Strange Success

Brandon Zavala started making "Pinot Meow" and "Catbernet" in his own kitchen as a side hustle.

Ed Currie's "PuckerButt Peppers" have saved his life in more ways than one.

A fear of nuclear war is leading to a boom in bunkers.

A plastic footstool for your toilet has made one Utah family multimillionaires.

Tina Roth-Eisenberg wants her company, Tattly, to be to temporary tattoos what Kleenex is to tissues. She's off to a good start.

Gregg Miller claims he's sold more than 500,000 sets of Neuticles. The average pair costs $310, though some are a lot more, like the $2,800 watermelon-sized custom set Miller made for an elephant in a zoo.

Samantha Hess founded Cuddle Up to Me in Portland, Oregon, to "change the world, one hug at a time."

It started as a joke. Now Moses Lam and Troy Paquette predict $500,000 in sales in 2018.

They invented Drop Stop to keep your phone from falling into "The Carmuda Triangle."

"If we can do it, anybody can do it."

Marsha Lindsey's financial advisor thought she had lost her mind.

Sometimes life is weirder than art.

YouTube star Olga Kay used her entire savings of $20,000 to start her business.

A fear of nuclear war is leading to a boom in bunkers.