For Brad Dickson and other entrepreneurs, that “a-ha” moment that leads to the creation of a new small business never ceases to amaze.

Picture a casual neighborhood barbecue in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe in summer 2007.

“It was hot outside, the kids were sucking on freeze pops,” Dickson recalled. “One of the moms said she wished there was something like that for us adults.”

The exchange slipped Dickson’s mind until Jan. 17, 2008, while he and his wife Tawnia were watching an episode of Desperate Housewives.

“Yes, we watch Desperate Housewives,” Dickson admitted. “On this episode, some kids were eating freeze pops, and the conversation from the summer before popped back into my mind. I got up and walked to the bathroom. I write a note on the mirror sometimes with a dry marker, so it’s the first thing I see the next morning. I wrote ‘Put margaritas in tubes.