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    Hewlett Packard was started at a garage in Palo Alto in 1939.
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    McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
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    Dell Computers was started by a 19 year old with only $1,000.
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    Starbucks uses round tables to make solo coffee drinkers feel less alone.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    Dell's first advertisement was made on the back of a pizza box.
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    Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1, just enough to keep company health benefits.
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    Steve Jobs' Secretary
    Steve Jobs' Secretary
    Steve Jobs' secretary told him that she was late for work because her car wouldn't start. That very afternoon, Jobs came back and threw her a set of keys to a brand new Jaguar, saying: "Here, don’t be late anymore."
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