FedEx almost went bankrupt in the 70s. Fred Smith went to Vegas with his last 5k and gambled to 32k, saving his company.

What does two brothers one bike and borrowed 100 dollars make? UPS apparently, cause that's how the company started in 1907.

The first google webpage was very plain, it was so simple testers waited for "the rest to load up".

Why Richard Branson named his business Virgin? It has nothing to do with sex. In the 70s when he and his buddy started their first business they named it Virgin Records because they were like virgins- with no experience and easily fucked over.

Why does BMW make cars? Cause they couldn't make planes. Seriously. BMW made planes but when Germany botched World War I they were prohibited to produce military airships. Close to bankruptcy the started to produce motorbikes and, eventually, cars.

Fanta was created in Germany, during World War II. When Germans wanted Coca Cola and the company couldn't deliver because of an embargo Max Keith used what they had and Fanta was created. By the way Fanta derives from the word ingenious (in german of course).