Category: Start Up Stories

Windows 1.0

What Is The History of Microsoft Corporation – How Bill Gates and Paul Allen Founded The Company

Early History No matter where you are, no matter who you are, you most probably have heard about Windows. This is the most popular operating system around the globe, sold to billions of individuals, small companies, corporations, you name it… Its developer – Microsoft Corporation is one of the most powerful technology companies of our time. They are really huge – this enterprise is valued at nearly 430 billion US dollars. Can you believe that this thing was started in a garage…? Microsoft, also known as ‘Microcomputer Software‘, was founded in 1975 by two young entrepreneurs – the 19 years...

Google In 1997

Alphabet Inc’s (Google) History – The Start Up Story of Sergey Brin And Larry Page

How Google.com Was Started It was a nice, beautiful, and sunny day in 1995 when a young boy named Sergey Brin met for the first time the man, who would later become his business partner – Larry Page. This happened at Standford University and they quickly found that they have many common interests. Sergey had the task to show Larry around, who was a new student there. During their very first meeting, they didn’t stop arguing about every single topic they talked about. They had the opposite opinion on almost everything! Nobody would ever suggest, that these two rumbling guys...

Cans - Red Bull

Red Bull History – How Dietrich Mateschitz and Chaleo Yoovidhya Started Red Bull

Red Bull has been the most popular energy drink for years and this will most probably stay intact for some time ahead. Everybody from all around the world knows about this ‘wings giving’ beverage, because of the powerful and innovative branding campaigns made by the company. A company that bet everything on just one brand and just one product, and eventually hit the big jackpot. And because its story is really cool, we decided to share it here with you. How Red Bull GmbH Was Founded Like many of the greatest companies in the world, Red Bull started really small....

Flickr - Share Your Life in Photos

What Is Flickr’s Story – How Steward Butterfield and Caterina Fake Founded Flickr.com

History The world as we know it… filled with nature’s beauty and our imagination’s view of it. The best way to share the marvelous experience of watching the local marines sail off, waving at the crowds at the port, or the beautiful new bud of your favorite in-house flower is by taking a photo of the vent or item you want to share and post it somewhere for all to see…  or just the ones you want. In the past, there have been many places where one can do this – PhotoBucket, MySpace, or even Facebook, but there is only...

Bebo.com

How Michael And Xochi Birch Founded BEBO – The History Of Bebo.com

You might know one of the greatest and biggest social networking sites – bebo.com, but you probably don’t know how it started and turned into the huge world community portal it is now. It has more than 120 000 000 registered users from all around the globe and they are constantly growing. This makes it the 8th biggest social network in the world in 2011 (see top 30 social networking sites). One very interesting and inspiring story… How www.bebo.com Was Started Like almost every great business, bebo.com was started with almost nothing, by an American family – Michael Birch, husband,...

Moziah Bridges - Mo's Bows Age When Started: 9

How to Make Money As A Kid? Moziah Bridges Started A $150k Bow Ties Business at 12

Who Moziah Bridges is and how to be an entrepreneur as a kid Moziah Bridges is one of the most amazing kids I have ever read about. Currently, he is the CEO and the founder of Mo’s Bows and he is just 12 years old. This little entrepreneur started his bow ties selling the business when he was just 9 when he came up with the business idea. He found out that there were no places, where cool and interesting bow ties could be bought. Nobody was selling such and this problem actually was seen as an awesome business opportunity...

6 Billion Secrets

The site sixbillionsecrets.com is just another great and innovative online business idea. This is a relatively new site, it has been founded in May 2010, but its popularity has been growing rapidly since then. There are around 7 billion people on Earth and most of them have dreams, hopes, desires, and fears. You will be amazed about how many of them would love to share their emotions with other people… And the good news is that they can do this on sixbillionsecrets.com. The site is a multinational platform, where people can submit their deep dark secrets. Believe it or not,...

Jimmy Jones Sandwiches logo and website.

How Jimmy John Liautaud Founded Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches

Sandwiches are one of the best and most delicious meals around. It is so easy to prepare a sandwich, that even a 3-year-old can do it. Practically, this makes it possible for almost everyone to get into such a business without meeting any significant obstacles in the production process. This is a simple business that is not protected by any big barriers like know-how, high initial investment, special skills, or anything like that. Having this in mind, it may not sound that strange, that a sandwich company got into the top 10 franchises in America. Someone would say that they...

Priority Bicycles

Dave Weiner Quit His Job As A CEO To Found Priority Bicycles And Pursue A Childhood Dream

Dave Weiner worked for Cole Systems for more than 9 years. He became a CEO there, but he quit. Why? He just wanted to pursue his childhood dream. Some people might find his decision strange, but I find it awesome. I really admire such people and I wish him the best of luck. Don’t we have just one life to spend it chasing the dream of someone else? Now, Dave is a CEO too, but at his own company called Priority Bicycles (https://www.prioritybicycles.com/). Here is his story of how it is published on their site: Dave Weiner and Priority Bicycles’...