 2010 Winter Olympics, Zurowski teamed up with a designer and founded Cheeky Umbrellas, tackling what she considered a major gap in the umbrella market.

“People coming from international locations to the Winter Olympics would think that it was going to be snowy here, but February in Vancouver was going to mean rain,” Zurowski said.

“We realized that everyone was going to need umbrellas and no one was going to be prepared.”

Zurowski and her partner bid to become an official supplier of Olympic licensed and branded umbrellas, a victory that kicked off a frantic three-year period in her life, culminating in a successful Olympics and a company that now sells to over 100 stores across the country.

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Cancer Battle Leads To Donor Registery

Many of life’s events are cause for inspiration. For Jay Feinberg, it was his battle with cancer, reports Reuters. It has been 20 years since he battled leukemia and won, but that hasn’t stopped him from pushing forward to help other with the

Niche Biz: Flower Beds and Planters

From spring to fall, many yards are filled with beautiful flowers. If that yard is in the same neighborhood as Kathleen Gostissa, it was probably her handiwork that made those flowers so beautiful. Kathleen has always enjoyed flowers, but she has found a

Ecoscraps Makes Compost from Food Waste

Did you know that each year Americans throw away more than 30 million tons of food waste and that this waste accounts for nearly a quarter of all landfill waste? Today I learned about a company that is trying to profit from this trend. EcoScraps makes org