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151: GoPro: Nick Woodman - From selling bead belts in a VW van to creating a billion-dollar empire

18 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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.

150: J.P. Morgan - Turning chaos into billion dollar opportunities

04 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here is the riveting journey of J.P. Morgan, the titan who transformed American finance.Let us discover how this financial maestro navigated uncertain...

149: SweetGreen: From a tiny dorm-room business to a multi-millionaire dollar food empire

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

148: IT cosmetics: Jamie Kern Lima - From a struggling waitress to building a cosmetics empire

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 so...

147: Care.com: Sheila Marcelo - Turning her bad life situation into a business and becoming a Multi-millionaire

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sheila Marcelo aspired to have a fulfilling life with a well-planned career. However, life took an unexpected turn, and she faced many challenging sit...

146: Hint Water: Kara Goldin - Starting a business by accident to becoming a multi-millionaire

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 wa...

145: Beats Electronics: Jimmy Lovine - From a Janitor to a music billionaire

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Lovine, both music producers, recognized the need for high-quality headphones that could accurately reproduce the sound of music as ...

144: General Motors - Alfred Sloan - From a simple draftsman to a multi-millionaire Automobile icon

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

William Durant started General motors, but it almost came close to shutting down. Then Alfred Sloan stepped in. He adopted a different approach than h...

143: Tim Ferriss - From hopeless and depressed to becoming an Inspirational Icon and a multi-millionaire

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

142: Sargento - Leonard Gentine - From a tiny mom-and-pop shop to a billion dollar cheese empire

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

141: Mark Cuban - The son of a automobile upholstery installer to a Billionaire

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

140: CableVision - Charles Dolan - A college dropout to a Maverick Billionaire

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Dolan, failed at two businesses. He faced many setbacks. Yet in 1973, this Maverick entrepreneur started Cablevision and built it into a multi...

139: Zipcar - Robin Chase & Antje Danielson - Two Moms with no business experience to starting a multi-million dollar car-sharing empire.

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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 the...

138 : Duty Free Shops - Chuck Feeney - From a poor kid to a billionaire, who gave it all away.

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

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...

137: Maker Studios - Ordinary YouTubers to Millionaires

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Danny Zappin, Shay Carl and a few other YouTubers, started their own YouTube Channels and amassed millions of subscribers. They decided to pool togeth...

136: Dorothy Herman - Rising from life-crushing Trauma to becoming a multi-millionaire Real-Estate icon

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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.

135: LegalZoom - From a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles to becoming multi-millionaires

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How  did Brian lee and Brian Lui start LegalZoom, a company that provides legal documentation in a one-bedroom apartment eating ramen noodles and bec...

134: Kathy Ireland - From a high-school dropout model to a Business Mogul

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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.

133: Audible - From a small-time Journalist to a Multi-millionaire

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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-mil...

132: ABC Supply - From a high school dropout Teen single Mom To a Billionaire Entrepreneur

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

131: SlideShare - How they turned a personal problem into a Multi-million dollar business

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Rashmi Sinha & Jonathan Boutelle wanted to embed PowerPoint presentations into other websites, but they could not find a solution. So how did they tur...

130: Public storage - The son of a poor farmer to a billionaire

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

129: SmugMug - From a homeless kid to a multi-millionaire

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

128: NYX Cosmetics - An immigrant not able to speak English to a multi-millionaire fashion icon

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 fo...

127: BaseCamp - From being Contrarian and going against the status quo to building a multi-million dollar business

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

126: Bloomingdale's - From a single tiny store to a billion-dollar high-end luxury store chain

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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-do...

125: MyFitnessPal - From side-hustler to multi-millionaire

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

124: GitHub: Tom Preston-Werner - From dead-broke to a multi-millionaire.

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 Ch...

123: Eddie Bauer: From a high-school dropout to a multi-millionaire outdoor goods icon.

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 sh...

122: King.com(Candy Crush game): Riccardo Zacconi - Almost Bankrupt to a multi-million dollar gaming icon.

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 mon...

121: Nathan's Famous Restaurants: Nathan Handwerker - From a restaurant dish-washer to a Multi-millionaire.

17 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

120: Kayak: Steve Hafner & Paul English - Two men who changed the way people travel forever and became multi-millionaires.

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paul English wrestled with bipolar disorder, having bouts of depression frequently, yet he teamed up with Steve Hafner and started Kayak. They faced c...

119: Holiday Inn: Kemmons Wilson - From Dirt-poor to a Multi-Millionaire Hospitality icon.

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many have heard about the man who revolutionized the lodging industry in the 20th century: Kemmons Wilson — the founder of everyone's favorite hotel...

118: StitchFix - Katrina Lake - From starting in an apartment to becoming a multi-millionaire

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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...

117: Paul Mitchell Haircare Systems: John Paul DeJoria - Twice Homeless to a Multi-Millionaire

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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 driv...

116: NerdWallet - Tim Chen: Starting with $800 and turning it into multiple millions.

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Chen had a nice job in the financial services industry. But something bad happened, and he accidentally started NerdWallet. Money was not coming i...

115: Lucas Oil - Forrest Lucas: A triumphant journey from childhood poverty to a multimillionaire

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lucas oils is a manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants. Its founder is Forrest Lucas and his is a proverbial 'rags-...

114: Adobe - John Warnock and Charles Geschke: Simple Xerox employees to multi-millionaires

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

113: Crate & Barrel: Gordon Segal - From not knowing anything about retail business to becoming multi-millionaires

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

112: Electronic Arts: Trip Hawkins - From a failure in first business to a multi-millionaire

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

111: Justin's Nut Butter: Justin Gold - From a waiter to a multi-millionaire

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 h...

110: Dropbox: Drew Houston - From A babysitter to a Billionaire

19 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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.. G...

109: Popeyes: Al Copeland - From utter poverty to a Multi-millionaire

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Al Copeland was born in utter poverty and never graduated high school. Yet he struggled and started popeyes. He explored his various passions and live...

108: Shopify :Tobias Lutke - A school dropout to a billionaire

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 bil...

107: Charles Kettering - From a poor farm boy to a multi-millionaire

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 mu...

106: Warby Parker - Starting in an apartment to building a billion dollar company

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 W...

105: George Soros - From a penniless clerk to a billionaire

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 o...

104: EventBrite : Julia Hartz - From a 9-5 job to a multi-millionaire founder

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 he...

103: Radio One - Cathy Hughes - A poor girl with no resources to a Multi-millionaire media icon

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

102: Ring: Jamie Siminoff - From a back-to-back failure to a multi-millionaire

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 d...

101: Dr. Bronner's - Emil Bronner : From an Asylum inmate to a multi-millionaire

01 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 wor...

100: Andrew Carnegie - A poor boy earning $1.20 a week to a billionaire

04 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

099: Gary Vaynerchuk: A liquor store worker's son to a multi-Millionaire celebrity icon

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 businesse...

098: GoDaddy: Bob Parsons - Son of a poor salesman to a billionaire

23 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

097: Virgin - Richard Branson: A Poor student to a Billionaire

02 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

096: Behance : Scott Belsky - From a Mundane trader to a multi-millionaire

05 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 Late...

095: Vice Media: From a worthless drug addict to a multi-millionaire media icon

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 addi...

094: Yelp - From a software engineer to a multi-millionaire

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

093: Waze - An ordinary programmer to a multimillionaire

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 wi...

092: Dollar Shave Club - Starting in an apartment and selling it for a billion dollars.

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 Unile...

091: Clif Bar - From a broke baker living in a garage to a multi-millionaire

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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...

090 : BET- Black Entertainment Television - A son of a farmer to a Billionaire.

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 bec...

089: Dilbert - From a Bank teller to a world-famous Multi-millionaire cartoonist

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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. I...

088: Toms of Maine - An insurance salesman to a Multi-Millionaire

31 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

087: Tinder - A business started from a personal problem to a billion-dollar business

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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. Tind...

086: Costco - From a grocery store bagger to a Billionaire

03 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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, ho...

085:Netflix - From a door-to-door-salesman to a billionaire

19 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Reed never knew anything about running a business. He later started Netflix and faced several problems. But he overcame all those and Netflix grew bey...

084: UnderArmour - From grandma's basement to a billion dollar company

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 starte...

083: Reddit - Two friends starting in an apartment to multi-millionaires

22 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 mo...

082: The Body Shop - Starting with no money to building an international cosmetics empire

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 sho...

081:CollegeHumor - College students to Millionaires

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

080:Sam Adams Beer - From Kitchen table entrepreneur to a billionaire entrepreneur

10 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

079: Product Hunt - A one-person startup to selling it for Millions

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

078: ESPN - From a radio jockey to a Multi-millionaire Media icon

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

077: Shazam - How four friends took a trivial idea and became multi-millionaires

01 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

076: Spanx - A Disneyworld worker putting belts on passengers to a billionaire

18 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 bill...

075: Netscape - How a fresh college grad brought us the internet and became a billionaire

04 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 thei...

074: Nordstrom - Starting with $5 and becoming a billionaire fashion icon

20 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 sm...

073: Angie's List- The daughter of a UPS driver to a multi-millionaire entrepreneur

06 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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. L...

072: Forever21- A gas station attendant to a Billionaire.

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

071: TiVo - From a tiny scrappy startup to a billion dollar startup

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

070: In-N-Out Burger -From a poor food delivery boy to a multi-billion-dollar restaurant icon

07 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

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...

069: OpenTable - A business which almost failed to an astonishing billion dollar business

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

068: Gordon Ramsay - A poor boy with abusive childhood to a world-famous multi-million dollar restaurant icon

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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....

067: Box.com -Rising from multiple failures to becoming a multi-millionaire at a very young age

20 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 B...

066: Wrigley's Gum - A school dropout to one of the world's richest man

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 g...

065: Craigslist - From a poverty stricken poor boy to a multi-millionaire internet icon

26 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

064: Noah's Bagels: From Selling on the streets to a Multi-million dollar Bagel chain founder.

21 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 mu...

063: Huffington Post - The rise of a poor girl who could barely speak English to a Media Mogul

07 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 s...

062: Kate Spade Fashions - From a scared salesgirl to a multi-million dollar Fashion empire

24 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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...

061: Hotmail - An immigrant with less than $300 in his pocket to becoming a multi-millionaire.

10 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

060: Patagonia - A poor boy living on 50 cents a day to a Billionaire

26 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 be...

059: TripAdvisor - Building a business from personal problem to selling it for $100+ million

12 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

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 f...

058: Baby Einstein - How a stay-at-home mom started a business by accident and became a multi-millionaire

21 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 crea...

057: iContact - How Ryan became a multi-millionaire at a young age

16 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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...

056: Chick-fil-a Restaurants - A poor boy with just a high school education to a billionaire

09 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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...

055: Cranium - Quitting a stressful software job to starting a $70+ million dollar gaming company

31 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

054: Blogger.com - A web developer with no connections to selling it to Google for multiple millions.

24 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 acciden...

053: Zumba - An immigrant who didn't know English to a multi-million dollar eclectic fitness empire

17 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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...

052: Archives.com - Two college dropouts selling their company for $90+ million

10 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

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