90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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Lentil As Anything, a successful Australian restaurant, allows its customers to pay whatever price they feel like paying for the food.
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The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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Instead of McDonald's tearing down a ~200-year-old Georgian mansion, citizens of a small NY town forced them to renovate it instead, resulting in a uniquely historic franchise location.
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When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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