Business Facts

    Random Business Facts

    There are 75 Business Facts!

    Dmitry Argakov
    Dmitry Argakov
    A man named Dmitry Argakov was sent a letter offering him a credit card but he didn’t like the terms. So he altered the contract to include unlimited credit at 0% interest which the bank accepted but then tried to void his card. He sued the bank for not sticking to terms of the credit contract and won.
    48
    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
    5
    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
    246
    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
    43
    Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
    -4
    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.
    7
    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
    3
    The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
    105