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Many good business opportunities are accidental figured out by alert entrepreneurs in the business world. Cite the world-known Guinness Record for example.
Guinness is an extremely popular Irish dry stout that originated in the early 18th century. It has been exported worldwide, and is one of the most successful beer brands in the world. Its parent company has been headquartered in London since 1932 and was later merged with Grand Metropolitan plc and developed into a multi-national alcohol conglomerate named Diageo.
On May 4, 1951, then managing director of the Guinness Brewery—Sir Hugh Beaver, went on a shooting party in North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford. He got involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe out of the koshin golden plover and the grouse. He realized that it was impossible to confirm in any reference books if the golden plover was Europe’s fastest game bird. Beaver thought that there must be a lot of other questions debated nightly in the 81,400 pubs in UK, with no existing reference to settle arguments about records. He realized that a book supplying the answers to such questions might be welcomed. His idea turned into reality when an employee in Guinness—Christopher Chataway, recommended the twins—Norris and Ross McWhirter. The brothers had been running a fact-finding agency in London. They were commissioned to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records in August 1954.

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