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Sometimes business opportunities may spring from unexpected sources. When Dennis Fried, 56, of Osprey, Fla., retired at 52, having become bored with his six-year job as a director of information development for a software company, he decided to start a consulting practice. With a master's degree in physics...
Little did he know that the change would involve his dog, a pocketbook-size Papillon named Genevieve. Just for fun, Fried had written a handful of comic essays about his pooch, which his wife Katrina distributed to several online dog groups. After getting enthusiastic e-mail responses to the stories...
Fried had about $15,000 in up-front production costs, sold 20,000 books around the U.S. at $13.95 a copy and netted about $50,000 after expenses. With Genevieve patiently by his side at all book signings and personal appearances, he garnered publicity on TV and in major newspapers...
"I've always wanted to write a book. This was the absolute right time in my life to do this," Fried says. "I'm busier now than I've ever been, and this is the most fun I've had compared with any kind of job."
“It would be highly improper for him to say how he would decide cases in the hearings,” Fried said.