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BibTeX citation key: anderson.750
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Anderson Chris. mars 2008. Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business. Wired Magazine
Added by: Laure Endrizzi 2008-05-07 14:15:50 Last edited by: Laure Endrizzi 2008-05-07 14:23:16
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Abstract
"At the age of 40, King Gillette was a frustrated inventor, a bitter anticapitalist, and a salesman of cork-lined bottle caps. It was 1895, and despite ideas, energy, and wealthy parents, he had little to show for his work. He blamed the evils of market competition. Indeed, the previous year he had published a book, The Human Drift, which argued that all industry should be taken over by a single corporation owned by the public and that millions of Americans should live in a giant city called Metropolis powered by Niagara Falls. His boss at the bottle cap company, meanwhile, had just one piece of advice: Invent something people use and throw away. (...)"
Added by: Laure Endrizzi Last edited by: Laure Endrizzi
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