Businesses
This company that also makes Pine-Sol has a popular brand of disinfecting wipes
Clorox
99.9% of all U.S. businesses, small businesses are defined as having fewer than this many employees, D to the Romans
500
Herman Fisher & this man teamed up & the result was the toys of many people's childhood
Price
In baseball, you do this to avoid being thrown out as a runner; in meetings, it means to follow up with a person
touch base
This animal-focused company became the symbol of the Dotcom excesses and bust, losing $147M in 2000.
Yeesh, there's no easy way to tell you... you're in need of one of these chewy mints billed as "The Freshmaker"
Mentos
Small businesses create over 10 times more of these exclusive invention registrations per employee than large companies
patents
This pair cares for you from baby's Pampers to grandpa's Metamucil
Procter & Gamble
You can do this to change songs on a record or in business to generate a desired reaction or change the outcome
move the needle
In 2019 some folks in Humble, Texas wanted to get into a time machine & start making this stainless steel car again
the DeLorean
If you need to know the history of this toilet co., I don't think we're in Kansas anymore --it was founded in Japan in 1917
Toto
Per the National Small Business Association, more than 30% of U.S. small businesses operate as these, LLCs
limited liability corporations
Steakhouse founder Alan Stillman says he picked 2 names from the phone book: Smith & this
Wollensky
This adjective describes a mountain that can be climbed or a company that can handle increased sales or workload
scalable
Sam Mendes directed a theatrical telling of the story of these brothers who built a financial empire that collapsed in 2008
Lehman Brothers
In 2020 this car rental co. that offers gold plus rewards said that even if you're 20, you're good to go, with no extra fee
Hertz
With wings or not, this type of investor provides seed money from his own pocket in exchange for equity in the business
an angel investor
In the 1930s these 2 partners set up shop in a garage that's now known as "The Birthplace of Silicon Valley"
Hewlett Packard
A printing term for an image that pushes past the margin is this edge, more innovative than cutting edge
bleeding edge
Western Air Express & Transcontinental Air Transport formed what would be this company in 1930, but it got absorbed by Am. Airlines in 2001
TWA (Trans World)
In 1901 the Saturday Evening Post ran the first ad of this tire company that featured its trademark wingfoot
Goodyear
A small business owner must take in more than $400 annually to be subject to self-employment these
taxes
Berkshire Fine Spinning merged with this other textile firm in 1955; the combo's holdings have gone way beyond cotton
Hathaway
In biology, it's all the diverse organisms in a location; in business, it's all the parts of an industry
ecosystem
In early 2001 this Houston energy company had a market cap of $60 billion; by December it had filed for bankruptcy
Enron