Business Facts

    Random Business Facts

    There are 75 Business Facts!

    Programmer Outsourced Job to China So He Could Surf Reddit and Watch Cat Videos
    A man secretly outsourced his programming job to China. He filled his work day watching cat videos, surfing Reddit and Facebook. Before being caught and fired, he made hundreds of thousands.
    21
    The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
    15
    Colgate's first toothpaste came in a jar.
    173
    Tim's Place
    Tim's Place
    There's a restaurant in Albuquerque called Tim's Place that serves breakfast, lunch, and hugs - and it's owned by a man with Down's Syndrome.
    97
    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
    47
    Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
    89
    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
    6
    A man sued Bank of America for erroneously foreclosing on his home and won. When they didn’t pay the fees, he foreclosed their bank.
    12