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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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    As of 2014, Apple has enough money to buy Facebook, or Netflix, Tesla, Twitter, Dropbox, Pandora, and Spotify combined - with $59 billion to spare!
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    In Australia, Burger King is called Hungry Jack's.
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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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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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    It has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve.
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    Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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    The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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