Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1476arrow-down123cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareN0body@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up125arrow-down1·5 months agoRemember kids, with a little hard work and a lot of luck gambling, you too can be a successful capitalist.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·5 months agoJust don’t gamble with your own money. Be sure to take the company’s last $5000 instead.
minus-squareFutileRecipe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months ago Be sure to take the company’s last $5000 instead. Well, now I need to find a company. Oh, one with $5000.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·5 months agorolls dice Fuck. Now I’m capital-less
Remember kids, with a little hard work and a lot of luck gambling, you too can be a successful capitalist.
Just don’t gamble with your own money. Be sure to take the company’s last $5000 instead.
Well, now I need to find a company. Oh, one with $5000.
Found it.
rolls dice
Fuck. Now I’m capital-less