Chapter

Starting Spanx
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24:20 - 27:39 (03:19)

The founder of Spanx started the company with the help of her boyfriend shipping out the products all night and eventually found a man that worked for a crotch company who helped manufacture the product.

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Founder Sara Blakely recalls her early days of starting Spanx, including her struggle to find a manufacturer to make crotches for her leggings and the initial production of 3,000 pairs of the first Spanx.
24:20 - 25:23 (01:03)
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Spanx
Summary

Founder Sara Blakely recalls her early days of starting Spanx, including her struggle to find a manufacturer to make crotches for her leggings and the initial production of 3,000 pairs of the first Spanx.

Chapter
Starting Spanx
Episode
893 Sara Blakely: SPANX CEO on Writing Your Billion Dollar Story
Podcast
The School of Greatness
The founder of Spanx, Sara Blakely, recounts the early days of her company and how it started with her boyfriend quitting his job to help her ship products all night, and how she enlisted friends to buy the product when she was running out of money.
25:23 - 27:39 (02:15)
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Spanx
Summary

The founder of Spanx, Sara Blakely, recounts the early days of her company and how it started with her boyfriend quitting his job to help her ship products all night, and how she enlisted friends to buy the product when she was running out of money.

Chapter
Starting Spanx
Episode
893 Sara Blakely: SPANX CEO on Writing Your Billion Dollar Story
Podcast
The School of Greatness