Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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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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In October 1997, when Internet Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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Snoop Dogg makes $30,000 per week selling digital stickers of his face, joints, and more.
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Blockbuster laughed at a Netflix partnership proposal in 2000.
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