A Grand Plan in Action

But Kanfer made an offer the O’Connors couldn’t refuse. He made available a free building, warehouse space, shelving, furnishings, computers and all utilities for the catalog operation. The O’Connors moved to Hudson, OH, some 30 minutes from Rob’s new job in Akron.

More miracles came their way. The proprietor of the What on Earth catalog, Jared Florian, became their mentor and gave the O’Connors a piece of breakthrough advice: Mail more often than once a year. Says Rob, “We considered that to be a miracle!”