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Weirdest Inspiration I Ever HadReal life story from a successful entrepreneur

ByP. Kelly Smith

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The weirdest inspiration Randy Miller ever had came fromflipping the pages of a magazine. The Houston stockbroker cameacross a Tommy Hilfiger ad featuring men prancing around in tartanskirts. His mission in life suddenly became clear: to start acasual clothing line for "real men."

Cavewear is just that: clothing for the anti-skirt, modern-daycaveman. As president and CEO, Miller (below, c.) brought onbrokerage partners Bob Yrshus (below, l.) and Duncan Wine as vicepresidents and cavemen extraordinaire. Since 1998, they've beenselling T-shirts, boxers and hats to men who aren't afraid towear manly styles and colors like fire red, slate blue and charcoalgray. "To us, the modern-day caveman is a successful,hard-working guy," says Miller. "He's a familyprovider and decision-maker. Basically he gets thingsdone."

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