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This reminds me of a story about Herb Kelleher, one of the founders of Southwest Airlines. One outrageous incident was his arm-wrestling showdown with the
by kqr2 15y ago
This reminds me of a story about Herb Kelleher, one of the founders of Southwest Airlines.
One outrageous incident was his arm-wrestling showdown
with the CEO of Stevens Aviation in 1992. Both Stevens
and Southwest were using the advertising tagline "Plane
Smart." To settle the matter, Kelleher suggested an
arm-wrestling competition with the winner keeping the
rights to the slogan. Kelleher lost the match, but the
event generated so much good will and publicity that
Stevens let Southwest continue use of the tagline.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hkelleher.html http://www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hkelleher.h...
- sp332 15y agoI posted this video of that event yesterday, but it's funny enough to post again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwU9m4oCtRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwU9m4oCtRE