Did you know Google was initially a “muscle pain ointment”!

In 1989 accounting giant Arthur Anderson built a consulting inside its own linked business. When the company started making $9 billion by 1990, Anderson decided to split and the split led to rename it as Accenture.

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In 1963 runner Phil Knight approached the Japanese shoe making company Onitsuka to let him distribute their sneaker in US. The Japanese company who sold Tiger running shoes decided to give a chance to Black Ribbon, what Knight called his company that started at the back of his van. By 1971 the company expanded and started making shoes. Later Phil renamed the company after the Greek Goddess of victory, Nike.

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In 1893 pharmacist Caleb Bradham started a new cola formula and named it “Brad’s Drink”. Though customers liked the soft, fizzy libation of the drink but the name did not catch up with them. Hence, after five years Bradham changed the name to Pepsi Cola.

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When David Filo and Jerry Yang embarked on their journey to make an Internet guide to content in 1994 they christened it “Jerry and David’s guide to World Wide Web”. Soon they realised a name should not take more than three minutes and took to Oxford Dictionary to find a word that suits their venture the best. Thus, Yahoo! was born.

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