Famous startup companies from Garage

1. Famous Companies
Startups from Garage
By AASHLAY.COM

2. AMAZON.COM
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com
in 1994 as an online
bookstore. At the time, it was
completely run out of his
garage in Bellevue,
Washington.
• He sold his first book in July
1995 and issued his IPO two
years later in 1997.
• Today it’s the world’s largest
online retailer.
• Address: 10704 NE 28th,
Bellevue, Washington

3. (2) Apple
• In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve
Wozniak, ages 21 and 26 respectively,
started Apple Computers by selling 50
units of Wozniak’s Apple I Computer at
$500 apiece to a local retailer. Jobs
took the purchase order to a parts
distributor and ordered the parts. “The
Steves” and their small team hand-
built 50 computers in 30 days from a
garage in Cupertino, CA.
• Today, Apple is the most valuable
technology company in the world.
• Address: 2066 Crist Dr, Los Altos,
California

4. (3) Disney
About 45 minutes down the road from Disneyland
Park in Anaheim, CA, there’s a house in Los
Angeles where The Walt Disney Company got
its start.
In 1923, the house belonged to Walt Disney’s uncle,
Robert Disney. Walt and his brother Roy moved
in with their uncle and set up “The First Disney
Studio” in the one-car garage out back. There
they started filming the Alice Comedies which
was part of the original Alice’s Wonderland.
Today, Disney is the highest-grossing media
conglomerate in the world.
Address: 4651 Kingswell Ave, Los Angeles,
California

5. (4) Google
As Stanford Graduate students, Larry
Page and Sergey Brin started
what’s now known as Google from
Susan Wojcicki’s garage in
September 1998.
Soon the project was interfering with
their schoolwork, so they tried to
sell it to Excite for $1 million.
Excite rejected the offer and now
Google is the most trafficked site
in the world.
Address: 232 Santa Margarita Ave,
Menlo Park, California

6. (5) 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. It was the
equivalent of a garage because they
didn’t have cars.
They officially founded Harley-Davidson in
1903 and today it’s the most well-
known motorcycle brand in the world.
Address: Somewhere in northern
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

7. (6) Hewlett-Packard
• In 1939, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard
founded HP in Packard’s garage with an
initial investment of $538.
• Their first product was an audio oscillator
and one of their first customers was Walt
Disney, who purchased eight oscillators to
develop the sound system for the movie
Fantasia.
• The HP Garage in Palo Alto is known as the
birthplace of Silicon Valley and HP is now
one of the largest companies in the world.
• Address: 367 Addison Ave, Palo Alto,
California

8. (7) Lotus Cars
• In 1948, at the age of 20, Anthony Colin
Bruce Chapman started Lotus Cars by
building the first Lotus racing car in stables
behind The Railway Hotel in Hornsey, North
London. Chapman used a 1930s Austin
Seven and a power drill to build the Lotus
Mark I.
• Today Lotus Cars is one of the premier
racing car manufacturers in the world.
• Address: 472 Hornsey Rd, London N19
4EF, United Kingdom

9. (8) Maglite
• In 1950, Tony Maglica moved from his war-
torn home of Croatia back to America.
Knowing very little English, he settled in Los
Angeles and took jobs wherever he could
find them.
• In 1955, after saving $125, Tony put a
down-payment on his first lathe. Then he
started working out of a Los Angeles area
garage to manufacture precision parts. He
incorporated Mag Instrument in 1974 and
released their first flashlight in 1979.
• Today, Maglite is the standard issue
flashlight for all police officers in the US.
• Address: Somewhere in Los Angeles,
California

10. (9) Mattel
• Harold “Matt” Matson and Elliot
Handler founded Mattel out of a
garage in Southern California as
picture frame company in 1945. To get
the most out of their materials, they
started using picture frame scrapes to
create dollhouses.
• Soon their dollhouses were selling
better than their picture frames so they
turned their emphasis to toys.
• Today Mattel, Inc. is the highest-
grossing toy company in the world.
• Address: Somewhere in Southern
California

11. (10) 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: Somewhere in South Hadley,
Massachusetts

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