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She Sold Sprinkles 13 Years Ago. She Still Had to Watch It Close.
Candace Nelson built the world's first cupcake bakery and invented the Cupcake ATM. She sold the company in 2012 and moved on to build other things — until its new owners shut it down without telling her first.
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