HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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The CEO of Japan Airlines makes $90,000 a year, less than the pilots. During an interview, he said "We in Japan learned during the bubble economy that businesses who pursue money first fail. The business world has lost sight of this basic tenet of business ethics."
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Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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Rick Harrison of the hit reality show Pawn Stars, dropped out of high school in 10th grade because he was making $2000 a week selling fake Gucci bags.
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