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How To Build A Million-Dollar Business

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Company: Barnes & Noble

Founded: 1873

Purchased by Leonard Riggio: 1971

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1996 vitals: 449 Barnes & Noble superstores, 566 mall locations, $2.45 billion in total sales

Number of titles in an average Barnes & Noble: 150,000

From chairman Leonard Riggio: "Don't look at successful people as aberrations. Excellence is out there for anyone.''

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