Episodes (Page 39)
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Stonyfield Yogurt began as a way to fund an educational farm.
Gary Hirshberg
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Howard Schultz transformed a small coffee shop into Starbucks.
Howard Schultz
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Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines after a legal battle.
Herb Kelleher
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Ross Bagdasarian Jr. revived his father's creation, The Chipmunks.
Janice Karman
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
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Sadie Lincoln started Barre3, blending ballet, pilates, and yoga.
Sadie Lincoln
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Suroosh Alvi co-founded VICE, starting as an underground magazine.
Suroosh Alvi
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Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman created Reddit, 'the front page of the Internet'.
Alexis Ohanian
Steve Huffman
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Tariq Farid created Edible Arrangements from a flower shop.
Tariq Farid
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Cathy Hughes founded Radio One, now Urban One, the largest African-American owned broadcasting company.
Cathy Hughes
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Jenn Hyman created Rent the Runway for women to rent designer dresses affordably.
Jenn Hyman
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Perry Chen co-founded Kickstarter, a platform for crowdfunding creative projects.
Perry Chen
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Jonah Peretti explored how information spreads, starting with an email prank.
Jonah Peretti
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Jim Koch left a corporate job to start Samuel Adams brewery.
Jim Koch
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Raegan Moya-Jones started Aden + Anais after noticing a lack of muslin blankets in NYC.
Raegan Moya-Jones
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Jann Wenner founded Rolling Stone to capture the 1960s counterculture.
Jann Wenner
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Sara Blakely created Spanx, a hosiery solution to eliminate panty lines.
Sara Blakely
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Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick invented TRX exercise straps from a jujitsu belt.
Randy Hetrick
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Miguel McKelvey co-founded WeWork, creating shared workspaces for freelancers and startups.
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Lisa Price started Carol's Daughter with homemade moisturizer sold at a flea market.
Lisa Price