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The Unlikely Entrepreneur

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Jean Newell never set out to become an inventor. She simply needed a better way to carry around her stuff. So, fueled by little more than common sense and desire, Jean turned a $20,000 investment into a million-dollar company.

Click on the Related Media tab to listen to Jean’s appearance on the Growing Bolder Radio Show.

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