It is a common situation in business that once a company is success a competitor will appear and try to replace it. The NFL and MLB both are made of an older established league that merged with a new league that challenged it. In 1966 the NFL announced a merger with the competing AFL. 13 of the original NFL teams became the NFC and the AFL teams along with four NFL teams became the AFC. The National League in baseball was around for 28 years before the World Series created a matchup between the its champion and the champion of the American League. Since 1903 the two leagues have met for the World Series and only in the year 2000 did the two league become a single legal entity.

The Swedish furniture giant IKEA actually takes its name from the name of the founder and the place where he grew up. The I and K stand for Ingvar Kamprad. The E stands for Elmtaryd, which is the farm where he grew up. The A stands for Agunnaryd which is a region of Sweden.