Forbes(@Forbes):.@BarbaraCorcoran grew up in a two-bedroom apartment with nine siblings. She admits to failing plenty of classes in school, in part due to dyslexia. She would build her first multimillion-dollar business off of a $1,000 loan. Thus began her scrappy approach to business. Read about other scrappy business pioneers who made the #Forbes250 list of the greatest living self-made Americans: https://t.co/dD3PMhGYdb Photo: Christopher Willard/Disney via Getty Images

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.@BarbaraCorcoran grew up in a two-bedroom apartment with nine siblings. She admits to failing plenty of classes in school, in part due to dyslexia. She would build her first multimillion-dollar business off of a $1,000 loan. Thus began her scrappy approach to business. Read about other scrappy business pioneers who made the #Forbes250# list of the greatest living self-made Americans: Photo: Christopher Willard/Disney via Getty Images