5 Totally Weird Business Stories From The Recent Past.

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Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2009-11-07 12:42.

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1. How Sigmund Freud Helped A Man Sell Couches Worth Thousands Of Dollars

Psychoanalysis, the treatment originated by Sigmund Freud more than a century ago that requires patients to lie on a couch and say whatever comes to mind, has been battered in recent years by everything from antidepressants to skepticism to managed care that doesn't pay for such long-term therapy. So who in his right mind would want to launch a company that makes psychoanalytic couches?

2. How To Make $4 Million A Year In Sales With An U t it was their sexy crocheted cotton thong underwear products that got them lots of attention at the start!

4. Bad Fishing Trip Makes A Florida Man Rich

Great business ideas often come from strange places, but no one expects to find one at the bottom of a river. Yet that's what happened to George Goodwin. When he went fishing in shallow Florida riverbeds during the early 1970s, Goodwin often caught more logs than bass. "I used to snag my lures on them," he remembers. Most fishermen would have cursed their luck; Goodwin, now 59, reeled in a multi-million-dollar business instead.

5. How Any 13 Year Old Kid Can Become A Millionaire

At the age of just 13, Dominic McVey exploded into the public's con otting-Find-Your-Next-Great%2Fdp