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05/16/10--23:00: Tim Leatherman: An Inventor on the Cutting Edge (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Sales, Leadership, Starting a Business, Consumer Products & Services

For Tim Leatherman, a broken-down car and constant search for pliers to fix it sparked the idea for an invention. Today, his Leatherman Multi-Tool has become a favorite of Mr. Fix-Its around the world.

 

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05/25/10--17:00: 37signals' Jason Fried: Old-School Wisdom from a Software Pioneer (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Technology, Leadership, Starting a Business, Online Business, Software

With Basecamp and other software, 37signals helps millions of users keep projects on track. Co-founder Jason Fried says the company has found success through a simple approach -- slow and steady growth.

 

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06/14/10--11:00: Clif Bar: How a Husband-Wife Team Built a $235 Million Empire (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Advertising & Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Starting a Business, Home-based Business, Consumer Products & Services, Food & Beverage, Retail, Inventions & Innovations

Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford started out selling calzones door-to-door. Until they had the idea to create "a better energy bar."

 

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08/09/10--10:30: Groupon's Andrew Mason: The Unlikely Dealmaker (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Consumer Products & Services, Food & Beverage, Media, Retail

Groupon founder Andrew Mason took a simple concept -- e-mailing people one coupon a day -- and turned it into one of the hottest sites on the Web. All before his 30th birthday.

 

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11/15/10--09:00: My First Million: Dylan Lauren, Dylan's Candy Bar (chan 1629432)

Filed under: Board of Directors, My First Million, Advertising & Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Starting a Business, Consumer Products & Services, Food & Beverage, Retail, Inventions & Innovations

A self-described "candy freak," Dylan Lauren set out to build a lifestyle brand centered around sweets. Today, she presides over the largest candy store in the world.

 

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12/08/10--05:30: My First Million: Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Gilt Groupe (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Advertising & Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Starting a Business, Online Business, Consumer Products & Services, Food & Beverage, Retail, Travel, Inventions & Innovations

The former Harvard classmates teamed up to help launch Gilt Groupe, a wildly popular online "sample sale" site that has expanded into fashion, accessories, home furnishings and travel.

 

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02/13/11--15:00: My First Million: Sara Blakely, Spanx (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Advertising & Marketing, Leadership, Starting a Business, Home-based Business, International Business, Consumer Products & Services, Retail, Inventions & Innovations

Sara Blakely took a homemade solution to an everyday problem -- cutting the feet off her pantyhose, to help women look shapelier -- and created Spanx, a multimillion-dollar international apparel phenomenon.

 

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02/24/11--09:00: My First Million: Jim McCann, 1-800-FLOWERS.com (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Advertising & Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Starting a Business, International Business, Online Business, Consumer Products & Services, Logistics & Transportation, Retail, Inventions & Innovations

Jim McCann began with a single flower shop on New York's Upper East Side. By embracing technology in a historically low-tech industry -- first 800 calling, then the Web -- he transformed it into a global flower empire.

 

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03/14/11--11:00: My First Million: Bob Williamson, Horizon Software International and Honey Lake Plantation (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Management, Leadership, Starting a Business, Business Products & Services, Food & Beverage, Logistics & Transportation

How an alcoholic, drug-addicted homeless drifter turned to God, turned his life around -- and went on to start several multimillion-dollar companies.

 

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06/02/11--10:00: My First Million: Barbara Corcoran, The Corcoran Group (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Money, Advertising & Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Starting a Business, Media, Real Estate

How a self-made salesperson took $1,000 and took on the titans of New York's legendary real-estate industry.

 

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07/26/11--11:00: My First Million: A.J. Khubani, TeleBrands (chan 1629432)

Filed under: My First Million, Advertising & Marketing, Sales, Leadership, Starting a Business, Consumer Products & Services, Media, Retail, Inventions & Innovations

How a part-time pizza-delivery guy took $7,000 and turned it into a $1 billion "As Seen on TV" infomercial empire.

 

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