Daniel Rotman spotted a gap in the cat-litter market and built PrettyLitter; Mars later bought out his stake at a reported $1.4 billion valuation | World News

Daniel Rotman, PC: LinkedIn  Daniel Rotman saw an opportunity in a market he believed had been overlooked: cat care. In 2015, after an experience that left him questioning how early cat owners could spot signs of illness, he began exploring whether cat litter could do more than absorb waste. The result was PrettyLitter, a colour-changing…

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In 2018, a UK football club boss built a 24ft garden room with a bar, TV and electric doorbell; his upstairs neighbour now wants it demolished in a court fight lawyers say could cost more than £100,000

At the centre of the dispute is a garden in Tollers Lane, Coulsdon (Google Earth photo) A 24ft garden room built by a football club official in the UK in 2018 has led to a lengthy dispute with his upstairs neighbour, who now wants the entire structure demolished. Justin Salmon, who installed a bar, television…

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Kylie Jenner launched a lip kit in 2015 and built a global cosmetics brand; Coty agreed to pay $600 million for a 51% stake in 2019 | World News

    Image: Left/Britannica/Right/Refinery29 Few beauty stories capture the power of social media as clearly as the rise of Kylie Jenner‘s cosmetics business. What began in November 2015 as a debut lip kit became Kylie Cosmetics, a brand that built a devoted audience online and then attracted one of the largest beauty companies in the world. In…

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A small backyard railway started by Oregon hobbyist Ed St John inspired a neighbour to buy surrounding land; after the tracks were joined in 1992, it grew into a 32-mile miniature railroad across 2,200 acres

Oregon hobbyist Ed St. John’s backyard railway attracted volunteers, laying the foundations for a remarkable miniature railroad. What began as one man’s backyard hobby in Southern Oregon has grown into a sprawling railway landscape where tiny trains travel through thousands of acres. According to the official website, Train Mountain is far removed from the idea…

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