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Keeping the Balls Rolling Conforming to industry and customer tastes put a happy ending on this handmade's tale.

By Elizabeth J. Goodgold

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Think you have the best product on the market? You may still haveto adapt to meet the standards of your industry and customers.

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Jerry Swain, 36, startedSwain Creations, the maker of Jer's IncrediBalls, in 2000 tosell the chocolate-covered peanut butter balls he'd made forfriends since college. He offered the candies in two sizes-12pieces per lb. for the larger size and 20 pieces per lb. for thesmaller size.

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