The 2008 StartupNation Home-Based 100 Competition

Celebrating America's most outstanding home-based businesses and the people behind them.

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Category:Wackiest

The zaniest, most outrageous home-based businesses that actually work.

Rank: 8

ConformaTies

Entrepreneur: C. Mark Redden Location: Malakoff, Texas
ConformaTies

Description:

When asked what his most valuable technology is, Mark Redden answered, “My mind.” That simple but wacky answer earned Redden a finalist spot. He’s a true dyed-in-the-wool inventor, creator of ConformaTies his patented designer label that he expects to replace traditional designer labels for neckties as we know them. His labels incorporate several button-holes sewn into the inside of a necktie, thus eliminating tie tacks, tie pins, and other accessories that are designed to keep a necktie conformed to the body.

 

2007 Home-Based 100 Finalists

Showing 51-75 Results Alphabetically
Name Category Rank
Medical Solutions International Best Financial Performers 1
Murder Mystery Maniacs Wackiest 3
Murphy Outdoors Boomers Back in Business 1
Murphy Outdoors Most Slacker-Friendly 10
Nashville Lappy Hour Wackiest 1
No Throw Most Innovative 4
Northwest Redworms Grungiest 1
Ocean Summit Travel Best Financial Performers 3
Ocean Summit Travel Worldliest 10
OfficeFinder Boomers Back in Business 5
On Thyme Gourmet Yummiest 10
OnTray Most Innovative 5
Out of Stock Records Most Slacker-Friendly 8
Paris Real Estate Finders Worldliest 7
PetTastics Grungiest 2
Pond Hill Farm Grungiest 5
Preppymommy Most Innovative 7
R. H. Grover Tree Service Greenest 10
Reapalife Wackiest 10
Reapalife Worldliest 6
Red Scream Films Boomers Back in Business 2
Reese's Chicken Pot Pies Yummiest 3
Rixstix Highest Vote-Getters 10
RM Battery Doctors Greenest 9
See My Story Books Boomers Back in Business 9

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