Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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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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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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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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Nintendo has banked so much money, they could run a deficit of over $250 million every year and still survive until 2052.
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