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Article: Miller directs 'World's Largest Tennis Lesson'
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- Glenview Announcements (IL)
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- July 20, 2000
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Mark Miller was making a living as a salesman, when he stumbled upon a tennis lesson.
A tennis lesson on a short court at - of all places - Lambs Farm in Liberyville.
After viewing this lesson, Miller developed an idea that proved to be career changing.
"I saw you didn't need a (full) court to give a tennis lesson," said Miller, a Highland Park resident who used to be a tennis pro and instructor. "And I thought that this could be a good business."
Miller pitched the idea to his wife, who was used to hearing all kinds of Miller's enterprising brainstorms.
Usually, she shot them down.
"But this time," Miller said, "she told me, 'That's a great idea.' "
Thus Miller's Munchkin Tennis was ...