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Shaping Sara Blakely: Meet the Billionaire Founder of Spanx

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She worked on her idea at night and on weekends, often skipping dinners, parties and other fun events to research patents and visit clothing manufacturers. I told the manufacturer owners. The Oprah factor Spanx reached its $1 billion valuation in 2012 without spending a penny on advertising. I told the patent attorneys.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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I could do all this work, but I found that my focus and time management suffered since each government agency worked in a different way, and each kind of consulting required different skills. I could have created a business in which I had employees and was involved in managing the process, but I never wanted to do that.

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The most innovative companies in the workplace for 2025

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For example, one global manufacturers IT leadership team recently completed an update of its system architecture in 20 minutes. Weve selected the companies making the biggest impact across 58 categories, including advertising , applied AI , biotech , retail , sustainability , and more.