The very first brand in the world is Kongō Gumi which is the name of a construction company founded by Shigemitsu Kongō in the year 578 in Osaka, Japan. Irene Herrera writes in Works That Work: “When Prince Shōtoku Taishi (574–622) commissioned the construction of Japan’s first Buddhist temple, Shitennō-ji, Japan was predominantly Shinto and had no miyadaiku (carpentersContinue reading “Kongō Gumi: The World’s Very First Brand”