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10 Famous People Who Flourished After Being Laid Off

YoungUpstarts

It’s hard to believe that the man who created Mickey Mouse and co-founded one of the biggest motion picture production companies ever faced rejection, but in 1919, Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he supposedly lacked imaginative ideas. Mark Cuban. Michael Bloomberg.

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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

Comfort features evolved as well: climate control – first heat, later air-conditioning; and entertainment – AM radio, FM radio, 8-track tape, CD’s, and today streaming media. In 1984 New York State mandated seat belt use ( now required in 49 of the 50 states.). Media/entertainment systems. began to decline.

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12 Questions: Meet Grace Conlon (USA)

crowdSPRING Blog

I wrote it in 1978 but didn’t self-publish until 1995. This new era will continue to affect every aspect of life on Earth and I am amazed that this fact does not show up very much when all the media “would-be” savants are discussing what has happened to the economy. Some very unusual aspects prompted me to self publish.

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First 100 Days: Washington Has Become the New, New York

Seeing Both Sides

It used to be that anyone in the entrepreneurial world had to be keenly cognizant of what was going on in New York City. CEOs of pre-IPO companies were always shuttling into New York to talk up their companies, tell their story and get feedback to prepare for the public markets. My how things have changed.