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    Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.
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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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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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    Henry Ford, father of the Automobile, is also father of the charcoal briquette.
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    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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    In 2013, Candy Crush made $850,000 per day!
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    Lenovo CEO Redistributed His $3M Bonus to 10,000 Employees. Twice.
    As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.
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