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How Ordinary Ideas Become Extraordinary Empires
Wild true stories of how regular folks from all walks of life started with a single unexpected idea and built extraordinary, unconventional businesses.
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Sandra Franks
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He Was Ready to Let the Dream Die — Then One Small Idea Gave It New Life
How hardship, reinvention, and persistence gave rise to Subway.
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The Honor We Weren’t Ready to Give — But Knew We Owed Him
Inside the quiet military farewell that revealed who my father truly was.
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Struggling sheep herders stumble upon black goo not knowing 525 years later it would be rocket fuel for a $23 billion industry...
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The Coffee Story That Almost Didn’t Happen—Until a Young Dreamer Refused to Walk Away
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