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5 Most Successful Products Ever and What Small Businesses Can Learn From Them

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The Rubik’s Cube is a run-away success straight from the unlikely homeland of Communist Hungary. They took advantage of some new advertising rules that allowed them to market directly to consumers by spending tens of millions on tv ads. Rubik’s Cube (1980). Image courtesy of Ryan Roberts. They also marketed their product wisely.