The dark red letter etched into the top left corner of my Algebra test seemed to grow bigger and bigger the more I looked at it. Disbelief and anger ran parallel in my head. Naturally, the first thought that came to my mind was to assume that our teacher had not covered the material well enough. You see, I was that kid who would throw a pitch 5 feet off the plate and say that the ump's strike zone was too...

Before Apple became the blue chip we now know it as, Steve Jobs initially needed help to expand his new company. To compete with other companies, Jobs offered John Sculley, creator of the Pepsi ad campaign which dethroned Coke from the top position, to join him. Jobs courted Sculley with lucrative business offers for many months, receiving little to no heed from Sculley. Ultimately, he made his legendary pitch to Sculley and said, “Do you want to spend the rest...

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