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title: "OtterBox Success: How the Company Went to $1B Valuation | EMyth"
description: How do you turn your small business into a billion-dollar company? Curt Richardson shares how he did it—with the help of his EMyth Business Coach—in this live interview on NPRs “How I Build This with Guy Raz”.
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---

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When Curt Richardson started OtterBox in 1998, he thought it was a chance to live his dream. But soon he was working too much, fighting fires constantly and not making any money. Hear how he changed everything in this inspiring interview on NPR’s *How I Built This, with Guy Raz*.

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