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A Childhood Memory Helped This Founder Find Her Passion

Marissa Louie, CEO of stuffed animal company Animoodles, found her path thanks to a cherished toy that belonged to her late sister.
Source: Courtesy of Marissa Louie
Courtesy of Marissa Louie

My younger sister, Lauren, and her boyfriend, Leonard, were students with bright futures ahead of them when they both died in a car accident in 2007. As I grieved, I tried to make sense of the loss. And that led me

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