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Spanx founder Sara Blakely’s $1 billion idea started with just $5,000 in savings and wanting to solve her own problem

“Right when I was running out of friends and money, Oprah called,” the Spanx founder told Fortune in 2013. “She chose it as her favorite product of the year.”

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Spanx founder Sara Blakely’s $1 billion idea started with just $5,000 in savings and wanting to solve her own problem

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