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Sophia Amoruso she started an online eBay store selling vintage clothing and other items, which she named "Nasty Gal Vintage" at age 23. She founded Nasty Gal, a women's fashion retailer, which went on to be named one of "the fastest growing companies" by Inc. Magazine in 2012. In 2016, she was named one of the richest self-made women in the world by Forbes. After being diagnosed with depression and attention deficit disorder in her adolescence, she dropped out of school and began homeschooling
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David Neeleman is a Brazilian American entrepreneur who has founded four commercial airlines, Morris Air, Westjet, JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines. He is also the co-owner of another commercial airline in Europe, TAP Portugal, along with Humberto Pedrosa. A learning disability often limited Neeleman’s academic success. After three years at the University of Utah, Neeleman dropped out
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State Rep. Kim LaSata, left, R-Bainbridge Township, and Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton, listen after they voted for a $1.6 billion higher education budget bill that advanced out of a House-Senate conference committee, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Schuitmaker said she hopes to still give universities more state funding depending on how high-level talks proceed between Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders, who are at odds over teacher pensions. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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FILE - In this March 8, 2003, file photo, Koreans and Korean-Americans wave the flags of the United States and South Korea in Los Angeles' Koreatown during a rally. In the ethnically diverse 34th Congressional district, two Democrats - Jimmy Gomez who is Hispanic and Robert Lee Ahn who is Korean-American - are in a Tuesday, June 6, 2017, runoff for a U.S. House seat that is testing the boundaries of racial politics. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Jimmy Gomez For Congress campaign shows California state Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez in Los Angeles. Two Democrats, Gomez who is Hispanic, and one Korean-American, Robert Lee Ahn, are in a Tuesday, June 6, 2017, runoff for a U.S. House seat that is testing the boundaries of racial politics. (Mary Hodge/Jimmy Gomez For Congress Campaign via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ahn For Congress campaign shows Robert Lee Ahn. Two Democrats, Ahn, a Korean-American, and Jimmy Gomez, a Hispanic, are in a Tuesday, June 6, 2017, runoff for a U.S. House seat that is testing the boundaries of racial politics. (Ahn For Congress Campaign via AP, File)
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Bill Cosby, center, arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for his sexual assault trial on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Bill Cosby walks to the courtroom during a break in his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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In this May 17, 2017 photo, Rosa, an undocumented immigrant who wants her last name withheld, pause as she speaks during an interview in New York. Rosa who used to get about $190 per month from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, stopped taking benefits fearing deportation, and now gets by with the help of a local church and some family members. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this May 17, 2017 photo, Rosa, an undocumented immigrant who wants her last name withheld, paces in her home during an interview in New York. Rosa who used to get about $190 per month from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, stopped taking benefits fearing deportation, and now gets by with the help of a local church and some family members. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this May 17, 2017 photo, Rosa, an undocumented immigrant who who wants her last name withheld, pauses as she speaks during an interview, in New York. Rosa who used to get about $190 per month from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, stopped taking benefits fearing deportation, and now gets by with the help of a local church and some family members. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby reacts to a comment from the crowd as he arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Attorney Gloria Allred climbs the stairs inside the Montgomery County Courthouse at Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., on Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam speaks with members of the media during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Members of the media follow Attorney Gloria Allred during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial outside of the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
