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Here are notes on six business beginnings:
1. Dr. Scholl’s-founded by a shoemaker
2. Tupperware-invented by Earl Tupper, a DuPont chemist
3. Frigidaire refrigerators-first made by General Motors Corp.
4. Conrad Hilton-bought his first hotel for $5,000
5. Woolworth’s-all items in first store cost 5 cents
6. Federal Express-conceived in a Yale term paper, it handled 18 packages on its first night
