The Poor Refugee Who Invented Patek Philippe
An evening pause: The history of business is too often ignored, even though it is the lifeblood of our modern technological society. Here is just one example.
Hat tip Cotour.
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There used to be a GREAT magazine named “Audacity”… if memory serves, it was a joint venture between American Heritage and Forbes (back when Forbes was worth reading). It was full of wonderful stories like this. I miss it.
Stephen Fleming: Are you thinking of Invention & Technology, published by American Heritage and Forbes? It did these kinds of stories, and I know because I used to write for it.
I remember the Fuller Brush man:
https://youtu.be/00SXzMPalEI
Cotour–
–lived in Florida briefly in the 1980’s and met an old-timer door-to-door “roach powder” salesman, who made very good money.
pivoting…
Door to Door
https://youtu.be/uYQdXvo469c
1:30:44
The story of Bill Porter [1932-2013] who was born with cerebral palsy and went on to become the top salesman for Watkins.