In 2003, Marlin steel made $800,000 selling wire bagel baskets, and it was sinking fast because of newfound competition from Chinese factories, which were selling bagel baskets for $6–half of what Marlin’s baskets cost. “Marlin’s customers were switching to save $200 a store. And Marlin would never be able…

Her own true story narrated by *Kalpana Saroj herself, now Chairman Kamani Tubes.
“I was born in a Dalit family, in a village in Akola. When I was 12 everyone pushed my dad to get me married to a man, 10 years my senior, who lived in Mumbai. My dad…