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The basic entrepreneurial premise of meeting a need that's right in front of you is what impressed us about this home-based business. Living on the Outer Banks of North Carolina requires creativity to make a living. Lunch Lady Missi Smith watches over 70 charter fishing boats that go out each day. She feeds the fisherman on those boats. They call or email her with the name of the boat they'll be on, what day, how many, what they have an appetite for, and she takes care of making sure they're fed with the best deli sandwiches and homemade goodies in the land ... (make that, at sea).