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Apr 2018
9m 18s

The List That Made Her Millions

MISSION
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This is the story of a woman who turned down a dream job to become a door-to-door saleswoman. She couldn’t figure out what to do, so she made a list.  

Season 2 of The Story features twelve trailblazers who started a business that changed the world. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world’s #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. Learn more at Salesforce.com.

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