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Bill Zanker, 42, is one of those quirky entrepreneurs always on the lookout for the Next Great Idea. Jogging through San Francisco's Golden Gate Park one day, he spotted a man offering massages for $1 a minute. "He was dirty, he looked homeless, and yet people were lined up...
Taking what he calls "the McRub approach," the hyperkinetic Zanker merged the retail concept with the massage-notions business to create a chain that sells fast, convenient--and fully clothed--massages and massage gadgets. Last February Zanker raised $6.2 million in a public offering. Today there are 15 branches in...
Long relegated to the ranks of sybaritic pleasure or illicit sex, massage is emerging as a form of body maintenance. Americans spend $24 billion a year to cure back pain. GABR masseurs are licensed and receive company training to standardize treatment. A 10-min. back rub costs $14.95, a 45...
Is RUBB for real? Zanker has felt the entrepreneurial tide turn against him before. He founded the Learning Annex, an adult-education business, but overexpansion and mounting lawsuits led him to sell his stake in a prepackaged bankruptcy in 1991. But competing massage outfits like Healing Hands of New York...
It's hard to resist Babyface's melodies. They are gently persuasive, a shoulder massage after a long day at work, a kiss on the cheek after a first date. He has worked with the best in the business, from Michael Jackson (the song On the Line from Spike Lee...