How They Made Their Millions
By Vijay Peduru
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This show is about the amazing stories of world-class multi-millionaire and billionaire founders , how they started and how they succeeded. Founder Stories include the founders of Facebook(Mark), Linked-in(Reid), WhatsApp(Jan), Ben and Jerry Ice creams(the name says it), Instagram(Kevin), Amazon(Jeff), Pandora(Tim), Hershey Chocolates(Milton) and more.
You will hear their struggles and seemingly insurmountable problems and how they emerged victoriously, so you too can succeed as a founder.
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151: GoPro: Nick Woodman - From selling bead belts in a VW van to creating a billion-dollar empire
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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150: J.P. Morgan - Turning chaos into billion dollar opportunities
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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149: SweetGreen: From a tiny dorm-room business to a multi-millionaire dollar food empire
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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148: IT cosmetics: Jamie Kern Lima - From a struggling waitress to building a cosmetics empire
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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147: Care.com: Sheila Marcelo - Turning her bad life situation into a business and becoming a Multi-millionaire
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May 23, 2023 |
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146: Hint Water: Kara Goldin - Starting a business by accident to becoming a multi-millionaire
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May 09, 2023 |
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145: Beats Electronics: Jimmy Lovine - From a Janitor to a music billionaire
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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144: General Motors - Alfred Sloan - From a simple draftsman to a multi-millionaire Automobile icon
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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143: Tim Ferriss - From hopeless and depressed to becoming an Inspirational Icon and a multi-millionaire
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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142: Sargento - Leonard Gentine - From a tiny mom-and-pop shop to a billion dollar cheese empire
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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141: Mark Cuban - The son of a automobile upholstery installer to a Billionaire
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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140: CableVision - Charles Dolan - A college dropout to a Maverick Billionaire
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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139: Zipcar - Robin Chase & Antje Danielson - Two Moms with no business experience to starting a multi-million dollar car-sharing empire.
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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138 : Duty Free Shops - Chuck Feeney - From a poor kid to a billionaire, who gave it all away.
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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137: Maker Studios - Ordinary YouTubers to Millionaires
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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136: Dorothy Herman - Rising from life-crushing Trauma to becoming a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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135: LegalZoom - From a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles to becoming multi-millionaires
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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134: Kathy Ireland - From a high-school dropout model to a Business Mogul
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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133: Audible - From a small-time Journalist to a Multi-millionaire
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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132: ABC Supply - From a high school dropout Teen single Mom To a Billionaire Entrepreneur
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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131: SlideShare - How they turned a personal problem into a Multi-million dollar business
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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130: Public storage - The son of a poor farmer to a billionaire
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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129: SmugMug - From a homeless kid to a multi-millionaire
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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128: NYX Cosmetics - An immigrant not able to speak English to a multi-millionaire fashion icon
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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127: BaseCamp - From being Contrarian and going against the status quo to building a multi-million dollar business
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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126: Bloomingdale’s - From a single tiny store to a billion-dollar high-end luxury store chain
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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125: MyFitnessPal - From side-hustler to multi-millionaire
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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124: GitHub: Tom Preston-Werner - From dead-broke to a multi-millionaire.
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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123: Eddie Bauer: From a high-school dropout to a multi-millionaire outdoor goods icon.
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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122: King.com(Candy Crush game): Riccardo Zacconi - Almost Bankrupt to a multi-million dollar gaming icon.
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May 31, 2022 |
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121: Nathan’s Famous Restaurants: Nathan Handwerker - From a restaurant dish-washer to a Multi-millionaire.
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May 17, 2022 |
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120: Kayak: Steve Hafner & Paul English - Two men who changed the way people travel forever and became multi-millionaires.
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May 03, 2022 |
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119: Holiday Inn: Kemmons Wilson - From Dirt-poor to a Multi-Millionaire Hospitality icon.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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118: StitchFix - Katrina Lake - From starting in an apartment to becoming a multi-millionaire
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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117: Paul Mitchell Haircare Systems: John Paul DeJoria - Twice Homeless to a Multi-Millionaire
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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116: NerdWallet - Tim Chen: Starting with $800 and turning it into multiple millions.
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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115: Lucas Oil - Forrest Lucas: A triumphant journey from childhood poverty to a multimillionaire
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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114: Adobe - John Warnock and Charles Geschke: Simple Xerox employees to multi-millionaires
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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113: Crate & Barrel: Gordon Segal - From not knowing anything about retail business to becoming multi-millionaires
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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112: Electronic Arts: Trip Hawkins - From a failure in first business to a multi-millionaire
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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111: Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold - From a waiter to a multi-millionaire
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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110: Dropbox: Drew Houston - From A babysitter to a Billionaire
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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109: Popeyes: Al Copeland - From utter poverty to a Multi-millionaire
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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108: Shopify :Tobias Lutke - A school dropout to a billionaire
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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107: Charles Kettering - From a poor farm boy to a multi-millionaire
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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106: Warby Parker - Starting in an apartment to building a billion dollar company
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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105: George Soros - From a penniless clerk to a billionaire
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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104: EventBrite : Julia Hartz - From a 9-5 job to a multi-millionaire founder
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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103: Radio One - Cathy Hughes - A poor girl with no resources to a Multi-millionaire media icon
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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102: Ring: Jamie Siminoff - From a back-to-back failure to a multi-millionaire
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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101: Dr. Bronner’s - Emil Bronner : From an Asylum inmate to a multi-millionaire
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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100: Andrew Carnegie - A poor boy earning $1.20 a week to a billionaire
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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099: Gary Vaynerchuk: A liquor store worker’s son to a multi-Millionaire celebrity icon
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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098: GoDaddy: Bob Parsons - Son of a poor salesman to a billionaire
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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097: Virgin - Richard Branson: A Poor student to a Billionaire
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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096: Behance : Scott Belsky - From a Mundane trader to a multi-millionaire
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May 05, 2020 |
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095: Vice Media: From a worthless drug addict to a multi-millionaire media icon
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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094: Yelp - From a software engineer to a multi-millionaire
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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093: Waze - An ordinary programmer to a multimillionaire
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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092: Dollar Shave Club - Starting in an apartment and selling it for a billion dollars.
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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091: Clif Bar - From a broke baker living in a garage to a multi-millionaire
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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090 : BET- Black Entertainment Television - A son of a farmer to a Billionaire.
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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089: Dilbert - From a Bank teller to a world-famous Multi-millionaire cartoonist
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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088: Toms of Maine - An insurance salesman to a Multi-Millionaire
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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087: Tinder - A business started from a personal problem to a billion-dollar business
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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086: Costco - From a grocery store bagger to a Billionaire
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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085:Netflix - From a door-to-door-salesman to a billionaire
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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084: UnderArmour - From grandma's basement to a billion dollar company
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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083: Reddit - Two friends starting in an apartment to multi-millionaires
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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082: The Body Shop - Starting with no money to building an international cosmetics empire
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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081:CollegeHumor - College students to Millionaires
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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080:Sam Adams Beer - From Kitchen table entrepreneur to a billionaire entrepreneur
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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079: Product Hunt - A one-person startup to selling it for Millions
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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078: ESPN - From a radio jockey to a Multi-millionaire Media icon
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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077: Shazam - How four friends took a trivial idea and became multi-millionaires
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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076: Spanx - A Disneyworld worker putting belts on passengers to a billionaire
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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075: Netscape - How a fresh college grad brought us the internet and became a billionaire
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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074: Nordstrom - Starting with $5 and becoming a billionaire fashion icon
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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073: Angie's List- The daughter of a UPS driver to a multi-millionaire entrepreneur
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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072: Forever21- A gas station attendant to a Billionaire.
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May 16, 2019 |
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071: TiVo - From a tiny scrappy startup to a billion dollar startup
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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070: In-N-Out Burger -From a poor food delivery boy to a multi-billion-dollar restaurant icon
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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069: OpenTable - A business which almost failed to an astonishing billion dollar business
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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068: Gordon Ramsay - A poor boy with abusive childhood to a world-famous multi-million dollar restaurant icon
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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067: Box.com -Rising from multiple failures to becoming a multi-millionaire at a very young age
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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066: Wrigley's Gum - A school dropout to one of the world's richest man
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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065: Craigslist - From a poverty stricken poor boy to a multi-millionaire internet icon
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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064: Noah's Bagels: From Selling on the streets to a Multi-million dollar Bagel chain founder.
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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063: Huffington Post - The rise of a poor girl who could barely speak English to a Media Mogul
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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062: Kate Spade Fashions - From a scared salesgirl to a multi-million dollar Fashion empire
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May 24, 2018 |
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061: Hotmail - An immigrant with less than $300 in his pocket to becoming a multi-millionaire.
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May 10, 2018 |
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060: Patagonia - A poor boy living on 50 cents a day to a Billionaire
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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059: TripAdvisor - Building a business from personal problem to selling it for $100+ million
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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058: Baby Einstein - How a stay-at-home mom started a business by accident and became a multi-millionaire
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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057: iContact - How Ryan became a multi-millionaire at a young age
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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056: Chick-fil-a Restaurants - A poor boy with just a high school education to a billionaire
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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055: Cranium - Quitting a stressful software job to starting a $70+ million dollar gaming company
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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054: Blogger.com - A web developer with no connections to selling it to Google for multiple millions.
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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053: Zumba - An immigrant who didn't know English to a multi-million dollar eclectic fitness empire
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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052: Archives.com - Two college dropouts selling their company for $90+ million
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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051: SoulCycle -Two moms with humble beginnings to a Multi-million dollar fitness empire
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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050: WhatsApp: How a poor kid and later an orphan who lived on food stamps built WhatsApp and sold for $15+ billion
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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049: Cheese Cake Factory - How a failed musician who took over his mom's tiny struggling business and built it into a billion dollar business
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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048: WeGoLook - A farm girl who didn't know much about technology to a tech multi-millionaire
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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047: The Honest company - How Jessica, an actress and a high school dropout built a billion-dollar business empire
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Jul 06, 2017 |
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046: Flickr -How a desperate couple who were running out of money built and sold Flickr for $30+ million
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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045: Subway Restaurants - A poor kid who started with a borrowed $1000 and built a billion dollar restaurant empire
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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044: Tickle - How two college friends sold their company for $90+ million with a simple idea of Personality tests
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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043: IKEA - How a poor farm-boy rose to become a world-famous billionaire
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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042: RedLaser - How Two Geeks who failed miserably multiple times and ran out of money became multi-millionaires
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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041: Mary Kay Ash Cosmetics - A poor girl with tough childhood to a billionaire
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May 25, 2017 |
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040: WireCutter.com - A laid-off tech worker to Gym trainer to a multi-millionaire blogger
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May 18, 2017 |
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039: Nantucket Nectars: How two guys with no clue about business, started a multi-million dollar Juice empire
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May 11, 2017 |
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038: LinkedIn: A bad student always playing video games to starting LinkedIn and selling it for $20+ billion
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May 04, 2017 |
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037: Firehouse Subs - Two firefighters with no money to a multi-million dollar restaurant empire.
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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036: GrubHub - How two programmers bootstrapped a side hustle and made billions
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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035: Jer's Chocolates - How a software sales person turned his chocolate making hobby into a $10+ million business
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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034: Plenty of Fish - How a one-Person startup generated millions in profits and later sold for $500+ million
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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033: Whistle: How a seemingly gimmick business - Fitbit for dogs got started and sold for $100+ million
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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032: StubHub: How Jeff started StubHub at the worst possible time, survived and sold to eBay for $300+ million
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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031: Clark's Botanicals: How Francesco who was paralyzed, sad and dejected built a multi-million dollar business
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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030: Mint.com: How Aaron started part-time and made a "sure-to-fail" business successful and sold for $160+ million.
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Mar 09, 2017 |
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029: Instagram: A side hustle to selling it for $1 billion in 2 years
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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028: Hershey's Chocolates: A fourth grade dropout ,and a farm boy to a world-famous billionaire chocolatier
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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027: Auntie Anne's Pretzels: One woman with unbearable grief, started in a farmers market and making multi-millions.
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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026: Wufoo : A simple form-creation idea started with little money and later sold for $30+ million
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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025: ShutterStock: One person , a $800 initial investment to $2+ billion IPO
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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024: Minecraft Games: How a depressed, introverted Geek started a side hustle hobby game and sold it for $2+ Billion
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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023: HotOrNot.com: How two friends totally broke and inexperienced became millionaires with their super-simple dating site
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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022: Pandora Music: The extra-ordinary story of how Tim went from a Penniless Nanny to a billionaire
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Jan 12, 2017 |
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021: Ben and Jerry ice Cream: The wonderful story of two Guys, their love of ice cream, a $5 investment to a multi-million dollar business
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Jan 05, 2017 |
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020: FUBU: How Shark Tank's Daymond John went from a Restaurant waiter to multi-millionaire founder
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Jan 02, 2017 |
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019: Method : How two friends started in their stinky little apartment and grew Method to $100+ million
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Dec 29, 2016 |
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018: LifeisGood: Living in a van, eating peanut butter sandwiches to a $100+ million company – The story of Life is Good and the power of optimism
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Dec 26, 2016 |
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017: CDBaby: A small-time musician with no background in tech and business, started with $500 and sold his business for $19+ million
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Dec 22, 2016 |
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016: 1-800-flowers.com : The rags-to-riches story of Jim - A Bartender to a highly-successful multi-millionaire
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Dec 19, 2016 |
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015: Nobu Restaurants: Chef Nobu’s fabulous rise from Suicide-attempting Restauranteur to HollyWood Celebrity Restauranteur to multi-millionaire
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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014: Club Penguin: Bootstrapped by borrowing from credit cards, focused on one niche area and sold to Disney for $325+ million
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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013: TwitTV: How Leo Laporte accidentally bootstrapped a multimillion dollar empire From Podcasts
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Dec 05, 2016 |
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012: Amy's Kitchen: How one couple turned their frozen food problem into a multimillion dollar organic powerhouse
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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011: PetFinder.com: How Betsy started a hobby pet website and sold for $25+ million
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Oct 29, 2016 |
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010: Chobani: How an immigrant with simple yogurt business beat the giant companies and became a billionaire.
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Oct 27, 2016 |
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009: Kiss My Face : Not knowing anything about the business to a 75+million year business
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Oct 23, 2016 |
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008: IMDB: Movie watching hobby business Sold to Amazon for multiple millions
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Sep 15, 2016 |
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007: LittleMissMatched: Wacky Mismatched socks idea to a smash hit with 30+ million in revenue
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Sep 09, 2016 |
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006: Geox: Hole-in-shoe idea to Billion Dollars
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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005:TreeHugger: Tiny Green movement blog to a $10million blog
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Sep 05, 2016 |
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004: Monster Audio: From Jobless and broke to a multi-millionaire
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Sep 03, 2016 |
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003: GeekSquad: Starting with $200 and selling to Best Buy for multiple millions
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Sep 01, 2016 |
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002: Build-a-Bear: How Maxine quit her lifeless job-followed her passion and built a multi-million dollar business
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Aug 26, 2016 |
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001: California Pizza Kitchen(CPK) : How two friends built the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain by quitting their stressful day jobs
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Aug 20, 2016 |