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Teenager Finds a Niche in Man-Scented CandlesWould you like your house to smell like bacon? Or perhaps a new mitt? A young entrepreneur creates his own masculine take on the scented-candle business.
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Hart Main, founder of ManCans
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Entrepreneur:Hart Main, the 14-year-old founder of Marysville, Ohio-basedManCans, which began selling its manly scented candles in November 2010.
"Aha" moment:Main's 12-year-old sister was selling candles for a school fundraiser, and he teased her about the girly scents, telling her it would be cool if there were "men-scented" candles: "I thought, grass, bacon, sawdust, leather," he says.
