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Description: The five-time Grand Slam singles winner retired from professional tennis in February. Now, she’s applying lessons from her athletic career to run her high-end candy company Sugarpova.

Source: INC.com

Date: Oct 21, 2020

Link: https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/maria-sharapova-founder-ceo-lessons-sugarpova-vision-2020.html

Questions for discussion:

  • Describe Sharapova’s approach to business and management.
  • How is her business thinking related to her athletic career?
  • Are you surprised by the business she started?
  • What other type of business do you think she could succeed in, given here name recognition?

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