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Cactus
Jack in the News
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Success
- June
2000
"You may have seen him on QVC, following Marie Osmond or
Anthony Robbins. Cactus Jack is his name and fighting grime
is his game. Actually, his real name is Jack Barringer..."
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Investors
Business Daily - June
10, 1999
"Young Jack Barringer wanted to be successful. But he wasn't
doing well in school. To keep him from getting discouraged,
his mother put a sign on a bulletin board in his bedroom. It
reminded him that if he wanted to make a living, he could trade
his hours for dollars. But if he wanted to be really successful..."
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People
Magazine - August
3, 1998
"Six years ago Jack Barringer was at home with his wife,
Emy, in Ames, Iowa when an Alka Seltzer ad came on TV. As the
tablets dissolved to the accompaniment of the familiar 'plop,
plop, fizz, fizz' jingle, an idea bubbled up in his mind..."
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Small
Business Opportunities - January
1991
An entrepreneur in Iowa is taking the ordinary shoeshine biz,
and making it into an exciting, fun, and upbeat moneymaker.
Jack Barringer, known as "Cactus Jack" is polishing
up the shoe shine business with clever theme-oriented shoeshine
stands that cannot fail to grab attention wherever they are
set up...Click
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Entrepreneur
- February
1988
If you're an arm wrestling enthusiast
with a bad grip or a short arm, you're in luck. If you're left-handed
and tired of only being able to wrestle left-handers, brighter
days are coming. Thanks to Jack Barringer's WORLD CLASS ARM
WRESTLING MACHINE, the sport of arm wrestling is now available
to all competitors, not just the strong, long armed, right handers....Click
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USA
Today
- November 27, 1987
Ames, Iowa - The axiom goes: if a market for your product doesn't
exist, create one. Meet Jack Barringer, a man who has made his
living for 12 years by promoting arm wrestling matches and who
is trying to put that proposition to work...Click
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Wall
Street Journal - November
23, 1984
I'm going to tell you about Cecil Moon, Big Dave Robbin, and
Lee Ann Krough, the best there is, but first a few words about
a contraption they use that's a boon to mankind if there ever
was one. It's called the Monster, and it has mechanized the
ancient sport of arm-wrestling....Click
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