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As a 1stLt, I started a business where I sold military branch logo air fresheners. I went though the Marine Corps licensing office and got permission to make die-cut car air fresheners. I put them in the exchange worldwide by getting distribution through an existing exchange supplier. That distributor lent me their licensing on a few other SKUs eventually doing USMC, USAF, USN and Coast Guard. Army had different licensing which was more expensive so we didn’t do them. I made about $30k profit. Unfortunately I didn’t really understand that I could own and operate multiple businesses so I just told the distributor that I was done. They took my packaging and modified my logo and they’re still for sale today about 14 years later. I haven’t seen a penny since wave 1. My fault. I abandoned it because I left Active Duty to start a franchise startup with the Dominos Pizza founder who was also a Marine. I didn’t imagine I could pull off both. Eventually that ended but I’m still developing products. I own an Amazon brand selling Worm Farms now.