The original clapper launched in 1986. It was a disaster. Because of shoddy engineering, it started blowing up TVs, and Joseph Pedott ended up having the whole thing re-designed. The rest is history.

Edison Chen always had an entrepreneurial spirit. The University of Texas at Dallas alumnus created a one-stop vehicle purchase startup company while still in school. After graduating and working for ...

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