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Leslie
Founder and President
Charmed Life Products LLC
Grill Charms™… The MUST HAVE grilling accessory that is revolutionizing the American Cook-out AND The perfect gift for any occasion!
Grill Charms
                                                                                                    

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Hey there Cookie!! Long time no talk!!  The show takes care of flights and hotels.  I have spoken w/ Omaha Steaks and we couldn`t come to an agreement on price, but we both left the door open for future talks.  I`ve got other irons in the fire now.  Currently I`m in 12 stores in 5 states, 1 catalog and 2 online stores, but I`ve got some other stuff in the works.  It`s a really exiting and SCARY time.

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Leslie
Founder and President
Charmed Life Products LLC
Grill Charms™… The MUST HAVE grilling accessory that is revolutionizing the American Cook-out AND The perfect gift for any occasion!
Grill Charms
                                                                                                    

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Leslie
Founder and President
Charmed Life Products LLC
Grill Charms™… The MUST HAVE grilling accessory that is revolutionizing the American Cook-out AND The perfect gift for any occasion!
Grill Charms
                                                                                                    

Sorry to be so late with this, but ... Leslie, you rocked Donny!  He really seemed to love your product, and I thought you did a terrific job & you looked amazing.  I gotta say ... I had butterflies in my stomach the whole time I watched.  I can`t imagine what you were going through! Grill charms are the next big idea -- even Peoria thinks so!  (Forget about the guy in the suit ... he doesn`t even do the shopping, and his wife said she`d buy them ... so there.)

Way to go!

Mary Kay

I think this applies, in an odd way: Back when scientists around the world were trying to develop nuclear power, most of them didn`t think it was possible. (It was sort of like the long articles discussing why it was impossible for human beings to travel in a vehicle going over 30mph, when trains were new.)

Many people were proving that nuclear fission wasn`t practically possible, until the US blew up Hiroshima. After that, it was pretty hard to make the argument that it wasn`t possible.

There`s no better way to develop conviction that to have solid, empiric evidence that something is working. Not that it`s "possible," but that it has, in fact, happened. With that kind of conviction and focus, there seems to be an injection of ideas, inspiration, energy, and positive outlook, all of which produce a whole new level of development.

It`s like playing the first week in a club, then having the weekend come along where everyone has a great time with the band. It "proves" that you`re getting over, that you have a real product, and that there`s a functional market.

In many cases, people don`t even realize they had doubts! :-) Then comes something like this, or the bomb, or a working train, or a successful week in a club, and Presto!....what was leaning toward doubt, now becomes "a fact."

To me, the really interesting question is how some people can "see" the successful ideas ahead of time, without having much in the way of this empiric proof. If we could bottle that, we`d be zillionaires! :-)