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The Worlds Most Famous Soft Drink Coca Cola

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The worlds most famous soft drink Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola was first created by pharmacist Dr. John S. Pemberton in 1886. John Pemberton created this famous soft drink believing that it could cure diseases such as headaches and morphine addicts. The very interesting name came from some of the ingredients in the soft drink. The term Coca came from Coca leaves and Cola came from Kola nuts. John Pemberton wanted to create something that bring him success, he created Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola was created in Atlanta Georgia by Dr. John Pemberton. He came across the idea when he had came back from fighting in the Civil War. He wanted something that would bring him commercial success. He first started selling his product at pharmacies and did not do so well in his first year of sales. This didn’t stop him to continue with selling his soft drink that later turned into a huge company. John Pemberton did not have Coca-Cola patent for securities reasons. He instead went with trade secret where his secret formula is safely hidden in a banks vault in Georgia. Trade Secret allows John to restrictions to information of the company as well as limited the number of people who know the information. Trade Secret kept Coca-Cola safe from being copied and people knowing the ingredients. This is a reason why this soft drink has became so successful. How exactly did John Pemberton exactly become so successful? He had a passion for his product and really believed in it. He had figured out

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