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That thought he was going to be super successful. You know, I was just trying to survive. And I'm very negative and very pessimistic. Unlike maybe some of the guys that you've done You know, the shows I'm sure they think that you know they Nothing can get me down, nothing. I think I'm going out of business every other day.

From MPR, it's How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. I'm Gai Raz, and on today's show how Stief Madden took High En shoe designs. Gave them low end prices. turned his name into a three billion dollar shoe brand.

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