From the time he was 14 years old W. Atlee Burpee knew what he wanted to do. And what he wanted to do was raise, breed, and sell poultry. At age 17, he had launched…
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During a family business board meeting one family member stands up and shouts, “You have pushed us around long enough. I’m tired of you trying to control everything. I’m sick of you always being in…
Edward John Noble, a young, ambitious advertising salesman, turned marketing disaster into a quarter of a million dollar marketing success in just two years by capitalizing on an underutilized marketing niche. In 1913, Noble purchased…