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...But as the newsies themselves would tell you, the headline isn’t the whole story. The musical (inspired by the 1992 Disney film) pitches us into Lower Manhattan on the verge of a new century....
...They take action, they persist, they deal with challenges in a way that doesn’t derail them or lower their confidence. They are following the seven steps; they just don’t know it.”...
...I think it's Sara Blakely who said that. Didn't she? Maybe they're too little. And just if, to me, it comes back to that point. Make you non-negotiable. Make yourself a non-negotiable....
...While there are hugely successful female founders with billion dollar companies, such as Katrina Lake, founder of Stitch Fix, or Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, often they are from the fashion industry,...
...Her 26-year-old victim, meanwhile, was “a thin sort of character . . . he wasn’t a good fella”....
...In February, Mr Cohen justified paying Ms Clifford for her silence in a statement to the Wall Street Journal: “Just because something isn’t true doesn’t mean that it can’t cause you harm or damage”....
...“Town houses are the biggest draw” in the Center City area, especially if they include a garden and a big garage, says Blakely Minton, an agent with Redfin, an estate agency....
...“I’ve never sewn, I have never taken a business class in my life, I didn’t . . . know anybody that worked in fashion and retail,” notes Blakely, who still sounds astonished to have hit the jackpot....
...(The Atlantic) Video of the day Giving women a leg up Spanx founder Sara Blakely tells Stephen Foley of her ambition to help female entrepreneurs and bring “male and female energy” into balance. (FT)...
...Sara Blakely launched her Spanx underwear business, with its “Don’t worry, we’ve got your butt covered” slogan, having been rejected as totally misguided by everyone in the industry....
...No Sue Blakely, who reinvented the whole genre of underwear. Also, and here’s the rub – no real explanations. It’s clearly not US-based....
...And if you’re over 50, don’t even think about it.”...
...Sara Blakely, the billionaire founder of Spanx, failed law school exams twice....
...It is a pretty dramatic change,” says Kevin Blakely, a former chief risk officer now with Deloitte....
...Bell Labs’ success owed much to the fact it was owned by AT&T, the monopoly phone company, which could afford to fund it prodigiously and tolerate failures....
..., the trenches); and Spanx (whose creator Sara Blakely cut her tights off at the ankle so that they would have a clean line under trousers)....
...I went into the Sky Station and spoke to Chad Blakely, who had worked there since moving from Wyoming to study and photograph the lights....
...Lee Blakely’s staging has much to commend it. Jean-Marc Puissant’s silk-screen set, exquisitely lit by Jenny Cane, is suitably aphoristic – a work of art in itself....
...Pulling teeth Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t....
...Its roster of clients includes some of the world’s biggest companies: Procter Gamble, the consumer products giant, AT&T, the telecommunications group, and Ford, the carmaker....
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