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•viii The 100 Greatest Business Ideas of All Time

Idea 47 – Connecting up the pieces                                             79
Idea 48 – Models maketh managers                                               82
Idea 49 – Douglas Engelbart, ‘The Mother of All Demos’                         85
Idea 50 – Great business idea? – Sell a piece of software to the entire world
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             and keep charging for updates (Microsoft)
Idea 51 – ‘Our telephone answering system has broken down, this is a           90

             human being, how can I help you?’

Five Greatest Brands Ever                                                      93

Idea 52 – Disney                                                                94
Idea 53 – McDonald’s                                                            95
Idea 54 – Coca-Cola                                                             96
Idea 55 – Kodak                                                                 97
Idea 56 – Gillette                                                              98

Five Greatest Little Office Helpers                                            99

Idea 57 – Writing at ten thousand feet (Biro)                                   99
Idea 58 – Clipping the oppressed                                               100
Idea 59 – From keeping your place to keeping your appointments (Post-it®)      102
Idea 60 – E-mail                                                               103
Idea 61 – Just give me the highlights                                          104

Six Greatest Management Thinkers                                               105

Idea 62 – Douglas McGregor, author of The Human Side of Enterprise               105
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