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D'Shawn Russell left her job as a school math teacher to start Southern Elegance Candles. The company earned $250,000 the first year, $1,000,000 the next, and $2,000,000 the year after that. With revenue growing by 494% over the past two years, the company earned 25th place on the Inc. 5000 Regionals Mid-Atlantic list. The secret is to have reasonable expectations and realistic plans to enact them, according to Russell.