Driftfishnw Business Blog: February 2009

Not so common business facts

Apple had a third founder, Ronald Wayne, who had a 10% stake in the company. He left the fledgling company after 12 days and forfeited his shares for $2,300 (about $9,600 today).
Robert Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, ate a spoonful of the stuff every morning.
. In 2000, Coca-Cola launched a stealth campaign against water called "Just say no to H2O."
The Volkswagen group owns Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi, Ducati, and Porsche.
The Rubik's cube is the best-selling product of all time. The iPhone is second.
. In iPhone ads, the time is always 9:42 a.m. or 9:41 a.m., because Apple events start at 9 a.m. and big product reveals generally happen 40 minutes into the presentation.
YouTube broadcasts about one-third of the U.S.'s multimedia entertainment.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo used to work as an improv comedian, including a stint at the legendary Second City in Chicago.
Smoking near an Apple computer voids the warranty.