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How I Covered a Packaging Mistake to Rescue Our Company Before Launch
Brutus Bone Broth, No. 15
Owings, Maryland
Sue Delegan, co-founder and CEO
Two-year revenue growth: 860%
The week that Brutus Bone Broth, a pet food maker, launched in May 2018, co-founder and CEO Sue Delegan, 44, was recovering from a double mastectomy. The surgery was preventative, a decision taken after she learned that she carried the BRCA2 inherited gene mutation, which put her at high risk for breast cancer. Despite the operation, Delegan was overseeing shipments from the warehouse to Wegmans, displaying the