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« on: January 27, 2015, 05:52:34 AM »

If you think you need a corporate office to get your business began, think again. Discover how these multi billion dollar firms grew out of the garage. However tremendous they may appear now, at one time, some of the largest and most victorious companies around started in someone's garage. Sometimes the garage was at the childhood home of the company's founders. Other times, the entrepreneurs needed to employ a garage simply to get slightly privacy for their strategies to develop. The humble beginnings of the following multi billion dollar companies prove that great ideas are still first class ideas, no matter where they are started and developed.

Apple






It's one of the most valuable brands in these days, so it can be most commonly surprising when persons learn that Apple's first computers were built in a small garage in Cupertino, California. In 1976, Steve Wozniak created the first Apple computer. He then joined forces with the late Steve Jobs and another partner, Ronald Wayne, to launch Apple Computer Co. from Jobs' adopted parents' garage. One of their first big orders was from a local retailer who ordered 50 computers at $500 apiece, which they were able to produce in just 30 days. Today, the Silicon Valley home where Jobs grew up is listed as one of the city's historic properties.

Address: 2066 Crist Drive, Los Altos, California

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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2015, 05:52:55 AM »

Microsoft



In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded in a garage future corporation Microsoft. It was here that they have licensed its first operating system to IBM for $80 000. Later they came up with Windows, which still dominates the personal computer market.
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Amazon



Four years after being named the youngest vice president of a successful Wall Street investment firm, Jeff Bezos quit his job and moved to Seattle to pursue what he believed to be untapped online retailing opportunities in the book industry. He set up shop in his garage in Bellevue, Washington, and began developing software. In July 1995, Bezos launched Amazon.com and sold his first book from his garage startup. Two years after that, Bezos issued his IPO. The company is now the world's largest online retailer.

Address: 10704 NE 28th Street, Bellevue, Washington
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Harley Davidson



In 1901, 21-year-old William S. Harley drew up plans to create a small engine to power a bicycle. Over the next two years, Harley and his childhood friend, Arthur Davidson, built their motor-bicycle out of their friend’s 10 by 15-foot wooden shed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They officially founded Harley-Davidson in 1903 and today it’s the most well-known motorcycle brand in the world.

Address: Northern Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Yankee Candle Company





In 1969, at 16 years old, Michael Kittredge made his scented candle in his garage out of melted crayons as a gift for his mother. The neighbors took notice and expressed interest in buying Kittredge’s candles, so he started mass-producing them. Four years later, Kittredge outgrew the garage so he moved the Yankee Candle Company to an old mill in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Today it’s the largest manufacturer of scented candles in the US.

Address: South Hadley, Massachusetts.
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The Ramones



In 1974, the first public performance of the rock band «The Ramones». Earlier, two of its members, John Cummings and Tommy Ramone rehearsed as part of a school group in the garage.

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