Newman’s Own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
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The co-founder and CEO of SnapChat, 23-year-old Evan Spiegel, turned down an offer of $3 billion from Facebook and then a $4 billion bid from Google.
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When Scott Paper Company first started manufacturing toilet paper they did not put their name on the product because of embarrassment.
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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 Gmail logo was designed the night before it was launched.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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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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