90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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A full-time cashier at Costco makes about $49,000 annually. The average wage at Costco is nearly 20 dollars an hour and 89% of Costco employees are eligible for benefits.
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Harrods have three private wells to supply their water!
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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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