anti-pollution ad with teary Indian

Guess who funded the famous anti-pollution ad w/ “crying Indian”

Remember the 1971 ad with the American Indian shedding a tear after witnessing the results of littering and pollution? You’d never guess, but that ad was funded by beverage makers like Anheuser-Busch, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola. Why? Because in the 1960’s these businesses were trying to shift away from reusable containers like glass soda bottles to single-use containers like aluminum cans and plastic bottles. (more…)

By: Amy

My dad taught me cashflow with a soda machine – The Startup Toolkit Blog

REALLY good (though not cheap) idea for teaching business to a child.

After a brief, failed experiment paying me to do chores, my dad tried something really neat. It clearly took a bit of legwork, but maybe there are some transferrable lessons for parents who want to lay an entrepreneurial foundation.

He gave me a vending machine.

He rented the machine, found a location in a local workshop, and installed it. And then he told me two things.

1) That this would be the last time I was given allowance.

2) And that if I wanted to have any pocketmoney next week, I’d better spend this week’s on some inventory.

via My dad taught me cashflow with a soda machine – The Startup Toolkit Blog.

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