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This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores

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$40 billion real estate tycoon made his son get an MBA, work elsewhere, and climb the ranks for 13 years to prove he’s not a nepotism hire

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Success

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Taskrabbit CEO: I’m a better gig-economy leader because of the empathy I learned in early jobs

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