There’s a cynical old saying: Hatred breeds excellence. Scoff if you’d like–but not before you hear the story of how that adage created one of America’s best-known holiday gifts: a sturdy little appliance known as Mr. Coffee. Vincent Marotta was a Cleveland real estate man whose business stalled when he couldn’t secure financing. One morning…

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