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Debbi Sivyer (Fields) was born
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Debbi got her first job as a "ball girl"
She was 13 years old when she becam a "ball girl" for the Oakland A’s baseball team. She used her wages to buy ingredients to enjoy her favorite past time of baking cookies -
Married Randy Fields
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Mrs. Fields cookies was founded by Debbi Fields
Mrs.Fields chocolate chippery opened its doors in Palo Alto, California -
Became president and CEO of Mrs. Fields Cookie.
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moved her family and business to Utah
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Established Mrs. Fields Children’s Health Foundation
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Debbi wrote her first book which was an autobiography
published by Simon & Schuster, ‘One Smart Cookie: How a Housewife’s Chocolate Chip Recipe Turned into a Multimillion-Dollar Business: The Story of Mrs. Fields Cookies’ -
One of the first companies to take adavantage of the dramatic computer technology advancements
Her program is used as a model for business efficiency at Harvard Business School. It remains an example of successful application of technology in business management. -
started franchising the business concept
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Mrs.Fields was known as the "cookie queen"
Through the 1990s, Mrs. Fields was known as the "cookie queen" -
Mrs.Fields sold her company to private investors
Mrs. Fields sold her company after her dream escalate to a worldwide entity and her name become a household word -
Published I love Chocolate book
The second book, Mrs. fields wrote. This book posted sales of over half a million copies. -
Mrs.Fields wrote her book Debbi Fields’ Great American Desserts
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Appeared in Public Television series
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Debbi and Randy divorced
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Debbi remarried Michael Rose