its history. These strategies helped 3M to promote entrepreneurship and increase customer satisfaction within the market. First strategy of 3M’s was getting close to customers and understanding their needs.3M started their businesses by selling sandpaper and the only way they could generate sales was by getting close to the customers and demonstrating their products for them. This helped them to understand customer’s needs better based on the feedbacks they get from demonstrating their products to
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intro Electric motors are a part of almost everything we use‚ refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ ceiling fans‚ computer hard drives‚ and almost every other appliance and electronic device we use today.Electric motors were made practical and affordable by Nikola Tesla and his induction motor. Before Tesla invented the induction motor was the dc motor that was impractical because it required two electric supplies for just one motor and expensive to make because it required rare materials on the other
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drag before handing it on the next in the circle. I could feel the foul-tasting smoke tear down my throat and withstood the urge to vomit. The entire room was overflowing with a fetid haze; it grated against the back of my throat as though it were sandpaper. I fought to maintain my composure and appearance of serenity‚ but if anyone looked close enough they would easily be able to distinguish my sense of discomfort. Just as I began to recover from the last intake of noxious fumes‚ a nudge on my right
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Climate Disaster Tucked away in the vast Alaskan wilderness only assessable by boat or plane‚ lays the state capital‚ Juneau. This isolated town‚ and the people born and raised in it have seen a sight that many people can’t fathom. Many Americans see the world climate change‚ but don’t take action because they have not seen the major effects of it. Being born and raised in Juneau‚ Alaska I have sadly seen over a dozen glaciers recede at a rapid rate‚ each year being a record-breaking year. Years
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Bill Bryson Book ANDRE REVIEWS Bryson writes hysterical travel books. In this one he sets out to re-create a backpacking trip of Europe he made during the seventies when he was twenty. His descriptions of people and places will have you falling out of your chair. The beer he is offered in Belgium‚ for example‚ defies his palate. He just can’t associate the taste with any previous experience‚ but finally decides it puts him in mind of a very large urine sample‚ possibly from a circus animal. (He
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conductor or a poor conductor the bulb would faintly light up (shown on table below by the +1 weak). If it doesnt conduct then the light-bulb did not light up at all (shown on table below by the n× non-electrolyte) Materials: Conductivity apparatus Sandpaper Small disposable plastic cups Safety Goggles Distilled water Purified "drinking" water Cooking oil Gatorade Windex Kitchen or bathroom surface cleaners Listerine or Scope Baking Soda (solution) Tums (solution) Dishwashing/laundry detergent
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block as measured with a platform balance. 6. Repeat the above procedure‚ but place the block on its narrow side instead of its broad side. 7. Measure and record the angle as before. 8. For the third trial‚ cover the broad side of the block with sandpaper and measure the necessary angle. 9. For the remaining trials‚ attach a piece of string to the hook on the wooden block and pass the string over the pulley at the upper end of the inclined plane. 10. For trial 4‚ set the angle of the plane at 5 degree
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Paint-it-Yourself Luar Martinez April 1‚2011 Eng. 111-HB1 K.L. Thomas Do you believe that things turn out right only if you do them yourself? If yes‚ well you’re in luck‚ because today I will show u how to paint your own car. The entire activity can take about five to six hour and requires a lot of precision; but it allows you to expand your creativity and even save a couple of bucks. Before even thinking about painting a car‚ you must first have dry and dust free area(carport). Also if your
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was skinny‚ wore glasses and had the build of a long distance runner. Once he saw my father and I advancing down the gradual paved slope to the dock‚ he quickly put his thermos down and greeted us. The captain cleared his throat it sounded as if sandpaper was being scratched together. He greeted us with a friendly “good morning”. My father politely replied back with a “good morning”. Once acquainted‚ I scurried and loaded my equipment on the boat‚ said goodbye to my father‚ and then we were off. He
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swells come crashing down from time to time keeping the crew sharp and wet. To the right‚ a thousand-foot wall of stone reaches for the sky‚ yearning for the omnipresent. The canyon walls look as smooth as silk‚ yet upon contact are as coarse as sandpaper. Quartz crystals glisten in the summer sun. No storm clouds today. The skies are clear. To the left‚ a valley stretches into the distance‚ winding back and forth like a drunk driver. Weeds take over much of the bank on either side. They stretch
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