Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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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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Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.
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Carlos Vasquez, a dry cleaner in New York, has a sign outside his shop that reads: If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for free.
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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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