Strange Success

The co-founders of Surprise Ride made an impressive "Shark Tank" pitch that ended in the unexpected.

It's not every day that an auto enthusiast is able to break a world driving record, and turn his love of cars into a business model with a booming social media following. 

"It wasn't sexy, and people were saying to me, 'Oh, so you're a lice lady.' I said, 'No, I'm the lice diva.'"

Inspiration struck Matt Dryfhout while he was having his back waxed.

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

Babiators are $20-$25 aviator sunglasses for children as young as newborns. Revenues in 2017 were nearly $5 million.

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

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."