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Watch the VideoOrdinary People, Extraordinary Stories. A struggling artist and single mother in rural Maine, Roxanne Quimby managed to turn a local bee keeper’s honey into gold. What began as a candle company eventually expanded into a natural product empire producing everything from lip balm to insect repellent. Recently, the Clorox Company bought Burt’s Bees— still named for that local beekeeper—for more than $900 million.

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1-800-FLOWERS
Jim McCann was an accidental entrepreneur. A bartender and social worker, he only wanted to supplement his income. He bought a flower shop for  $10,000. Then he bought another... and another ... but it wasn't until he bought the rights to a hard-to-forget phone number that his business really started to blossom.


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LIFE IS GOOD
When Bert and John Jacobs first started selling t-shirts they'd designed, they were broke and lived out of their minivan.  Now, they're at the helm of a hundred million dollar company.  And they owe it to all to a simple philosophy: Life is Good.

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