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| "The concept is interesting, but to earn a better grade, the idea must be feasible." -- A Yale University professor in response to Fred Smith''s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. | |
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| Fred Smith went on to become the founder of Fed-Ex. | |
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| "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" -- Investors in the 1920's. | |
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| David Sarnoff led RCA for many years and tried to get investors to go in with him when he invested in Radio Stations. | |
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| "This ''telephone'' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." --Western Union internal memo, 1876. | |
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| Alexander Graham Bell just had to keep all the money for himself and his newly created AT&T. | |
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