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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Jon Bon Jovi has a restaurant that has no prices; guests pay whatever they can or volunteer in exchange for their meal.
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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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Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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Snoop Dogg makes $30,000 per week selling digital stickers of his face, joints, and more.
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The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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