King Camp Gillette was a traveling salesman who spent years looking for something disposable — a product people would throw away and buy again. He landed on a thin stamped steel razor blade. By 1901 he had a patent. By 1904, he was selling 90,000 razors a year. He died in 1932, having invented the razor-and-blades business model — sell the handle cheap, profit on the blades — that Apple, inkjet printers, and video game consoles still use. Born January 5, 1855.
January 5, 1855
171 years ago
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se firma el Tratado de París.
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