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How I Became a Better Founder by Starting a Side Hustle Running Cattle

KAPCO FUTURES

No. 369

CEO: Jeff Kaprelian

Category: Financial Services

Three-year revenue growth: 1,569%

While working as a commodities broker, Jeff Kaprelian, 38, spotted a problem in the cattle industry begging to be fixed. Ranchers, like stock brokers, grappled with the daily whipsaws of the markets, but without the same tools to hedge against the price swings. The dusty state of things was on full display at auctions, where buyers still chose cattle on the basis of how

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