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Hey everyone,

I am reading Millionaire's Fastlane (second time to absorb the message) and on page 111 there is this:

Quoting from the book:


••The inventor who creates a gadget and sells millions of them to 15 wholesale
distributors.
••The guy who builds a cell phone application and sells it 50,000 times.
••The guy who formulates an energy bar to help him stave off hunger and later
is offered $192 million for his company.
••The guy who builds a blog and three years later sells it for $4 million to a big
pharmaceutical company.
••The woman who invents a mop and sells 500,000 of them on QVC.
••The teenager who builds a Web site that profits $70,000 month and later sells
it for millions.
••The guy who patents a product process and then licenses it to a Fortune 500
company and goes on to make $14 million.
••The guy who creates a Web site to help him listen to his favorite basketball team
and later sells the company for $5.5 billion.
••The guy who builds a software company and later becomes the richest man
on the planet.
••The doctor who researches anti-aging treatments and sells them to a drug
company for $700 million.
••The author who writes a book about a teenage wizard and goes on to become
a billionaire.
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••The gal who manufacturers and sells 20 million undergarments that help
women fight body gravity.
••The Internet marketer who earns $150,000/month selling ads.
••The infomercial marketer who remakes an existing product and sells 4 million
of the “new, improved” version.
••The guy who creates an energy drink to help him stay hydrated and then sells
the company for $530 million.

I recognize only Bill Gates and Sarah Blakely but I am curious about others too. Does anyone know who they are? I would like to research them and read their stories.

Thanks!
 
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I see JK Rowling in the mix as well, the author of Harry Potter.

A few of them appear to be real movers and shakers, like the IM making $150k a month. A google search will reveal most of those on the list. I'm sure it's a real life example, just not someone you're going to hear about unless you dig deep.
 

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All of them are founded on real stories that were in the spotlight at the time I wrote the book (late 2009, 2010). I don't remember all of them, but a few that immediately come from memory are...

The guy who formulates an energy bar to help him stave off hunger and later is offered $192 million for his company.
Founder of Clif Bar

The woman who invents a mop and sells 500,000 of them on QVC.
Joy Magnano
 

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••The infomercial marketer who remakes an existing product and sells 4 million
of the “new, improved” version.


-Vince Offer - "ShamWow" ?

••The guy who creates a Web site to help him listen to his favorite basketball team
and later sells the company for $5.5 billion.

-Mark Cuban
 
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Thank you for awesome replies!

@MJ DeMarco, wow you find time to come and reply posts like this personally? Pretty amazing :)
 

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wow you find time to come and reply posts like this personally?

I try my best. Believe it or not, I'm here everyday.
 

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"The guy who builds a software company and later becomes the richest man
on the planet."

Bill Gates

"The author who writes a book about a teenage wizard and goes on to become
a billionaire."

JK Rowling

"The gal who manufacturers and sells 20 million undergarments that help
women fight body gravity."

Sarah Blakely
 
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••The inventor who creates a gadget and sells millions of them to 15 wholesale
distributors.
Is this the Jewish brothers? I Cant remember there name.
- just realised "Inventor"


••The guy who creates a Web site to help him listen to his favorite basketball team
and later sells the company for $5.5 billion.
Mark Cuban

••The guy who builds a software company and later becomes the richest man
on the planet.
Bill Gates


••The author who writes a book about a teenage wizard and goes on to become
a billionaire.
J.K. Rowling

••The gal who manufacturers and sells 20 million undergarments that help
women fight body gravity.
Sara Blakely's Spanx

••The Internet marketer who earns $150,000/month selling ads.
Gary Vaynerchuk

••The guy who creates an energy drink to help him stay hydrated and then sells
the company for $530 million.
50 Cent? lol just a random guess cause im sure I have read about this before
 

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