Dollar Shave Club founder Dubin told he would ‘never amount to anything’ then sells for $1 billion

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Here`s a lesson for budding entrepreneurs: don`t believe everything they tell you in high school.
When Michael Dubin, the founder of Dollar Shave Club, was at his local public high school, he didn`t always get encouraging reports.
His mother Nancy Dubin revealed to CNBC`s show The Brave Ones that teachers were unimpressed with his attempts to entertain fellow pupils.
"He started out at the local public high school.
And it wasn`t the first time that reports were sent home that he was the class clown.
That he`s never gonna amount to anything was one of the… the conferences we went to," she said.
"If things interested him, he was a fabulous student.
If it was a subject that … didn`t interest him at all, he was probably a terrible student," she added.
"I don`t think anybody would have called me a great student, per se," Michael Dubin told "The Brave Ones.
" After working in digital marketing and brand development, and taking night classes in improvisation, Dubin founded subscription business Dollar Shave Club from his apartment in 2012, selling razors online for $1 each.
He then sold it to consumer goods giant Unilever for $1 billion in 2016.
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