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Subscribe to The Hustle Daily Newsletter now: https://clickhubspot.com/ozf On this day in 1948, the first Polaroid camera went on sale. Its inventor, Edwin Land, was a Harvard dropout who built a multibillion dollar company decades before Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. The Polaroid Corporation revolutionized photography, and its namesake camera became an overnight success, allowing people to capture and print photos within 60 seconds. Video Hosted by Michael Sikand.