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| Nesmith Graham, Bette Bette
Nesmith Graham
Liquid Paper
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Once a secretary and artist, Bette used
her own kitchen blender to mix up her first batch of liquid
paper, the substance used to cover up mistakes made on
paper.
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Bette Nesmith Graham started the Mistake
Out Company (later renamed Liquid Paper). By 1967, it had
grown into a million dollar business. She later sold her
corporation for $47.5 million!
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She was a single mother and didn't have
money to perfect her product. She educated herself on how to
patent it, how to run a business, and how to promote and
sell her product.
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