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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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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Newman’s Own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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