By then, Khubani had already honed the art of the print-ad pitch: On the strength of innovations like a one-head-fits-all wrench, nubby-bottomed massage slippers that work when you walk, and a high-frequency roach repeller, his company was turning an annual profit of $1.5 million. At ...
The Socially Conscious Cracker No mere baker, Jessamyn Waldman intends for her nascent business, Hot Bread Kitchen, to train immigrant women and to preserve their culinary traditions. Last summer, in a Long Island City commercial kitchen, the start-up baked its artisan loaves and stationary-bike-...