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From the Harvard Coop to Checker Cab,entrepreneurs are rolling out the red carpets--anda few red flags...
Does he have one of those multi-colored clicker pens: I used to collect different kinds. There's ten-color pen, a four-color pen, and one which they sell at the Coop which has all sparkly colors. I had them all, but then I lost them...
Among Connors' other famous customers is the late Samuel Doe, once dictator of Liberia who has since been overthrown and killed. During the Gulf War, the brother of the king of Saudi Arabia stayed at the Charles Hotel and visited the Coop dressed in his regal Arabian robes. "He asked if I [could] have a set shipped to him by Friday," says Connors. Normally, shipment would take two to three weeks but the Saudi prince needed it for his granddaughter's birthday. "I said, 'Yes, Your Highness, if you'll pay for the freight...
Foreigners are responsible for many of the Britannica sales at the Coop. The encyclopedia is world-famous, but is less accessible in other parts of the world. This year, Connors says he has sold 12 sets to German tourists and shipped sets to Turkey, Bangladesh and Mexico. He averages four to five sales per week and works strictly on commission...
Connors plans to stay at the Coop for at least another five years. He has converted his corner display into a working office complete with his own private phone line. After 13 years, Connors has grown used to the Coop and vice versa. Sitting up in his chair, Connors says, "When people think of Britannica, they think of me at the Harvard Coop...