"Of course, there's concern about the economy, but right now our sales are growing," says Michael Trygstad, founder of Wet, a lubricant manufacturer in Van Nuys, Calif.
Unlike cotton which produces shorter fibers, hemp, though brittle when dry, thrives when it's wet, explains Derek Thomas, co-founder of Hemp Blue, a LA-based startup producing hemp-based jeans, jackets, and shirts.
Co-founder Eduardo Saverin is loyal but rather wet and non-committal, Napster co-founder Sean Parker is opportunistic and obnoxious and the Winklevoss twins, who claimed Zuckerberg stole their idea, are a delightful Tweedledum and Tweedledee - as styled by Calvin Klein.
Kevin P. Cunningham, the founder and chief executive of Wet Electrics, said that without the $150,000 he received from his insurer, the Hartford, in late December, Wet Electrics' debut would have been delayed for months.
"I was driving with my wife and daughter one day, when my wife asked if the baby had wet herself," said Yaroslav Faybishenko, Pixie's founder.
Three more were plucked from foundering boats in the cold, wet wilderness south of Australia.
And MacKenzie Cowell, 26, a founder of DIYbio.org, is building a wet lab on the second floor of Sprout, a warehouselike hacker space in Cambridge, Mass.
First of all, startup founders are not exactly every banker's wet dream.
First official water park: Wet 'n Wild, Orlando, Fla., opened 1977 by George Millay, also the founder of SeaWorld.
The founders also promise the watches will be able to withstand wet weather conditions, including rain and snow and being submerged underwater.
