If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.
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Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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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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Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
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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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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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