Messy Guys Make Millions Selling Green Cleaning Products

Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry were having dinner with their new investors. The 27-year-old entrepreneurs had finally gotten a million dollars in venture capital to kick-start their company, but it came with stiff financial targets. It turned out this was the least of their problems that night. “We were passing our credit cards under the table to each other,” Ryan recalls, “but none of them worked, because we had maxed them out. Eventually, we persuaded the restaurant owner we were good for the money.” Reader’s Digest: Messy Guys Make Millions Selling Green Cleaning Products