My Camp Friends

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" In Seinfeld parlance, T.J. Shanoff and Brad Spirrison were winter friends. While attending Chicago's Latin School, the two hung out together. "

But, every summer, they split up to go to separate camps in Wisconsin to be with their summer friends.

Now they've teamed up to create a Web site, MyCampFriends, where everyone can be year-round friends.

Since its start last September, 2,500 camp alums have registered, most to find old pals, though some have used it to organize reunions.

Shanoff, 34, a music director at the Second City, and Spirrison, 33, president of Midwest Business, a Chicago Internet service, expect ad revenues to hit $250,000 in 2009.

They spent $35,000 to get the venture started.

Are the entrepreneurs happy campers? "We're ecstatic campers," says Shanoff.

Source: BusinessWeek