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    Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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    Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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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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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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    When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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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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