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Mail Order Lobster

Company receives toll-free calls and mails lobsters anywhere in the country.

By Leslie Brokaw | 
 

Here's a lean-and-mean way to start a business. Lobsterline mails live Maine lobsters, along with accessories, anywhere in the country, but has only two employees -- and they live in Minnesota. A Maine tele-marketing firm takes the toll-free calls and faxes orders to the Maine lobster supplier, which puts together packages shipped via UPS or Federal Express.

-- Leslie Brokaw

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