Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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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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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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There's a café in France which charges €7 for a coffee to rude customers and €1.40 to people who talk politely to staff.
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Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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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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In 2013, AOL declared that they still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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