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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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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 first McDonald’s drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”
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    Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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    The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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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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