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A Sweet Deal: How One Big Candy Shop Put Its Workers in Charge

June 30, 2026

Seventy-five years after opening as a tiny basement candy shop in Cleveland, the largest candy store in North America has turned a new page. Instead of selling to investors or handing over to family, the business quietly shifted control to the people who stock the shelves, wrap orders, and greet cus

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How Steve Jobs Made Employees Feel Like Owners

November 29, 2025

Steve Jobs had a unique way of making employees feel like they owned the company. He did this by giving them stock options. This was not common back then. He explained this idea at a conference in 1983. Jobs said that buying stock directly would be risky for employees. They could lose a lot of mone