1974 - 1997 (Houston) |
| SAMWAY
MARKETING & DISTRIBUTING 
Yes, I admit I was an Amway Distributor in
1974 |
RAY-A-WAY
OF HOUSTON 
Reflective Window Coatings for buildings
and vehicles. |
| EAGLE
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING 
Sign Construction & Billboard
Advertising Space Leasing. |
CHAMPIONS
VENDING 
Owned and operated soda and snack vending
machines
in a variety of office buildings around Houston. |
| SAMUEL
A MARTIN INTERESTS 
Residential & Commercial Construction.
Projects included:
Raveneaux Country Club, Houston Airport Hilton |
REAL
EQUIP, INC. 
Worldwide Multiple Listing Service for Oil
& Gas Equipment accessed via the Internet (1981-83) |
| COMPUTER
CO-OP OF AMERICA 
Sales of PC Computers and Internet Access
through a multi-level marketing organization. |
JUST
FOR LAUGHS 
Retail Novelty and Costume Rental Store
developed for the family of a friend who passed away. |
| HOUSTON
CHALLENGE GAME 
Invented a souvenir oriented board game and
handled all aspects of component design and manufacturing. |
SAM
MARTIN COMPUTER CONSULTING 
PC Computer Consulting and Custom
Programming
Developed custom learning applications and provided network support for the Mathematics
Department of the Spring Independent School District |
| SAM
MARTIN REAL ESTATE 
Purchased residential properties from HUD,
made necessary improvements and re-sold on contracts for deed to people who could not
finance a home purchase. |
IQ
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 
Software Publishing of "Show Partner
F/X", with worldwide distribution in excess of 1 million copies. |
| THE
ERADICATOR, LLC 
Redesigned, manufactured and distributed a
patented Fire Ant Eradication System. Raised $2.5 million in capital |
SOFTBALL
PLUS 
Acquired a majority interest in a softball
park by assuming an SBA loan from GE Capital. Reorganized the operations and
restored positive cash flow in 6 months. |
| MAGICRAFT 
As a professional magician I invented
several magic tricks which I manufactured and marketed worldwide. The Linking Dollar Bills, one of those tricks is still available
here. |
WHITE
ELK, INC. 
Purchased the interests of Hookswood, Inc.
in Waldenwood Subdivision, expanded the development, formed the POA and served as its
President for 5 years. |
| THE
MAGIC MOMENT 
As a professional magician I performed
classical magic shows at venues around Houston under the stage name "Martini"
and my shows were called, The Magic Moment.
|
PRESTO 
The World's Greatest Magician was a
character I invented and debued at the grand opening of Just for Laughs. I performed
shows for children all around Houston during the 1980's and 1990's. |
