A Sales Hug

Like most Gulf Coast small business owners, Jim Miller is eager to get back to the days of 20% annual growth, the kind of success his company enjoyed earlier this decade.

And Miller, co-founder of a $1.3 million online Amish-made furniture and accessories business, has a plan to do just that. It's an experiment, says Miller, that's wrapped in love.

That is Miller is trying to find people with a deep affection and passion for marketing and selling his company's products. “You can train a lot of things,” says Miller, “but you can't train motivation and you can't train heart.”