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Built Grasshopper (sold it), co-founded Chargify, founded Vanilla. Scaling companies @Durable. Wrote a book, invested in 100+ startups. Into health, not hustle.
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In 1914, Henry Ford made the most “irrational” business decision in America.

He doubled wages.
Cut hours.
Paid factory workers more than anyone else.

People thought it was generosity.

It was desperation.

And it changed the American economy forever.
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Soda isn’t worth shit.
Anyone can make it.

Yet one company turned a fizzy drink into a $340 BILLION empire.

And they didn’t do it by making it taste better.

Here’s how Coca-Cola became worth more than most countries’ GDP.
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Everyone says monopolies kill innovation.

That’s the lazy answer.

Because one monopoly built the digital world you’re using right now.

In 1947, it created something that powers every phone, computer, and server on Earth.

Yeah. The internet started with a monopoly.
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Your boss cuts your salary by 25%.
You’re furious.

But you still have to pay him… to live in your own house.

Because he owns the house.
The store. The water. The entire town.

That actually happened in America.
Welcome to Pullman, Illinois.
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