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Blake mycoskie born august 26, 1976 is an american entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. Scott belsky, cal fussman, daniel pink, tim urban, walter isaacson, blake mycoskie, cory booker. I always knew i wanted to incorporate giving in my business but it was a matter of finding the right way to do so. Jul 25, 2015 start something that matters by blake mycoskie posted in business books by marcuschanco87 to laugh often and love much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children. This case is about blake mycoskie and his company toms, blake mycoskie was a young entrepreneur who started four business and was successful in all of them later sold them in profits, he always had that spark of becoming successful entrepreneur and change the world for future, on his trip to.
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