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Ron Pothul lived such an idyllic American life for nearly 40 years that he and some co-workers, phone linemen in Massachusetts, were once the inspiration for a Norman Rockwell painting.

Pothul recently turned to entrepreneurialism, however, where his story can now inspire all would-be startup business owners. “I never was a risk-taker,” says Pothul. “I was a guy who got a paycheck every two weeks for 36 years.”

Pothul, 67, hopes his next paycheck will be a hefty one, when the patented product he invented, Dock-N-Lock, hits the big time.