The Toronto Star recently ran a couple of Toronto business stories that caught my eye. One of them because it is all about second hand golf balls. The other because a nifty invention was quickly taken up by Wal-Mart. They also caught my eye because they reminded me that business success doesn't happen overnight. Success requires complete faith in one's idea, staying very focused on that idea and not deviating down unrelated paths.
The golf ball article explains how Knetgolf.com's "elaborate Markham factory holds five million cleaned, sorted and bagged golf balls ready to be exported. About 30,000 recovered golf balls are processed daily in Markham and along with another 50,000 at the firm's Arizona facility. The balls are cleaned, sorted by brand and grade and repackaged." The thought of this many golf balls is mind boggling! To read the article go to: Small Markham company is on the ball
The nifty invention story is all about glowsticks and Halloween. To quote from the article: "So when Sydney asked him to make her a glowstick Halloween costume two years ago, he was happy to sit down at his desk and fiddle his way to a colourful answer. Those first simple costumes attracted attention from friends and neighbours, so Shields ran with the idea to sell them online last year. He finally dove full time this year into a new business that has snagged a fast deal to market them across Canada with department store giant Wal-Mart." To read the article go to: Wal-Mart loves dad's bright idea
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