Instacart: Apoorva Mehta

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Published April 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM EDT

App developer Apoorva Mehta almost gave up on being an entrepreneur until he figured out what he really wanted to do: find a hassle-free way to buy groceries. Five years after launch, the grocery delivery app Instacart is valued at three billion dollars.

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