Main symptom is an enlarged thyroid gland. The size may range from a single small nodule to a large neck lump. Some people with a simple goiter may have symptoms of an underactive thyroid gland. In rare cases, an enlarged thyroid can put pressure on the windpipe (trachea) and food tube (esophagus). This can lead to: Breathing difficulties (with very large goiters)
Tom Patterson â Founder of Tommy John. Tom Patterson was fed up with the way his undershirt came untucked, shrunk up, and quickly yellowed, so he set out to make the ultimate undershirt that is now the must have for every man. Raised in Milbank, South Dakotaâpopulation: 3,600, Tom always had an entrepreneurial spirit.
Blake Mycoskie founded the for-profit TOMS after a visit to Argentina, where he met children who were so poor that they had no shoes. Inspired to help, Mycoskie designed a shoe after the com-mon Argentinian alpargata, and pledged that for each pair sold, TOMS would donate a pair to a child in a developing country.8 stanfor s iva revie / inter 2014 S ince the inception of TOMS Shoes in 2006, the buy-one give-one business model has been widely embraced (and criticized) by con-sumers and businesses alike as an effective model for creating both commercial and social value.