r/todayilearned • u/EtOHMartini • 27d ago

TIL that philanthropist and engineer Avery Fisher was motivated to start his own company after, identifying a way to save his employer $10,000 a year, was immediately denied a $5/week raise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Fisher
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u/voinageo 27d ago

Let me explain it to you from an Eastern European point of view :) . Boss was not stupid. He was getting kickbacks from both companies :) Fisher just stumbled on his boss side-hussle :)