Niche Biz: Put-In-Cups
Star-Telegram:
Randall Hunt was a Fort Worth electrician tired of fighting the Texas heat four years ago when he invented Put-In-Cups. The small, plastic squares fit snug in the spaces of a chain-link fence and do the same job as a banner.
The idea came to Hunt after passing by a Fort Worth-area school and seeing foam cups in a fence spelling out “God Bless America.”
Hunt’s ashtray-shaped cups, which come in 17 colors, have been “hurricane-tested in Florida, sun-tested in Arizona and freeze-tested in Maine.” And best of all, each cup proudly displays “Made In Texas.”
“It’s really taking off,” Hunt said from his booth at the Arlington Convention Center during the second day of the Texas Girls Coaches Association summer clinic. “Business triples every year.”
Hunt’s cups, which cost about $360 for a box of 2,000, are on display around the Fort Worth area, including Aledo High School and the Fort Worth […]
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