Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Star Tribune
Joel Ackerman, a former UnitedHealth Group executive and startup founder, was inspired by a Canadian man who started with a red paperclip, trading it up with more and more expensive items.
After a few hours in line at the Minneapolis Convention Center, he bailed. But hundreds of others who stuck it out never got to audition for the reality TV show.
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