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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In 1907, Kellogg’s launched a campaign called "Wink Day" to promote Cornflakes. Women were encouraged to “wink at your grocer and see what you get” (and what they got was a free box of cereal!)
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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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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GTA V achieved $1 billion in sales just 3 days after its launch.
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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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