Sara Blakely - In honor of SPANX turning 18 this week, I dug in the archives for a then and now pic. On the right I'm 29 years old and had just
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SPANX Founder Sara Blakely's Story: From Door-to-Door Sales to Billion-Dollar Company
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Spanx Founder Sara Blakely Has 99 Pages of Business Ideas
SPANX - #Regram Sara Blakely : And she made it happen, not because of her talent or skill, but because she went for it. She didn't listen to what others thought, she
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Spanx Founder Sara Blakely's Favorite Mistake
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Success Magazine, Sara Blakely Feature - January 2016 by Spanx Inc. - Issuu
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Spanx founder Sara Blakely's leadership philosophy is based in 'intuition
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Sara Blakely - Wikipedia
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1,101 Sara Blakely Photos & High Res Pictures - Getty Images
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Billionaire Sarah Blakely's embarrassing moment led to Spanx success
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Spanx Founder Sara Blakely Reflects on Her 'Unusual' Business Journey, the Power of Intuition and the Importance of Paying It Forward
SPANX - 20 years of great rears! Sara Blakely was getting
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Sara Blakely Focuses on Mindset in Keynote Q&A
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1,101 Sara Blakely Photos & High Res Pictures - Getty Images
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Spanx CEO Sara Blakely gives employees 2 plane tickets and $10,000 : NPR
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1,101 Sara Blakely Photos & High Res Pictures - Getty Images