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Jake Nickell, 26 and Jacob DeHart, 24; President and Vice-president, Threadless.com.(Focus: 40 under 40)(biography)(Biography)
Crain's Chicago Business, October, 2006 by Copple, Brandon
Byline: Brandon Copple It's a boisterous night at Fogo de Chao, the Brazilian steakhouse in River North. Most tables in the sprawling dining room are filled with well-dressed tourists and expense-account professionals. Except for one table in the back, where 12 scruffy twentysomethings in baggy jeans and T-shirts sit.
Ten of the 12 are employees of Skinnycorp, the parent company of Internet T-shirt retailer Threadless.com. The other two are Skinnycorp's owners, Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart. At one end of the table, red meat piled on their plates, they talk about doughnuts. "I always say, `Why not doughnuts?' '' Mr. Nickell says. His business partner, Mr. DeHart, laughs. He's heard this before. Meanwhile, a waiter hovers, looking uneasily at the group...
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