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How They Made Their Millions

English, Finance, 1 season, 151 episodes, 2 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes
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This show hosted by Vijay Peduru 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. Keep Rocking.. my friends.
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151: GoPro: Nick Woodman - From selling bead belts in a VW van to creating a billion-dollar empire

How did Nick Woodman , the founder of GoPro grow from selling bead belts in a VW van to creating a billion-dollar empire. Let us check it out.
7/18/202320 minutes, 37 seconds
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150: J.P. Morgan - Turning chaos into billion dollar opportunities

Here is the riveting journey of J.P. Morgan, the titan who transformed American finance.Let us discover how this financial maestro navigated uncertainty while everything was in chaos and etched an indelible legacy in the annals of American business.
7/4/202316 minutes, 38 seconds
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149: SweetGreen: From a tiny dorm-room business to a multi-millionaire dollar food empire

Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman, and Nathaniel Ru were three friends who shared a passion for healthy food. Since they couldn't find good places to eat healthy food, they started their own. They did not know anything about business and came close to shutting down their business. But they survived and turned it into a multi-million dollar food empire. Let's check out their "Dorm Room Dream to Million-Dollar Food Empire" story.
6/20/202320 minutes, 15 seconds
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148: IT cosmetics: Jamie Kern Lima - From a struggling waitress to building a cosmetics empire

Jamie Kern Lima had a dream to become a TV show host, but her dreams were shattered because of a problem she had. She later started IT cosmetics to solve her own problem. Faced with self-doubt, and down to her last few dollars, she persisted in the face of gut-wrenching rejections and setbacks. Finally she sold it to L’Oréal for multiple millions. Let us check out her awe-inspiring story.
6/6/202320 minutes, 11 seconds
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147: Care.com: Sheila Marcelo - Turning her bad life situation into a business and becoming a Multi-millionaire

Sheila Marcelo aspired to have a fulfilling life with a well-planned career. However, life took an unexpected turn, and she faced many challenging situations. Despite this, she persevered and founded care.com from her personal problem, transforming it into a multi-million dollar empire. Listen in for her inspiring story.
5/23/202318 minutes, 52 seconds
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146: Hint Water: Kara Goldin - Starting a business by accident to becoming a multi-millionaire

Kara Godin never intended to start a business. But she had a personal problem of losing weight. She started to share her unsweetened, fruit infused water with friends in her neighborhood. When they all liked it, she realized the potential opportunity. She heard “no you can't” and “that’s impossible” from many people. But she finally made Hint a success and became a multi-millionaire. Let us check out her amazing story.
5/9/202319 minutes, 52 seconds
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145: Beats Electronics: Jimmy Lovine - From a Janitor to a music billionaire

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine, both music producers, recognized the need for high-quality headphones that could accurately reproduce the sound of music as it was intended to be heard in the studio. Despite facing initial challenges and negative reviews from some critics, they persevered with their idea, continuously improving their product and pushing forward. Their unwavering determination paid off, as they ultimately sold their company for a staggering sum of over $2 billion. Let us check out their story.
4/25/202320 minutes, 10 seconds
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144: General Motors - Alfred Sloan - From a simple draftsman to a multi-millionaire Automobile icon

William Durant started General motors, but it almost came close to shutting down. Then Alfred Sloan stepped in. He adopted a different approach than his competitors to sell his cars. The strategy worked and sales took off. GM ultimately became a multi-billion dollar company. Let us check out their story.
4/11/202321 minutes, 53 seconds
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143: Tim Ferriss - From hopeless and depressed to becoming an Inspirational Icon and a multi-millionaire

Tim Ferriss was depressed most of the time and one time thought of ending his life. But he escaped that by fate of luck. Later he started a business and even here he felt overworked, restless, and unsure of how to fix his life. During this process he also lost all that was important to him. At this time, he discovered and learnt something which changed the course of his life. Later he published the 4-hour workweek, about his experiences and how he fixed his life. The book was a massive success and changed the lives of millions of people around the world. Let us check out his story.
3/28/202320 minutes, 54 seconds
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142: Sargento - Leonard Gentine - From a tiny mom-and-pop shop to a billion dollar cheese empire

Leonard Gentine never had any plans for starting a business. But by sheer accident, he got to know about a new profession and started a business which was a failure. Later by another accident, he got the idea to start a cheese making business. He faced several problems but finally they succeeded and it became a billion dollar company. Let us check out his story.
3/14/202321 minutes, 54 seconds
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141: Mark Cuban - The son of a automobile upholstery installer to a Billionaire

Mark Cuban’s father was an automobile upholstery installer and life was not the best. He figured out ways to make money and finished his education. He was not sure what to do with his life, but a chance firing from his job made him start a business. Later he started Broadcast.com, sold it and became a billionaire. Let us check out his story.
2/28/202320 minutes, 31 seconds
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140: CableVision - Charles Dolan - A college dropout to a Maverick Billionaire

Charles Dolan, failed at two businesses. He faced many setbacks. Yet in 1973, this Maverick entrepreneur started Cablevision and built it into a multi-billion dollar company. Let us check out his daring story.
2/14/202320 minutes, 8 seconds
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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.

Robin Chase was a stay at him mom & Antje Danielson was a mom and academic researcher. They never had any prior experience starting a business but they had deep passion to make the world a better place. They started ZipCar and even though they faced several problems and came close to shutting it down, they survived. Finally they sold it for $500 million. Let us check out their story.
1/31/202321 minutes, 9 seconds
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138 : Duty Free Shops - Chuck Feeney - From a poor kid to a billionaire, who gave it all away.

Chuck Feeney was born poor. He made a fortune selling duty-free goods, building an enterprise out of nothing. Then, he gave all his money away. Let us check out his truly inspiring story.
1/17/202324 minutes, 30 seconds
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137: Maker Studios - Ordinary YouTubers to Millionaires

Danny Zappin, Shay Carl and a few other YouTubers, started their own YouTube Channels and amassed millions of subscribers. They decided to pool together their talent, followers and subscribers into a kind of talent network. They called it Maker Studios. It kept growing and they finally sold it for more than $500 million. Let us check out their story.
1/3/202320 minutes, 21 seconds
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136: Dorothy Herman - Rising from life-crushing Trauma to becoming a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon

How did Dorothy Herman rose from life-crushing Trauma to become a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon. Let us check out her awe-inspiring story.
12/20/202220 minutes, 7 seconds
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135: LegalZoom - From a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles to becoming multi-millionaires

How  did Brian lee and Brian Lui start LegalZoom, a company that provides legal documentation in a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles and became multi-millionaires. Let us check out their ramen-to-riches story.
12/6/202217 minutes, 57 seconds
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134: Kathy Ireland - From a high-school dropout model to a Business Mogul

How did a model who was a high-school dropout become a Business Mogul building a multi-billion dollar company. Let us check out her inspiring story.
11/22/202220 minutes, 15 seconds
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133: Audible - From a small-time Journalist to a Multi-millionaire

How did Don Katz who started working as a journalist and never had any exposure to tech started Audible and then sold to Amazon and became a multi-millionaire. Let us check out his superb story.
11/8/202221 minutes, 18 seconds
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132: ABC Supply - From a high school dropout Teen single Mom To a Billionaire Entrepreneur

How did Diane Hendricks, a high school dropout and a Teen single mom built ABC Supply, the largest wholesale roofing distributor in America, and rose to become a Billionaire Entrepreneur, even though she faced unbearable personal truama in her life. Let us check out her wonderful story.
10/25/202221 minutes, 9 seconds
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131: SlideShare - How they turned a personal problem into a Multi-million dollar business

Rashmi Sinha & Jonathan Boutelle wanted to embed PowerPoint presentations into other websites, but they could not find a solution. So how did they turn this personal problem into a Multi-million dollar business. Let us check out their story.
10/11/202220 minutes, 57 seconds
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130: Public storage - The son of a poor farmer to a billionaire

How did Wayne Hughes who was born to a poor farmer started Public Storage to store people's excess belongings  and became a billionaire. Let us check out his story.
9/20/202221 minutes, 46 seconds
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129: SmugMug - From a homeless kid to a multi-millionaire

Chris MacAskill was homeless and had to deal with a sick mother. Yet he rose through his challenges and started SmugMug and lived a fulfilling life and also became a multi-millionaire in this process.Let us check out his story.
9/6/202222 minutes, 48 seconds
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128: NYX Cosmetics - An immigrant not able to speak English to a multi-millionaire fashion icon

Toni Ko’s parents immigrated to America, and she did not understand English. Yet she struggled and at a young age started NYX cosmetics and sold it for multiple millions to the world’s largest cosmetics company. Let us check out her story.
8/23/202220 minutes, 7 seconds
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127: BaseCamp - From being Contrarian and going against the status quo to building a multi-million dollar business

Jason Fried and David Hanson, went against the status quo and built basecamp by doing the opposite of what we think successful companies are supposed to do and yet grew it into a multi-million dollar company. Let us see how they did it.
8/9/202219 minutes, 58 seconds
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126: Bloomingdale’s - From a single tiny store to a billion-dollar high-end luxury store chain

Bloomingdale is a high-end luxury department chain started in New York. It started as a tiny shop selling only one item. Yet it grew into a billion-dollar high-end luxury store chain. Let us check out their story.
7/26/202222 minutes, 27 seconds
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125: MyFitnessPal - From side-hustler to multi-millionaire

Mike Lee wanted to lose some weight before his wedding, but there was no good digital solution. So he decided to start his own app as a side hustle and it grew beyond his dreams with more than 100+ million users. Let use check out his story.
7/12/202218 minutes, 33 seconds
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124: GitHub: Tom Preston-Werner - From dead-broke to a multi-millionaire.

GitHub is a well-known website that brings together developers from all over the globe to work together on code. But how did Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath took GitHub from a “weekend project-started in-bar” to one of the world’s most powerful software development services that Microsoft purchased for $7.5 billion? Let us check it out.
6/28/202218 minutes, 42 seconds
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123: Eddie Bauer: From a high-school dropout to a multi-millionaire outdoor goods icon.

Eddie Bauer grew up loving the outdoors. To support his family, he dropped out of school and working odd jobs, he later opened his own tiny outdoor shop. He dedicated his life to making gear that made life easier for outdoorsmen. He faced many problems, but slowly it grew and today it has more than 500 locations and is sold throughout the world. Let us check out his story.
6/14/202220 minutes, 2 seconds
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122: King.com(Candy Crush game): Riccardo Zacconi - Almost Bankrupt to a multi-million dollar gaming icon.

Riccardo Zacconi started king. com to build games . His business nearly went bankrupt. The Dot-com bubble had burst and Zacconi had put all of his money into his company and he would lose it all. How did he come out of this, how did he create the Candy Crush game, which became a huge hit, made him a multi-millionaire and made the game a global cultural phenomenon. Let’s check it out.
5/31/202218 minutes, 42 seconds
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121: Nathan’s Famous Restaurants: Nathan Handwerker - From a restaurant dish-washer to a Multi-millionaire.

Nathan Handwerker, whose first job at age 6 was peddling knishes in what is now Poland, immigrated to New York when he was barely 20. He had no formal education, spoke no English and began his restaurant career as a dishwasher. Nathan built his empire with his determination and persistence and became a multi-millionaire. Here is his inspiring story.
5/17/202218 minutes, 29 seconds
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120: Kayak: Steve Hafner & Paul English - Two men who changed the way people travel forever and became multi-millionaires.

Paul English wrestled with bipolar disorder, having bouts of depression frequently, yet he teamed up with Steve Hafner and started Kayak. They faced competitors, but they persisted and executed well and finally sold it to Priceline for $1.8 billion dollars and both founders became multi-millionaires. This is the story of how they changed the way people travel forever.
5/3/202220 minutes
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119: Holiday Inn: Kemmons Wilson - From Dirt-poor to a Multi-Millionaire Hospitality icon.

Many have heard about the man who revolutionized the lodging industry in the 20th century: Kemmons Wilson — the founder of everyone’s favorite hotel chain, Holiday Inn. But behind this incredible man, there’s an even more incredible story. This is the story of a poor boy who vowed never to be hungry again. Let us check it out.
4/19/202219 minutes, 45 seconds
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118: StitchFix - Katrina Lake - From starting in an apartment to becoming a multi-millionaire

Katrina Lake never had any dreams of starting a business. She thought she was never capable, but due to a discovery she made about other entrepreneurs, she decided to start Stitchfix. As a woman founder, she faced many hurdles, yet she overcame all this and made StitchFix successful and became a multimillionaire. Let us check out her story.
4/5/202220 minutes, 9 seconds
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117: Paul Mitchell Haircare Systems: John Paul DeJoria - Twice Homeless to a Multi-Millionaire

John Paul DeJoria grew up poor with his single mother. He faced many problems in life and was homeless twice and lived in his car. Yet he had the drive to keep moving. Finally, he started Paul Mitchell systems and later became a billionaire. Let us check out how he did it.
3/22/202220 minutes, 30 seconds
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116: NerdWallet - Tim Chen: Starting with $800 and turning it into multiple millions.

Tim Chen had a nice job in the financial services industry. But something bad happened, and he accidentally started NerdWallet. Money was not coming in and he thought of shutting it down. But he somehow persisted and finally took it public and became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
3/8/202221 minutes, 51 seconds
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115: Lucas Oil - Forrest Lucas: A triumphant journey from childhood poverty to a multimillionaire

Lucas oils is a manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants. Its founder is Forrest Lucas and his is a proverbial ‘rags-to-riches’ story, emerging from rural Indiana to build an empire. He started as a truck driver and become an oil and media magnate and, in the process, becoming a multi-millionaire. Let us check out his story.
12/28/202120 minutes, 3 seconds
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114: Adobe - John Warnock and Charles Geschke: Simple Xerox employees to multi-millionaires

Now we take for granted that we can print anything from our computer. But long back, this was very difficult and many companies, including Apple, were not able to figure out how to print properly from a computer to a printer. But John and Charles from Adobe figured it out and built Adobe. They struggled, faced threats and competitors, but they succeeded and became multi-millionaires. Let us check out their story.
12/14/202124 minutes, 30 seconds
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113: Crate & Barrel: Gordon Segal - From not knowing anything about retail business to becoming multi-millionaires

Gordon and his wife wanted designer European cookware and glassware, but they were very expensive in America. To solve this problem for them and for others, hey opened Crate & Barrel, even though they didn’t know anything about business. They struggled, but ultimately succeeded and became multi-millionaires. Let us check out their story.
11/30/202122 minutes, 4 seconds
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112: Electronic Arts: Trip Hawkins - From a failure in first business to a multi-millionaire

Trip Hawkins grew up at a time when there were no computers. He loved complex sports simulation board games, but others found it complex. He dreamt of a day to make playing games easier and fun. Finally he did it with EA. He went thru many harrowing experiences but came out successfully and in the process became a multi-millionaire.
11/16/202127 minutes, 36 seconds
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111: Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold - From a waiter to a multi-millionaire

Justin Gold started working as a waiter to pay off his student loans, but then he stumbled on his passion for peanut and almond butter. Even though he did not know anything about starting a business, he figured it out and started it. Even though he came close to shutting down and there was no hope left to survive, he kept pursuing and finally emerged victoriously and  became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
11/2/202125 minutes, 26 seconds
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110: Dropbox: Drew Houston - From A babysitter to a Billionaire

Drew Houston's first job was babysitting and he was making $3.00 per hour, but then he figured out that he could get paid more doing what he loved.. Game programming. He later started DropBox. He had many setbacks, and he had to face the demons in his head. He overcame all this and finally took Dropbox Public. Both he and his co-founder became billionaires. Let us see how he did it.
10/19/202128 minutes, 25 seconds
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109: Popeyes: Al Copeland - From utter poverty to a Multi-millionaire

Al Copeland was born in utter poverty and never graduated high school. Yet he struggled and started popeyes. He explored his various passions and lived life to his fullest. Popeyes was a big success, and he became a multi-millionaire. Let's check out his story.
10/5/202120 minutes, 49 seconds
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108: Shopify :Tobias Lutke - A school dropout to a billionaire

Tobias Lutke never had any dreams to start a business and he knew he was not capable. But by sheer accident, he started Shopify and later became a billionaire. Let us check out his story.
9/21/202122 minutes, 45 seconds
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107: Charles Kettering - From a poor farm boy to a multi-millionaire

Charles_Kettering grew up poor and had health problems. Yet, he persevered and invented many things including the self-starter in cars and became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
12/29/202019 minutes, 58 seconds
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106: Warby Parker - Starting in an apartment to building a billion dollar company

Neil Blumenthal along with his 3 friends started a business, while he was in college. Everyone he talked to said, they would fail, Yet, they started Warby Parker and turned it into a multi-billion dollar company. Let us see how they did it.
12/15/202016 minutes, 37 seconds
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105: George Soros - From a penniless clerk to a billionaire

George Soros escaped death when he was young. He started as a Clerk, but later started a hedge fund and rose up to become a billionaire.Let us check out his story.
12/1/202024 minutes, 17 seconds
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104: EventBrite : Julia Hartz - From a 9-5 job to a multi-millionaire founder

Julia Hartz never had an intention to start a business nor had any knowledge of the tech world. But she was pulled into it by accident, and she and her husband Kevin started EventBrite and took it to a billion-dollar company.
11/17/202021 minutes
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103: Radio One - Cathy Hughes - A poor girl with no resources to a Multi-millionaire media icon

Cathy grew up poor and when Cathy Hughes was in her teens, she was thrown out of her house. With no resources or connections, she rose to start Urban one, a network of Radio stations and became a multi-millionaire. Let us check out her story.
11/3/202021 minutes, 19 seconds
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102: Ring: Jamie Siminoff - From a back-to-back failure to a multi-millionaire

Jamie Siminoff tried many ideas and failed. One time by accident, he stumbled on the idea for a WIFI Video doorbell. It was tough to survive, but he doggedly persisted and finally sold his company for a whopping $1.2billion. Let us see how he did it…
9/22/202019 minutes
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101: Dr. Bronner’s - Emil Bronner : From an Asylum inmate to a multi-millionaire

Emanuel Bronner was born in Germany and escaped to America during the Nazi regime. Stricken with personal loss, he decided to bring peace into the world and started making soap and grew the company to more than $100 million. Let us see how he did it.
9/1/202023 minutes, 21 seconds
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100: Andrew Carnegie - A poor boy earning $1.20 a week to a billionaire

Andrew Carnegie’s grew up poor. He started with a lowly job. He slowly rose and started a company and finally became the world’s richest man and also one of the world’s greatest philanthropist. Holy Lemon Pie, Let us check it out how he did it.
8/4/202022 minutes, 31 seconds
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099: Gary Vaynerchuk: A liquor store worker’s son to a multi-Millionaire celebrity icon

Gary VaynerChuk was the son of a immigrant Liquor store worker. So Gary had the fire to get rich. He later started Wine Library TV and other businesses and eventually became a multi- millionaire. Holy Vanilla Ice cream!, Let us see how he did it.
7/14/202022 minutes, 43 seconds
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098: GoDaddy: Bob Parsons - Son of a poor salesman to a billionaire

Bob Parsons grew up poor and since he wanted money he tried several means to earn money. He started GoDaddy and came close to shutting it down. But he persisted and succeeded and ultimately became a billionaire.
6/23/202020 minutes, 10 seconds
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097: Virgin - Richard Branson: A Poor student to a Billionaire

Richard Branson needs no introduction. His reputation precedes him!. Due to a birth defect, he was poor at understanding things and he was a terrible student too. But he overcame all this and became a fun-loving billionaire. Let us see how he did it.
6/2/202024 minutes
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096: Behance : Scott Belsky - From a Mundane trader to a multi-millionaire

Behance is like LinkedIn for Designers. Scott started with a low-level job as a financial trader but later started Behance with less than $20,000 Later, he sold it to Adobe for more than $100 million. Let us see how he did it.
5/5/202021 minutes, 6 seconds
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095: Vice Media: From a worthless drug addict to a multi-millionaire media icon

Suroosh Alvi's parents had high hopes for his future. But during his college, he got addicted to drugs. Yet, he transformed from a worthless drug addict to a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it with VICE.
4/21/202021 minutes, 31 seconds
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094: Yelp - From a software engineer to a multi-millionaire

Jeremy first idea for yelp failed to get traction and almost failed. He accidentally found that users loved writing reviews and he redesigned Yelp and it took off wildly and made Jeremy a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
3/24/202019 minutes, 11 seconds
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093: Waze - An ordinary programmer to a multimillionaire

Ehud Shabtai got a GPS and he thought of creating an app. But the maps company blocked him. He came up with a unique solution and Waze became a hit with users and finally they sold it to Google for a billion dollars. Let us see how they did it.
3/10/202018 minutes, 56 seconds
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092: Dollar Shave Club - Starting in an apartment and selling it for a billion dollars.

Michael Dubin founded Dollar Shave Club in 2011 in his apartment with his meager savings. Five years later, in 2016, his company was acquired by Unilever for $1 billion. How the heck did he do it. Let us see how he did it.
2/25/202020 minutes, 4 seconds
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091: Clif Bar - From a broke baker living in a garage to a multi-millionaire

Gary loved bike riding and during one such long ride, he looked at the disgusting energy bar he was carrying and got the idea for Clif bar. He started Clif bar, struggled and finally became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
2/11/202018 minutes, 22 seconds
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090 : BET- Black Entertainment Television - A son of a farmer to a Billionaire.

Black entertainment television founder Bob Johnson was a son of farmer and one of nine children. He has no business experience, yet he started and became a Billionaire . Holy chocolate, Let's see how he did it.
1/28/202023 minutes, 55 seconds
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089: Dilbert - From a Bank teller to a world-famous Multi-millionaire cartoonist

Scott Adams started work as a bank teller. He dabbled in many side hustles but every one of them failed. Finally, just on a whim,he created Dilbert. It grew accidentally and eventually made him a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
1/14/202022 minutes, 25 seconds
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088: Toms of Maine - An insurance salesman to a Multi-Millionaire

In the late 1960's, Tom and Kate Chappell couldn't find natural personal care products. So they started their own company. They didn’t knew much about running a business, but they succeeded and sold for more than $100 million. Let us see how they did it.
12/31/201925 minutes, 20 seconds
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087: Tinder - A business started from a personal problem to a billion-dollar business

Sean Rad had a personal problem where he was scared and terrified to meet girls. He came up with an idea for people like him and Tinder was born. Tinder became a huge success and Sean became a multi-millionaire. Let us see how he did it.
12/17/201922 minutes, 58 seconds
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086: Costco - From a grocery store bagger to a Billionaire

Jim Sinegal started as a grocery bagger in a grocery store. How did he start Costco and became a billionaire. Holy coconut Donut, Let us check out, how he did it.
12/3/201923 minutes, 27 seconds
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085:Netflix - From a door-to-door-salesman to a billionaire

Reed never knew anything about running a business. He later started Netflix and faced several problems. But he overcame all those and Netflix grew beyond his wildest dreams and became a billionaire.
11/19/201925 minutes, 9 seconds
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084: UnderArmour - From grandma's basement to a billion dollar company

As a student and a football player in college, Kevin saw a problem with his sports inner wear. He did not know anything about business. Yet, he started Under Armour and slowly grew it into a billion dollar company. Let us check out how he did it.
11/5/201925 minutes, 28 seconds
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083: Reddit - Two friends starting in an apartment to multi-millionaires

Alex and Steve started Reddit in a small apartment. Despite its many problems and coming close to shutting down, it survived and today is valued at more that a couple of billion dollars. Let us see how they did it.
10/22/201922 minutes, 34 seconds
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082: The Body Shop - Starting with no money to building an international cosmetics empire

Anita Roddick had to earn money to support her two kids. She started a store and sold chemical free, cruelty-free cosmetics. It grew from one tiny shop into a billion dollar enterprise. Let us see how she did it.
10/8/201924 minutes, 14 seconds
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081:CollegeHumor - College students to Millionaires

Josh and Ricky wanted to make money when they were in college. They got an idea for a humor site about college. It grew and grew and they finally sold it for more than $15 million. Let us check out how they did it.
9/24/201920 minutes, 56 seconds
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080:Sam Adams Beer - From Kitchen table entrepreneur to a billionaire entrepreneur

Jim started to brew beer in his kitchen. He faced many rejections while trying to sell. Yet he persevered and grew Boston Beer company into a billion dollar company. Let us see how he did it.
9/10/201921 minutes, 4 seconds
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079: Product Hunt - A one-person startup to selling it for Millions

Ryan started a side project with no idea to make money or to make it big. He first started as an email list and it grew phenomenally. It was sold for more than $15 million. Let us see how he did it.
8/27/201922 minutes, 15 seconds
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078: ESPN - From a radio jockey to a Multi-millionaire Media icon

Bill was fired from his job and he accidentally stumbled upon the idea for 24 hours sports network. Everyone thought he was crazy and said it will not work. Today it has millions of viewers and valued at more than $15 billion. Let us check it out.
8/15/201924 minutes, 59 seconds
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077: Shazam - How four friends took a trivial idea and became multi-millionaires

When you listen to a song on the radio or a cafe, you sometimes may want to know who sang it. Chris and his friends solved this problem through Shazam. It was hard but they did it and sold it for multiple millions.Let us see how they did it.
8/1/201921 minutes, 12 seconds
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076: Spanx - A Disneyworld worker putting belts on passengers to a billionaire

Sara worked at Disneyworld checking belts on passengers on theme rides. Yet step by step she grew and started Spanx and became a fashion icon and billionaire. Holy Heavens, Let us see how she did it.
7/18/201925 minutes, 27 seconds
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075: Netscape - How a fresh college grad brought us the internet and became a billionaire

In the early days, the World Wide Web, wasn’t easily accessible. Marc Andreessen along with Jim Clark brought us easy access to the internet with their browser Netscape and it doing so, became multi-millionaires. Let us check out how they did it.
7/4/201926 minutes, 51 seconds
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074: Nordstrom - Starting with $5 and becoming a billionaire fashion icon

John Nordstrom was poor and immigrated to the united states. He had to endure tough working conditions in his youth. He saved up money and opened a small store. Today it has grown to a billion-dollar fashion empire. Let us see how he did it.
6/20/201922 minutes, 41 seconds
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073: Angie's List- The daughter of a UPS driver to a multi-millionaire entrepreneur

Angie Hicks a fresh college grad accidentally started a business. She had very bad days and almost gave up. Later it was sold for multiple millions. Let us see how she did it.
6/6/201924 minutes, 39 seconds
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072: Forever21- A gas station attendant to a Billionaire.

Do Won Chang started as a gas station attendant. He then started a small shop and grew it to a multi-billion dollar fashion empire. Let us see how he did it.
5/16/201923 minutes, 13 seconds
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071: TiVo - From a tiny scrappy startup to a billion dollar startup

Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton had a Home automation idea, which didn't work out. They switched to another idea and TiVo was born. Giant media companies tried to stop them, yet they came out successful and sold it for $1+ billion. Let's see how they did it.
3/28/201931 minutes, 12 seconds
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070: In-N-Out Burger -From a poor food delivery boy to a multi-billion-dollar restaurant icon

Harry and Esther, who grew up poor started a small burger stand. It grew to 300 stores and developed a cult following. Now it is valued at more that a billion dollars. Holy Yummy, How did they do it. Let's check it out.
3/7/201928 minutes, 56 seconds
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069: OpenTable - A business which almost failed to an astonishing billion dollar business

While Chuck saw his wife struggling for hours to get a reservation at a restaurant, He hit upon a business idea. OpenTable was born. He struggled but finally he sold it for $2+ billion. Bingo Bango , how did he do it, Let us check it out.
12/20/201824 minutes, 12 seconds
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068: Gordon Ramsay - A poor boy with abusive childhood to a world-famous multi-million dollar restaurant icon

Gordon Ramsay was born poor and grew up in abusive situations. But this didn't deter him. He rose to become a world-famous chef and media personality. Holy mango Pudding!, Let us see who he did it.
10/25/201830 minutes, 13 seconds
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067: Box.com -Rising from multiple failures to becoming a multi-millionaire at a very young age

Aaron Levie dropped out of college and started box. He was getting crushed by big players like Google and Microsoft. Yet, he overcame all this, took Box public and became a multi-millionaire at a very young age. Holly Fruit Cake,Let us see how he did it.
9/20/201833 minutes, 57 seconds
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066: Wrigley's Gum - A school dropout to one of the world's richest man

William Wrigley, Jr.was a school dropout but after many failures, he started Wrigley’s Chewing Gum and grew it to one of the world's largest chewing gum producer and became one of the world's richest man. Holy Lemon Pie. Let's check out how he did it.
8/16/201830 minutes, 41 seconds
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065: Craigslist - From a poverty stricken poor boy to a multi-millionaire internet icon

Craig Newmark started Craigslist as a part-time hustle while working full-time. It grew and soon became one of the iconic brands in the world and made this poor kid a multi-millionaire. Holy Banana Pudding, Let's check out how he did it.
7/26/201832 minutes, 12 seconds
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064: Noah's Bagels: From Selling on the streets to a Multi-million dollar Bagel chain founder.

Noah Alper started selling stuff on the streets and later on started Noah's Bagels with a single store in California  and built it into a chain of multiple stores, ultimately selling it for $90+ million.   Holy Yummy  Pie , Let us check out how he did it.
6/21/201823 minutes, 23 seconds
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063: Huffington Post - The rise of a poor girl who could barely speak English to a Media Mogul

Arianna Huffington grew up in a poor family where money was scarce. She faced many failures, rejections, and heartbreaks. Yet, how did she start and sold Huffington Post for 300+ million? Let us check it out.
6/7/201839 minutes, 13 seconds
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062: Kate Spade Fashions - From a scared salesgirl to a multi-million dollar Fashion empire

Kate and Andy Spade put in all their savings and borrowed from credit cards to create a different kind of handbags. They almost failed, but eventually grew into a multi-million dollar Fashion empire. Holy Lemon Pie, Let us check it out!.
5/24/201833 minutes, 38 seconds
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061: Hotmail - An immigrant with less than $300 in his pocket to becoming a multi-millionaire.

Sabeer was working as a programmer and had a personal problem with accessing his email. He started Hotmail and it grew fast. Microsoft came calling and he sold it for $300+ million.
5/10/201827 minutes, 14 seconds
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060: Patagonia - A poor boy living on 50 cents a day to a Billionaire

Yvon Chouinard  grew up poor, dropped out of high school and was a failure in life.  Accidentally,he started a business and it grew wildly and he became a billionaire. Holy Mango Pie. Let us check out how he did it
4/26/201840 minutes, 42 seconds
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059: TripAdvisor - Building a business from personal problem to selling it for $100+ million

TripAdvisor is a great site to plan and book a perfect trip. Steve, the founder did not get the idea in a bath tub, He had his own problem, couldn't find a solution. He built it and sold it for $100+ million. Bingo Bango,Let us check out, how he did it.
4/12/201840 minutes, 15 seconds
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058: Baby Einstein - How a stay-at-home mom started a business by accident and became a multi-millionaire

Julie was a mother of two. She created a product for her kids called Baby Einstein. but then others liked it and she was accidentally pulled into creating a multi-million dollar business. Let us see how she did it.
12/21/201741 minutes, 9 seconds
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057: iContact - How Ryan became a multi-millionaire at a young age

Ryan had a dream of starting a company and becoming a multi-millionaire while he was young. He ran out of money and faced many personal tragedies. Did he succeed? I am sure you know the answer by reading the headline. Let us check out how he did it.
11/16/201739 minutes, 11 seconds
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056: Chick-fil-a Restaurants - A poor boy with just a high school education to a billionaire

Truett Cathy , the founder of Chick-fill-a grew up dirt-poor and in utter poverty. He focused his life on truly serving people and he rose from a poor boy living in poverty to a billionaire. How did he do it. Let us find out.
11/9/201752 minutes, 21 seconds
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055: Cranium - Quitting a stressful software job to starting a $70+ million dollar gaming company

Richard quit his stressful software job and tried to become a DJ. He failed miserably. He got an idea for a board game. None of the stores wanted to carry it. He figured out solutions and finally sold Cranium for $70+ million. Let's check how he did it.
8/31/201741 minutes, 41 seconds
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054: Blogger.com - A web developer with no connections to selling it to Google for multiple millions.

We all know Evan Williams who was one of the founders of Twitter. Way way back before Twitter, he had started Pyra, but created blogger.com by accident and in 2003, sold it to Google for multiple millions. Let us check out this fascinating story.
8/24/201737 minutes, 5 seconds
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053: Zumba - An immigrant who didn't know English to a multi-million dollar eclectic fitness empire

Beto had a passion for dance and later immigrated to America to bring Zumba, his dance fitness to America . He did not have a place to sleep and faced many hardships and rejections .  Yet ,How did he build this multi-million dollar company ?. Let us check it out.
8/17/201740 minutes, 49 seconds
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052: Archives.com - Two college dropouts selling their company for $90+ million

Brian and Matt had a simple idea of enabling anyone to search for family history across centuries. Initially they did not have this idea, but  found it from their users. They sold this company for $90+ million. Holy Waffle, Let us check out how they did it.
8/10/201735 minutes, 32 seconds
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051: SoulCycle -Two moms with humble beginnings to a Multi-million dollar fitness empire

Everyone hates working out in the gym, Yet these two moms invented a fitness that made exercise effective and joyful. They had very humble beginning and started in a sublet scrappy studio and built a Multi-million dollar indoor cycling fitness empire.
8/3/201737 minutes, 58 seconds
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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

Jan Koum migrated to America in his teens. His family was poor,Yet this kid rose to build an app called Whatsapp. It grew like crazy and was purchased for a whopping $15+ billion. Holy smokes. How is this possible. Let us check out this unbelievable story.
7/27/201737 minutes, 4 seconds
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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

David set aside his dreams of becoming a professional musician to help his parents with their struggling cheesecake business. He helped them open a small restaurant and today it has become a billion dollar global phenomenon. Let us check it out.
7/20/201728 minutes, 28 seconds
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048: WeGoLook - A farm girl who didn't know much about technology to a tech multi-millionaire

Robin's story is an inspiring one . She grew up on a farm, had a bunch of personal and business setbacks. Yet she bounced back and finally sold her startup for 30+ million. Let us find out how she did it.
7/13/201720 minutes, 45 seconds
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047: The Honest company - How Jessica, an actress and a high school dropout built a billion-dollar business empire

Jessica was a popular Hollywood actress. She had a personal problem and could not find products to solve her problem. So, she started her own business and made it into a multi-million dollar company. Holy Danish pastry. Let us check out how she did it.
7/6/201737 minutes, 2 seconds
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046: Flickr -How a desperate couple who were running out of money built and sold Flickr for $30+ million

Caterina and Stewart started building an online multi-player game and money was running out. They accidentally hit upon an photo sharing idea-- Flickr-- and built it and sold for $30+ million. Holy Crispy Croissants. Let us check out, how they did it.
6/29/201730 minutes, 43 seconds
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045: Subway Restaurants - A poor kid who started with a borrowed $1000 and built a billion dollar restaurant empire

Before he turned 20, Fred used a borrowed $1,000 investment to open a sandwich shop in Connecticut. Today, Subway has more than 40,000 locations worldwide and Fred became a billionaire. Holy Macaroni, How did he do it, Let us find out.
6/22/201742 minutes, 31 seconds
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044: Tickle - How two college friends sold their company for $90+ million with a simple idea of Personality tests

James and Rick were studying at Harvard and they accidentally hit upon an "Personality Testing" idea. They were close to shutting it down, but they persisted.  They sold the company  for $90+ million.  Let us check out how they did it
6/15/201729 minutes, 28 seconds
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043: IKEA - How a poor farm-boy rose to become a world-famous billionaire

Ingvar was a poor boy and his poverty propelled him to work hard and become entrepreneurial from a very young age. He later broke the rules of retail and created the world-famous IKEA and became a billionaire. Let us check out this awesome story.
6/8/201727 minutes, 4 seconds
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042: RedLaser - How Two Geeks who failed miserably multiple times and ran out of money became multi-millionaires

Vikas and Jeff wanted to build an app for receipt scanning, but it failed. They had another idea and that too failed. Finally they built Redlaser which was a hit and sold to eBay for multiple millions. Let us check out how they did it.
6/1/201730 minutes, 28 seconds
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041: Mary Kay Ash Cosmetics - A poor girl with tough childhood to a billionaire

Mary kay Ash had a very tough childhood growing up as a poor girl. She faced many personal and professional setbacks and was depressed. She finally started a cosmetics company with $5000 and became a billionaire. Let us check out, how she built it.
5/25/201727 minutes, 36 seconds
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040: WireCutter.com - A laid-off tech worker to Gym trainer to a multi-millionaire blogger

Brian Lam was laid-off from his tech job  and he trained himself  as a professional fighter, but he switched careers and finally started the Wirecutter website. He sold it to The New York Times for $30+ million. Let us see how he did it.
5/18/201724 minutes, 22 seconds
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039: Nantucket Nectars: How two guys with no clue about business, started a multi-million dollar Juice empire

Tom Scott and Tom First started by delivering food and other stuff to boats in a harbor.  They  ultimately started a Juice company by accident which was sold for  $100+ million dollars. Holy Choco, Let us check out how they did it.
5/11/201735 minutes, 22 seconds
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038: LinkedIn: A bad student always playing video games to starting LinkedIn and selling it for $20+ billion

Reid Hoffman was bad at academics , then he started and failed at his first startup. Yet he persevered and later started Linkedin. He  sold it to Microsoft for $20+  billion. Holy Tasty Strawberry pie. How did he do it. Let us check it out.
5/4/201745 minutes, 34 seconds
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037: Firehouse Subs - Two firefighters with no money to a multi-million dollar restaurant empire.

Two firefighter brothers Chris and Robin were  always looking for ways to increase their income.  They failed many times and finally built a  multi-million dollar restaurant empire. Holy Pecan Pie, Let us check out how they did it.
4/27/201728 minutes, 51 seconds
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036: GrubHub - How two programmers bootstrapped a side hustle and made billions

Mike and Matt started GrubHub as a side project while working on their day jobs as computer programmers. They bootstrapped it with their own money and took GrubHub to a 3+ billion IPO. Holy Chocolatey Doughnut. How did they do it. Let us check it out…
4/20/201726 minutes, 40 seconds
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035: Jer's Chocolates - How a software sales person turned his chocolate making hobby into a $10+ million business

Jerry was a sales manager but he did not like it. He wanted to start a software  business but he ended up starting a chocolate business.  He did not know anything but he made it into a $10million business. Let us check out how he did it.
4/13/201728 minutes, 33 seconds
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034: Plenty of Fish - How a one-Person startup generated millions in profits and later sold for $500+ million

There were huge dating websites with plenty of cash and thousands of employees. Can one person and a new entrant take on these giants and still succeed and make millions with zero employees.  Markus did it with PlentyofFish.com. Holy Apple Pie!, Let us find out how he did it.
4/6/201729 minutes, 15 seconds
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033: Whistle: How a seemingly gimmick business - Fitbit for dogs got started and sold for $100+ million

If you look at it , Fitbit for dogs seems like a gimmick business. Who would think that this will become successful. Yet Ben Jacobs proved that this is a worthwhile business and started it and finally sold it for $100+ million. Let us see how he did it.
3/30/201720 minutes, 44 seconds
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032: StubHub: How Jeff started StubHub at the worst possible time, survived and sold to eBay for $300+ million

Jeff ran out of money and was not able to pay his employees. On top of this, his company got sued, yet he kept pushing forward and succeed and sold StubHub to ebay for $300+ million. Let us check out how he did it.
3/23/201729 minutes, 10 seconds
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031: Clark's Botanicals: How Francesco who was paralyzed, sad and dejected built a multi-million dollar business

Francesco Clark was living a happy life  but suddenly his life was hurled and turned upside down by an accident leaving him paralyzed and not able to move 95% of his body, Yet he built a multi-million dollar business. Let us check out how he did it.
3/16/201727 minutes, 52 seconds
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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.

Microsoft and Quicken were leaders and giants with lots of cash and marketing power in the personal finance software business. Yet, Aaron took on the giants and built a "sure-to-fail" business and sold to Intuit for $160+ million.Let us see how he did it.
3/9/201740 minutes, 37 seconds
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029: Instagram: A side hustle to selling it for $1 billion in 2 years

Kevin worked on his startup idea close to 2 years but it didn't take off.  He took a risk, scraped his old idea and went with a new idea, which he found almost by accident. It was a hit and Facebook bought it for $1 billion. Let us check out how he did it
3/2/201740 minutes, 18 seconds
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028: Hershey's Chocolates: A fourth grade dropout ,and a farm boy to a world-famous billionaire chocolatier

Milton Hershey started many business and failed in all of them. Any one else would have been crushed by these failures but not Milton. His passion  kept him going and he became one of the richest person in America. Let us find out how he did it.
2/23/201726 minutes, 12 seconds
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027: Auntie Anne's Pretzels: One woman with unbearable grief, started in a farmers market and making multi-millions.

Pretty inspiring story. Anne Beiler had to face an agonizing, intolerable personal loss. Yet this 8th grade dropout,courageously came out and built one of the most enduring Pretzel stores dotting across the world.Let us find out how she did it.
2/16/201721 minutes, 14 seconds
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026: Wufoo : A simple form-creation idea started with little money and later sold for $30+ million

Three friends started Wufoo with less than 20k, while  still working on their day jobs. They faced lot of hurdles with lots of uncertainties. Finally they sold the company for $30+ million. Let us find out how they did it.
2/9/201715 minutes, 54 seconds
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025: ShutterStock: One person , a $800 initial investment to $2+ billion IPO

Jon needed  photographs for his websites and when he couldn't find cheaper photographs, he sensed that others will have the same problem and started ShutterStock. He started with less than $1000 and  took it to  $2+ billion IPO.Let's see how he did it.
2/2/201718 minutes, 43 seconds
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024: Minecraft Games: How a depressed, introverted Geek started a side hustle hobby game and sold it for $2+ Billion

Markus started the game Minecraft as a side project, while working on his day  job.   He had personal tragedies during this time.Yet he kept pushing. Later he sold for 2+ billion. Let us see how he did it.
1/26/201731 minutes, 14 seconds
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023: HotOrNot.com: How two friends totally broke and inexperienced became millionaires with their super-simple dating site

Can you be cheap and scrappy and yet build a business that is both fun and makes millions. James and Jim built HotorNot by bootstrapping all the way and came out with creative ideas to save themselves from shutting down. Let us check out how they did it.
1/19/201716 minutes, 13 seconds
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022: Pandora Music: The extra-ordinary story of how Tim went from a Penniless Nanny to a billionaire

Tim started his career as a Nanny and was playing  in bands as a side hustle. He saw the agonizing problems his fellow musicians were facing and he started Pandora. He faced several problems and he  came very close to shutting it down, but didn't. Let us see how he did it.
1/12/201724 minutes, 20 seconds
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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

Two friends turned their passion of ice creams into a multi-million dollar empire. They just started with $5 investment and did not know anything about how to start a business. Yet they became wildly successful. Let us see how they did it.
1/5/201718 minutes, 26 seconds
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020: FUBU: How Shark Tank's Daymond John went from a Restaurant waiter to multi-millionaire founder

Daymond John was an ordinary guy working as a waiter in a restaurant and in his spare time started FUBU(For us by Us) a sports apparel company with just $40 and turned it into $350+ million in revenue. Let us check out how he did it.
1/2/201712 minutes, 40 seconds
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019: Method : How two friends started in their stinky little apartment and grew Method to $100+ million

Household cleaning products were dominated by giant companies with their toxic and harmful products. Two friends created "non-toxic" and "cool-looking" cleaning products and they beat the giants and are making $100+ million. Let us check out how...
12/29/201619 minutes, 12 seconds
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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

Is it possible to invest $200 and make millions from a simple message of “Do what you like, like what you do” and also bring happiness to millions of people. Let us check out how two brothers Bert and John Jacobs did it.
12/26/201625 minutes, 22 seconds
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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

Derek did not know anything about programming, he did not know how to start and run a business. He did not have enough money. He just started with $500 and eventually sold his business CDBaby for $19+ millions. Let us check out, how he did it.
12/22/201616 minutes, 12 seconds
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016: 1-800-flowers.com : The rags-to-riches story of Jim - A Bartender to a highly-successful multi-millionaire

How did a bartender became a millionaire, Jim McCann transformed 1-800-FLOWERS from a small struggling floral shop into a multi-million dollar flower and gift business. Did he plan it and did he have the desire to become a millionaire?. Let us check out.
12/19/201612 minutes, 36 seconds
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015: Nobu Restaurants: Chef Nobu’s fabulous rise from Suicide-attempting Restauranteur to HollyWood Celebrity Restauranteur to multi-millionaire

Nobu a poor boy , dreamt of opening his own sushi restaurant. He started a few restaurants, but all of them failed  He  attempted suicide but it was averted . He pulled himself up and opened  a fourth one and it became wildly successful and generated millions. Let us see how he did it.
12/15/201614 minutes, 32 seconds
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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

Can a simple kid's game with penguins become a blockbuster hit , and then attract Disney to buy them for $325+ million. Here is how three guys, Lane Merrifield , Dave Krysko and Lance Priebe did it with Club Penguin.
12/8/201616 minutes, 55 seconds
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013: TwitTV: How Leo Laporte accidentally bootstrapped a multimillion dollar empire From Podcasts

Is it possible to do what we love..have fun and.. also make money. Leo Laporte of the famous “TWIT TV” podcast  did it by bootstrapping his podcast empire almost by accident. Let us check out how he is doing it.
12/5/20169 minutes, 41 seconds
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012: Amy's Kitchen: How one couple turned their frozen food problem into a multimillion dollar organic powerhouse

When Rachel, a healthy vegetarian food lover, injured herself during pregnancy, her husband got her a frozen vegetarian dinner, which tasted Yucky. They started their own vegetarian frozen dishes business and grew big into a 200+ million business. How?
11/3/20168 minutes, 49 seconds
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011: PetFinder.com: How Betsy started a hobby pet website and sold for $25+ million

Betsy Saul did not set out to make money. She couldn't see bad things happen to Pets. She started as a service to help pets and it grew into a business and produced millions as a side benefit. Here is who she did it.
10/29/201614 minutes, 44 seconds
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010: Chobani: How an immigrant with simple yogurt business beat the giant companies and became a billionaire.

We all heard about internet unicorns --the billion dollar-- valuation companies. but can that be done with a non-internet business that too with a simple Yogurt business. Hamdi Ulukaya an immigrant proved it can be done and became a billionaire. Here is how he did it...
10/27/201613 minutes, 5 seconds
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009: Kiss My Face : Not knowing anything about the business to a 75+million year business

Can you start a business without knowing anything about the business and still make millions. Most people will say No, but Bob MacLeod  and Steve Byckiewicz  proved that it can be done.  They just started and learnt along the way. Let us find out who they did it.. Pretty interesting
10/23/20167 minutes, 43 seconds
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008: IMDB: Movie watching hobby business Sold to Amazon for multiple millions

Can a movie watching hobby be turned into a serious business that too a multimillion dollar business. Col Needham did this with one of the world’s top entertainment website IMDB.com and sold to Amazon. Let us check out how he did it.
9/15/201611 minutes, 16 seconds
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007: LittleMissMatched: Wacky Mismatched socks idea to a smash hit with 30+ million in revenue

Can an insane idea of selling mismatched socks succeed?. Who would want to wear them.. right? Wrong..,Jonah Staw proved it will succeed by building LittleMissMatched and generating multiple millions. Let us see how he did it.
9/9/20168 minutes, 28 seconds
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006: Geox: Hole-in-shoe idea to Billion Dollars

While there are already big players in the shoe business, Can someone come with a new idea for shoes and succeed and also  make tons of money. Mario Polegato did it with Geox and made it a billion dollar company. with a  weird idea —having holes in shoes— Let us check out how he did it..
9/7/20165 minutes, 49 seconds
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005:TreeHugger: Tiny Green movement blog to a $10million blog

Can you build a high trafficked blog with your passion and also make money. Graham Hill did it with TreeHugger.com and sold for $10 million. Here is how he did it.
9/5/201616 minutes, 24 seconds
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004: Monster Audio: From Jobless and broke to a multi-millionaire

Can a person born to Chinese immigrants who was broke and no job, build a 100million-plus business with his passion for music. Check out how Monster Audio's Noel Lee did it.
9/3/201611 minutes, 4 seconds
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003: GeekSquad: Starting with $200 and selling to Best Buy for multiple millions

Robert Stephens started Geek Squad with just himself and $200 investment. He did some fascinating marketing without any money. and he grew  to thousands of employees and sold Geek Squad to Best buy for Millions. How did he do it. Let us check out.
9/1/201625 minutes, 6 seconds
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002: Build-a-Bear: How Maxine quit her lifeless job-followed her passion and built a multi-million dollar business

Maxine had a good job with pretty good money. Years passed by  and she felt a void in her heart. She wanted to do something which she loved and leave her mark in this world. Find out how she quit her job, started her passion business called build-a-bear and became Rich(multi-millionaire) and happy in the process.
8/26/201613 minutes, 19 seconds
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001: California Pizza Kitchen(CPK) : How two friends built the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain by quitting their stressful day jobs

Two Friends were stressed out by their Lawyer Jobs and wanted to do something which they loved and they loved Restaurants.  They did not know anything about restaurants. but how did they succeed?  Check out the founders story of California Pizza Kitchen(CPK)
8/20/201610 minutes, 29 seconds