From Hosiery to History: How Sara Blakely Built Spanx as a Side Hustle

While most people were working 9 to 5 jobs or moving up the corporate ladder in the late 1990s, a young woman named Sara Blakely was quietly changing an entire industry from her flat. With only $5,000 saved up and no experience in retail, fashion, or company management, Blakely transformed a basic dissatisfaction into Spanx,…