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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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The first McDonald’s drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”

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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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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.

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If Wal-Mart was classified as a country, it would be the 24th most productive country in the world.

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Over 4.6 million Whopper sandwiches are sold at Burger King every day!

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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.

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There’s a KFC for deaf people in Pakistan, India, and Egypt.

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