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Entrepreneurs Who Changed History
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Entrepreneurs Who Changed History

by DK
September 2020
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 53m
English
DK Publishing
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DEBBI FIELDS

1956–

Debbi Fields went from handing out her home-baked cookies during baseball games to becoming the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies, one of the largest international retailers of freshly baked cookies in the US. The author of a number of books, Fields is known for her philanthropy and as a motivational speaker who believes that “good enough never is.”

Born Debra Jane Sivyer in Oakland, California, in September 1956, Debbi Fields became one of the first ball girls for the Oakland Athletics baseball team as a young teenager. She had a passion for baking, and the “cookie kid,” as she was ...

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