Story of "Matchstick Girl" Telana Simpson

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The woman who helped launch Bidorbuy and traded one matchstick for office space

Over 18 years ago, Telana Simpson launched the One Matchstick project — an experiment to trade from a single matchstick up to office space for a startup.

She had been inspired by Kyle MacDonald, a Canadian who was trying to trade up from one paperclip to a house. He had been inspired by a childhood game and icebreaker exercise.
 
As part of the deal, Simpson agreed to wear Springleap T-shirts every day for as long as it took to trade away all her stock.
Hmm, only the T-shirts? :unsure:
 
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