"If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons On Your Pigtails"
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As a waitress, Barbara Corcoran thought she couldn't compete with a blonde bombshell waitress with giant breasts. Her mom, however, told her to put ribbons on her pigtails for a sweet and virginal image.
Sure enough, the tactic worked.
Renowned real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran tells us that she learned everything about marketing and building a business from her mother whose basic message was to "use what you got."
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in.(One of her many books got much more specific: "If You Don't Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons On Your Pigtails". Barbara's newest book is called "Shark Tales".)
As for our own Henry Blodget, even though he's "not that sexy," he has a charming, trustworthy face that can help promote his business (insider). Or did she mean Joe Weisenthal...
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Produced By: Kamelia Angelova & William Wei
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