With the 2008 recession personally impacting his sense of stability, Spencer Jan's fear morphed into a potent fuel. Driven by the icy fingers of uncertainty, he and his brother Jeff plunge into the entrepreneurial forge. Together the brothers hammer out numerous concepts, discarding each lukewarm creation until one - Solo Stove, born in the humble glow of their garage in 2010 - roared to life. A decade later, it would light up the stock market, blazing into a $2 billion bonfire in their initial valuation when they go public.
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