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Founder story
Ex-Citadel trader raises $1.2m for clothing refresher spray
Maria Cabral Menezes left trading floors at J.P. Morgan and Citadel to sell a spray that freshens clothes between washes. Investors have put in $1.2m.
№ 79 · 14 August 2026
Founder story
Sara Blakely cut the feet off her tights and built Spanx
She had $5,000, no design training and two failed law school entrance exams. The rejections came first; the billion came fourteen years later.
№ 27 · 8 August 2026