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Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, on Failure

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Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, on Failure

Plain and simple, Sara Blakely wanted her bottom to look better in white pants. She was 27 and peddling fax machines to businesses, making cold-call after cold-call, facing way too many slamming doors. But at this moment, standing in her tiny Atlanta apartment, scissors in hand, she teetered on the verge of invention. One-size-fits-no-one pantyhose didn’t do the job, so Blakely lopped off the feet with two, crisp snips. Read the rest of the story on SUCCESS.com.

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2 Responses to “Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, on Failure”

  1. Kevin Cullis Says:

    Thanks for seeing the “other side” of failure and the support that your Dad gave you.

  2. Mike Says:

    I love this! I saw Sarah’s story some time ago on CNBC “THE BIG IDEA WITH DONNY DEUTSCH “. One of my takeaways was that she was relentless in her pursuit to market/sell her products. “no” meant nothing to her and after seeing this video I better understand the roots of that.

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