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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7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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The upside-down ketchup bottle earned its inventor 13 million dollars.
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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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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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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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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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