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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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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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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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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Over 4.6 million Whopper sandwiches are sold at Burger King every day!
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20% of tuxedo rentals take place in May.
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