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    The first product that Sony came out with was the rice cooker.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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    A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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    At YouTube Headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or slide.
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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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    Dunkin' Donuts
    Dunkin' Donuts
    Dunkin' Donuts in South Korea started spraying coffee aroma into public buses every time their jingle played. Coffee sales increased 29%.
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