Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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Nokia was once famous as a manufacturer of toilet paper.
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In 2004, The Japanese Ice Cream Association promoted "raw horse flesh" ice cream in hopes that it would boost the popularity of ice cream!
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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All 3 founders of Apple worked at Atari before forming Apple.
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