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1st Woman Billionaire Pledges To Donate Half Of Wealth To Charity

The Huffington Post | Jessica Prois | Posted 05.08.2013 | Impact
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More billionaires showing their benevolence is a business trend we can get behind. Nine new wealthy donors and their families signed on to the Givi...

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Coat Designed For Homeless People Draws Attention From Unexpected Characters

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.09.2013 | Small Business
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A coat developed by a social entrepreneur and designed for homeless people is now a somewhat hot item in the high-end fashion world. Earlier this m...

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Mothers of Invention, Indeed

Ethlie Ann Vare | Posted 05.20.2013 | Women
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Ethlie Ann Vare

Yes, it's Women's History Month, and I'm on the college lecture circuit. Like I tell the students: February is Black History Month, March is Women's History Month, and the rest of the year is for white guys.

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Spanx Lawsuit Pits Company Against Yummie Tummie Over Shapewear Patents

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Adams | Posted 04.09.2013 | Style
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Spanx is currently embroiled in a legal battle with fellow shapewear brand Yummie Tummie. Heather Thomson, creator of the latter brand (and "Real ...

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What a Green 2013 Means for the Planet

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 03.12.2013 | Green
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Kristi York Wooten

Did you know that just $100 can fund a water-quality test in a stream or river and $500 can provide an inner-city school with plants and tools for an organic vegetable garden? Even smaller amounts can be very meaningful to local recycling or cleanup projects in your community.

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Shoe Designer Is A Billionaire?!

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 01.04.2013 | Small Business
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Tory Burch, the fashion designer who popularized $200 ballet flats, is officially a billionaire. The 46-year-old designer added nine zeros to her ...

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The 'Academy Awards' of Entrepreneurship Is Born: Entrepreneurs Gather for the Inaugural Induction Into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame

Steve Mariotti | Posted 02.13.2013 | Business
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Steve Mariotti

There's almost nothing I like more than meeting entrepreneurs and hearing their fascinating life stories -- so I was thrilled to head to the 2012 Induction Event for the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in Atlanta recently.

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Here Comes The Spanx Store You Weren't Asking For

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.02.2012 | Style
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“A place where everybody knows your name and your bra size -- kind of like the TV show Cheers.”

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PHOTOS: Visible Spanx Alert!

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 04.25.2012 | Style
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When most ladies flash their Spanx on the red carpet, we'd classify it as a wardrobe malfunction. But when you're Sara Blakely, the billionaire founde...

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15 'Most Influential' Women We Love

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.18.2012 | Women
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TIME Magazine released its list of 100 Most Influential People today -- and quite a few of those 100 are women. Women made up about 40 percent of TIME...

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Courage Goes to Work

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.29.2012 | Business
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BJ Gallagher

I was intrigued by the notion of courage in the workplace, so I asked Bill Treasurer, author of Courage Goes to Work if he would sit down and have a conversation with me about courage at work.

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Women Changing The World

Nell Merlino | Posted 05.26.2012 | Women
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Nell Merlino

So what about you? Are you going to be the first woman in your family to start a business or grow to one million in annual revenue? How are you going to change the world?

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Spanx Founder Now A Billionaire

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 03.08.2012 | Style
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Sara Blakely, the founder of ubiquitous shapewear company Spanx, debuts on one of the covers of Forbes' new Billionaires issue as the youngest self-ma...

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Sara Blakely, Spanx: My First Million

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 03.09.2012 | Small Business
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Starting with $5,000, an entrepreneurial vision a little irreverence, Sara Blakely has become a millionaire several times over. Her product, Spanx, ha...

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The Female Economy: Time Names The Top Women In Fashion

Time.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Always energetic, often to the point of frenetic nervousness, Karan is described by those who know her best as "passionate," "wild," "insane" and, at ...

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Spanx Founder Sara Blakely On Luck, Gwyneth Paltrow, And Wearing Wigs

Wall Street Journal | Michelle Kung | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Balance also plays a role in Ms. Blakely's personal sense of style. A tomboy as a child, the entrepreneur (and one-time "Rebel Billionaire" reality-sh...

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