Business Facts
From business leaders' philanthropy, funny business blunders, to companies making a huge impact in the world - our business fun facts database has them all.
Samsung is also a full time weapons manufacturer.
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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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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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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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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Lentil As Anything, a successful Australian restaurant, allows its customers to pay whatever price they feel like paying for the food.
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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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As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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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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In the mid-90’s, Coca Cola recalled an advertising poster due to a hidden sexual image.
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At YouTube Headquarters, employees can either take the elevator, stairs or slide.
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Every year, Louis Vuitton burn all their unsold bags. They burn them in order to prevent them from being priced lower.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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The Gmail logo was designed the night before it was launched.
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Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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