Josiah Wedgwood…
- Campaigned for Social Reform and was a prominent slavery abolitionist.
- Manufacturer of High Quality Potter ( The company he setup in 1759 that exists till today !)
- ( Credited ) as the inventor of Marketing ( direct mail, money-back guarantees, traveling salesmen, self-service, free delivery, buy one get one free, and illustrated catalogs et al )
- Invented Pyrometer for measuring Oven temperatures
- Built the first factory in the world ( made pottery )
- Invented Quality Control
- Started the first retail showroom
Src : Google , Seth Godin’s talk on Business of Software 2008 conf
Trivia : Josiah is the grandfather of Charles Darwin
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