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A fortune coined from cheerfulness

By Rebecca Knight

Published: May 19 2009 20:05 | Last updated: May 19 2009 20:05

John (left) and Bert Jacobs

When brothers Bert and John Jacobs were in their early 20s, they bought a beat-up old Plymouth Voyager minivan – nicknamed “the Enterprise” – stocked it full of T-shirts they had designed, and went on road trips up and down the east coast selling their wares on college campuses.

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