Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.
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Sara Blakely
Born in 1971 in Florida, Sara Blakely worked as a fax-machine saleswoman and at Disney World before founding the shapewear brand Spanx in 2000 with just $5,000. She grew the business without outside investment and in 2012 became the youngest self-made female billionaire on the Forbes list. Her entrepreneurial journey — from identifying a pain point through patent filing and channel development, all executed single-handedly — is a textbook case of bootstrapped venture building.
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