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D’Shawn Russell, founder, and CEO of Southern Elegance Candle Company, has built her million-dollar business by challenging expectations. She started her small business as a middle-aged mom with no formal business training. And she’s also a Black woman in the Southern U.S., where sometimes outdated stereotypes result in eyebrows raising when she enters a room as CEO.

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