START! and don’t give up on your dreams and goals. Here I have 7 companies that revolutionized your world. They started small, often in a home or garage, and changed the world we live in!
Amazon – July 1994
Netflix – August 1997
Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings start Netflix.
They get the idea while carpooling to work for another company.
What started as a simple DVD rental service by mail, soon evolved into the streaming service we use every evening before bed.
Netflix revolutionized TV and entertainment.
Employees: 12K
Revenue: $30B
Facebook – January 2004
Zuckerberg starts the site “TheFacebook” inspired by Facemash.
Zuckerberg and Harvard student Saverin each invested $1,000.
Facebook revolutionized social connection online.
Employees: 72K
Revenue: $118B
Google – Sept 1997
Larry Page and Sergey Brin start the domain google.com.
Coded in the garage of Susan Wojcicki and funded by an investment of $100,000.
Google revolutionized search.
Employees: 156K
Revenue: $256B
Microsoft – 1972
Bill Gates and Paul Allen start making programs for business
Feb 1986 they IPO and in one day:
– made 4 billionaires
– made 12,000 millionaires
Microsoft revolutionized personal computing
Employees: 181K
Revenue: $184B
Apple – 1976
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne start Apple
The company’s first product was built in Job’s parents’ house
Then, 2007 the iPhone
Apple revolutionized Smartphones
Employees: 100k
Revenue: $378B
Bitcoin – Jan 2009
Nakamoto starts the bitcoin network starts by mining the genesis block
In 2010, the first transaction happened when Laszlo Hanyecz bought two Papa John’s for 10,000 BTC
Bitcoin revolutionized money
Market Cap: $822B
Transactions per day: 222K
TL;DR
Small starts, huge results:
AAPL in a home
AMZN in a garage
NFLX in a carpool
GOOG in a garage
MSFT with friends
FB in a Harvard dorm
Bitcoin Nobody knows
