Everyone has different reasons for starting a business venture, whether it is dreams of huge profits, or a noble humanitarian goal.  When Hart Main, founder and owner of ManCans, started his business at the age of 13, his goal was to earn just $1,200, enough to buy a bicycle to compete in triathlons.  His product is ManCans, a candle with a “manly” scent sold in a soup can.  He came up with the idea for manly candels from his sister’s fundraiser when he was just 10 years old. Main noticed that all the candles being sold in the fundraiser were “too girly” in his opinion.  A few years later, ManCans was born.  Soup was eaten in droves at the Main household, in order to get cans to use for the candles.  Even friends and neighbors started giving Main their used soup cans to help his business.  After a few months of business, Main had the idea to buy and donate soup cans to local food banks and soup kitchens,  then repurpose the used cans for his mandles.  Main eventually added another line of candles, “SheCans,” to his business.  Within a year, Beaver Creek Candle Company approached Main.  He agreed to a deal with them, and they now produce the candles in mass, donating 75 cents of every sale to soup kitchens across the northeast.  Thanks to Hart Main’s innovation and philanthropy, he turned a good business idea into an extremely successful business, and continues to give a ton of support to local charities in the process.