Bail out yourself
October 2nd, 2016
Let's say your great-grandfather once made a wonderful living selling expensive fountain pens.
The man made a fortune because that's all people had to write with in the 1920s. He enjoyed his monopoly for years. Then along came a guy named Laszlo Biro with a better idea: a pen with a tiny ball in its tip that was free to turn in a socket.
The ballpoint pen was cheap, simple to use and less ...