Take a Back Seat ...or a seat back, rather. One mom's innovative storage solution has students and teachers sitting pretty.
By James Park
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What: Storage packs that hang on the backs of students' chairs
Who: Ann McAlear of Seat Sack Inc.
Where: Naples, Florida
When: Started in 1999
How much: $20,000
Ann McAlear didn't know she was starting a business when she first came up with the Seat Sack. She had simply made the pouches for her daughter's kindergarten class so students could store everything from folders to art supplies, and the teacher could stay organized. Running her own manufacturing company kept her busy enough, so she obtained a patent on her invention and pushed it aside. But when she kept getting requests from teachers for Seat Sacks, McAlear, 52, realized her little product had big potential.
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