Mr. Shifferaw is one of the current Ethiopian investors who lives in the Diaspora. One of his inventions, the Bowflex, is used for efficient exercise thought the world.
“More than 20 years ago, Dosho Shifferaw was trying to make ends meet by driving cabs and working at hotels – while he was hatching plans for an exercise chair that he was convinced would be a success,” explains Therese Iknoian.
“The 1974 revolution that overthrew Emperor Haile Selasie, stranded this young Ethiopian in California, where he was studying industrial design and engineering. He proved that he understood two American passions when he invented the Bowflex exercise machine and made a wile success on it by hawking it on TV,” According to The Washington Post on Sunday June 12, 2005.
To find out Mr. Shifferaw’s other inventions, visit www.doshodesign.com
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