Moammar Gadhafi’s son is, it appears, NOT in rebel custody after all, and is saying ‘neener-neener’ to the rebels. Continue reading
Revolution
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Arab Spring? Thai red-shirts? Student protests in Britain? Pah! As Tony Kornheiser has been telling everyone for years, it’s the animals that governments should be worried about! Here are some critters, both great and small, that have stood up to The Man. Continue reading
Do you know how some of the companies that you use everyday got their start?
Visa – 60,000 cards were mailed by Bank of America to people in Fresno, CA. Visa allowed other banks to issue cards and eventually turned over control in 1970 to a consortium. In 2008 Visa was the largest IPO in US history ($17.9 billion).
UPS – UPS started as small delivery service and grew to be a package delivery company in Seattle when shoppers at Nordstrom and The Bon Marché wanted an easier way to get their purchases home.
Starbucks – You all know they got their start in a small store at the Pike Place market in Seattle. It was just a couple people who thought coffee desered better than the swill that the WWII vets were used to. And those better beans originally came from the Berkeley, CA coffee copmnay Peet’s Coffee and Tea. Peet is still pissed.
Williams-Sonoma – It was started by Charles Williams in Sonoma, CA. I’m still now sure how they got their name though.
All of this to say that big things often start in very small ways.