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Success isnt always about strategy andlong-term planning.
Sometimes, it requires a little financial risk and perseverance to go from practically nothing to major success.
Back in 2005, the World Series of Poker was hugely popular.
But in reality, any meager earnings mostly went toward smaller things, like lunches.
When he was still in high school, McAfee received a phone call about a kicking contest in Florida.
It was going to be a college showcase, and a huge opportunity for him.
But the cost to get there was about $1,500, a sum McAfees family couldnt afford.
When he was nine years old, his father passed away of prostate cancer, leaving the family penniless.
In 1970, he began experimenting with different ideas.
His first real invention was the Ballbarrow essentially a wheelbarrow with a ball rather than a wheel.
After some minor success there, he continued to invent more things.
Using his previous invention, the Ballbarrow, he began searching for ways to improve the appliance.
So, how did it all start?
It began in 1998.
Skip ahead a little and Spanx has become a popular and highly lucrative household brand.
In 2012, Blakely was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the youngest female, self-made billionaires.
Zane didnt let that get him down, though.
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