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    7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.
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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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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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    The first product that the toy company Mattel came out with was picture frames.
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    The creator of the NIKE Swoosh symbol was paid only $35 for the design.
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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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    'Bimbo' is a brand of soft drink manufactured and marketed by Coca-Cola, Inc.
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