The Shell Oil Company began as a novelty shop in London that sold sea shells.
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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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Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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Newman’s Own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
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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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