Business Case Studies
Rochelle Rozario Is Building Businesses Around How Modern Life Actually Works
Rochelle Rozario is building two businesses around the same core idea: look at how people actually live before deciding what…
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Mohed Altrad: The Bedouin Orphan Who Built a Billion Dollar Empire
Mohed Altrad was born a Bedouin in the Syrian desert, orphaned young, and raised by a grandmother who took him…
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Do Won Chang: Three Minimum Wage Jobs to Founding Forever 21
Do Won Chang arrived in the United States in 1981 with almost no English and a high school diploma, working…
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Howard Schultz: From Brooklyn Public Housing to Starbucks
Howard Schultz grew up in a federally subsidized housing project in Brooklyn, the first person in his family to attend…
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Chris Gardner: From Homeless With His Son to Wall Street Firm Owner
Chris Gardner spent a year homeless in San Francisco, sleeping in shelters, train stations, and at one point a locked…
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Jan Koum: From Food Stamps to a 19 Billion Dollar WhatsApp Sale
Jan Koum spent his teenage years relying on food stamps in a small California apartment, unable to speak English, cleaning…
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Is Tie-Not Still in Business? Its Licensing Partner’s Bankruptcy Took the Company Down With It
No. Tie-Not's licensing partner Imperial Toy Company hit financial trouble, and Tie-Not itself moved toward Chapter 7 bankruptcy by 2020.
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Is NoPhone Still in Business? The Founders Just Discontinued the Product Over Plastic Waste
Sort of. NoPhone sold over 20,000 units after Shark Tank, but a co-founder announced in January 2026 that the last…
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Is Woof Still in Business? It Turned $2,400 in Marketing Into 20,000 Downloads
Yes. Woof got no deal on Shark Tank, but the pet safety app is still active, valued around $1.1 million,…
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Is The Matte Still in Business? It Passed $6 Million Even After the Deal With Lori Fell Through
Yes. The Matte's deal with Lori Greiner never closed, but the makeup organizer brand has surpassed $6 million in sales…