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Kendra Scott says a horrible manager taught her being cutthroat isn't the only way to run a company: 'The worst boss was my best boss'

Kendra Scott turned a $500 jewelry hobby into a $1 billion brand by staying scrappy—and learning from rejection and a “terribly-horrible” boss.

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Dave Portnoy quit an $80K sales job to start Barstool—he hand-delivered papers in a secondhand van while living with his girlfriend's mom for 6 years

Dave Portnoy left his cushy 9-to-5 and spent years delivering papers and even scooping dog waste before success. Now he’s worth $250 million.

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Ex-Applebee's exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don't need two of us, so I'm gonna have to let you go’

Multimillionaire baby boomer Julia Stewart grew IHOP’s business and got back at her former employer after being denied the top role.

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Real estate billionaire was called the ‘worst analyst’ at Goldman Sachs—now he says the criticism was the best thing that ever happened to him

Real estate mogul Fernando De Leon left Goldman Sachs after being told that he wasn’t the best fit for the $293.4 billion bank—and it set him up to become a self-made billionaire.

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The childhood question that helped Spanx founder Sara Blakely stop fearing failure

Spanx CEO Sara Blakely's childhood ritual of discussing weekly failures, rather than successes, reshaped her view of achievement. This approach transformed disappointment into a catalyst for growth, teaching that embracing mistakes is crucial for building resilience and fostering genuine confidence in entrepreneurship. It highlights how learning from errors fuels innovation.

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Self-made billionaire Tony Robbins went from being a janitor to making his first million by 24—he shares the 3 skills Gen Z need to thrive in today’s job market

From earning $40 a week cleaning floors to coaching Bill Clinton, and joining the billionaire’s club, Tony Robbins says these are the three skills Gen Z must master to find success.

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6 'unhinged' things Sara Blakely did that ultimately shaped the success of her $1.2 billion Spanx empire

Blakely became the first self-made female billionaire in 2012.

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How ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ writer went from library and Olive Garden shifts to building an empire with Netflix and Amazon deals

Jenny Han, the author behind hit series like “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” said she wouldn’t change a thing about her come-up, and that working as a librarian helped her tap into what young readers were looking for.

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This multimillionaire once cleaned meat trucks for $7 an hour, but a coffee shop encounter proved 'You're just one move away from changing your life'

Jesse Itzler, who ultimately sold his $5 billion-in-sales private jet business to Warren Buffett, says the world doesn’t reward perfect plans, "it rewards action."

Fortune

'Ask For Forgiveness Not Permission,' Says Spanx Founder Sara Blakely, Whose 'Unhinged' Moves Took $5K Savings To $1.2 Billion

Spanx founder Sara Blakely turned $5,000 in savings into a $1.2 billion shapewear brand by relying on bold marketing and what she called "unhinged" tactics.

Benzinga

Spanx founder Sara Blakely's $1 billion idea started with just $5,000 in savings and wanting to solve her own problem

“Right when I was running out of friends and money, Oprah called,” the Spanx founder told Fortune in 2013. “She chose it as her favorite product of the year.”

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Billionaire Sara Blakely says she launched Spanx with just $5,000 from selling fax machines—and never took on a single investor: 'I bet on myself'

"I sat down with myself and I was like, you wanna spend your five grand on a vacation? Or do you wanna try to bet on yourself?"

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Spanx billionaire founder kept the brand a secret—even from family—for a year. If she hadn’t, she says she’d probably still be selling fax machines

Spanx’s billionaire founder turned $5,000 in savings from selling fax machines into a $1.2 billion shapewear empire.

Fortune

Ex-Applebee's exec was told she’d never be CEO—she bought the chain and fired her naysayer: ‘We don't need two of us, so I'm gonna have to let you go’

Multimillionaire baby boomer Julia Stewart grew IHOP’s business and got back at her former employer after being denied the top role. Spanx’s and FedEx’s founders also created billion-dollar companies after their business ideas were rejected.

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6 'unhinged' things Sara Blakely did that ultimately shaped the success of her $1.2 billion Spanx empire

Blakely became the first self-made female billionaire in 2012.

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Meghan Markle Gets Real About Pregnancy Struggles and Motherhood Pressures

Meghan Markle Admits She Was 'Clinging' to Prince Harry During Major Moment

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Meghan Markle Says One Aspect of Royal Life Left Her "Clinging Very Closely" to Prince Harry During Prince Archie Pregnancy

The duchess recalled thinking, "please don’t let me fall."

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Meghan Markle reveals plans to ‘step back’ and ‘assess’ As Ever brand before relaunching more products

The Duchess of Sussex launched her first round of As Ever products in April

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Will Sara Blakely's sneaker-heels Sneex catch on like Spanx?

Two decades after founding Spanx, Sara Blakely is trying again with Sneex, a line of sneaker-heels.

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Exploring The Top Entrepreneurs Shaping US Business Today

Explore the transformative impact of visionary entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Oprah Winfrey.

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Boss gives every employee £8,000 bonus and two first-class plane tickets anywhere

Sara Blakely, the businesswoman who started Spanx, gave out $10k bonuses to each of her employees.

Wales Online

A boss gave all her staff £8,000 and two first-class tickets anywhere

In a resurfaced video from last year, the chief executive and inventor of American shapewear brand Spanx is seen surprising her staff with the hugely generous gifts

Daily Mirror

'World's best boss' gives all staff £8,300 bonus - and two first-class plane tickets

The boss of underwear firm Spanx has handed out a whopping £8,300 and two luxury plane tickets to anywhere in the world to all her staff, letting them have the holiday of a lifetime despite the rising cost of living

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