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The average life expectancy of public companies shrank from 65 years in the 1920s to less than ten in the 1990s.

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Companies that are innovators usually capture only 7% of the market for their product over time.

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In 1997, the number of publicly listed American companies reached an all-time high of 7,888.

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The number of initial public offerings (IPOs) in America dropped from an average of 311 a year in 1980-2000 to just 81 in 2011.

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There are 75 bits of Lego for every person on the planet.

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