Banana Republic: Mel and Patricia Ziegler

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Dot com. I remember going to the printer to put out our latest catalog. and I hadn't slept in like three nights. I think I was just up round the clock, just trying to get it all pasted up and ready to go. I was driving home across the Golden Gate Bridge, and all of sudden I hear this honk I wake up. And realise I've veered into the oncoming traffic. You were falling asleep. I was falling asleep.

I was so sleep starved and I went home and I just broke down. And I just told Mel, We can't do the catalogue and the store and make the clothes. I just Uh uh we can't I can't do all this. Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements.

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