Which e-commerce company did Jack Ma go on to found after being rejected by Harvard multiple times and working as a low-paid English teacher?

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Before founding his e-commerce empire, Jack Ma worked in a job earning roughly $12 a month — what was that job?

Alibaba's Jack Ma was rejected by Harvard 10 times and worked as an English teacher earning $12/month before founding his empire.

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What product did Shopify founder Tobi Lütke sell online before building the e-commerce platform that became Shopify?

Shopify's founder Tobi Lütke taught himself to code from free online tutorials, then sold snowboards online before building the platform.

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The book that became Amazon's very first product sale in 1995 covered which subject?

Amazon's first product ever sold was a book about computers, shipped by founder Jeff Bezos from his garage in 1995.

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In what year did a Portland State University design student create Nike's Swoosh logo for a modest fee?

Nike's Swoosh was designed by a graphic design student for $35 in 1971, and she almost didn't get paid at all.

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In what year did United Airlines and Continental Airlines merge, a deal so complex that their computer systems couldn't communicate and the frequent-flyer program had to be rebuilt from scratch?

When United and Continental merged in 2010, they had to completely rebuild their frequent-flyer program because neither airline's computer systems could actually talk to each other.

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In what decade was Volkswagen founded as part of a state-sponsored 'People's Car' initiative?

Volkswagen's VW logo was originally designed under Nazi Germany's regime as part of the state-sponsored People's Car initiative.