Toyota's luxury car business, Lexus, was created from scratch, rather than by the purchase of some other firm's famous, but tired, brand.

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Unlike the previous Flying Spur, which was essentially a stretched Continental GT, this car has been created from scratch and the Continental link has been severed.

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India's entrepreneurs have thrived: Nineteen of the 40 richest created their fortunes from scratch.

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But only eight of them created their fortunes from scratch, including MarthaStewartMartha Stewart, eBay 's Meg Whitman and Oprah Winfrey.

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In just 10 years, Dr. Shrotriya has created the company from scratch, literally, to build up what is now a profitable enterprise that has produced two cancer drugs that are already in the market.

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Colorado representative Jared Polis created two half-billion dollar companies from scratch before joining Congress as a Democrat in 2009.

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