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    The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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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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    Free Russian Coffee Houses
    Free Russian Coffee Houses
    There are coffee houses in Russia where food and drink are free, but you pay for time.
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    Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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    Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller, was the world's first billionaire.
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    90% of all restaurants fail during their first year of operation.
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    Amazon sells more e-books than printed books.
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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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