John Pemberton John Pemberton John Stith Pemberton ( – ) was an American pharmacist whom is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later become world-famous as Coca-Cola, but sold his rights to the drink shortly before his death. Pemberton was born on , in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent most of his childhood in Rome, Georgia. His parents were James C. Pemberton and Martha L. Gant. He entered the Reform Medical College of Georgia in Macon, Georgia, and in 1850, at the age of nineteen, he earned his medical
Backward invention sell very cheaply. Backward invention Backward invention is a product strategy in international marketing in which an existing product may have to be re-engineered or dumbed down by the company to be released in less developed countries, often at a cheaper rate. Doing so can often breathe new life into an obsolete product by the company or even target people too poor to afford the actual product. There are two definitions for a backward invention: The National Cash Register Company reintroduced a dumbed down version of its crank-operated cash register at a lower cost for South American and African markets.