The Greatest Business Ideas, Start-Ups, And Entrepreneurs

The stories of some of the most famous entrepreneurs, the greatest business ideas, and start ups

Category: Services

United Parcel Service

Would You Believe It? James Casey Started UPS With Borrowed $100

United Parcel Service, or UPS as it is known by everyone today, is one of the largest messenger and courier services on the planet. Working out of the shipment and logistics industry, the company has left its mark on the world, and for over a century, it has provided cost-effective and reliable messenger services not just in America, but all over the world. It provides parcel delivery services in over 200 countries and operates its own carrier goods, airline services to ensure the very best services to its clients. The company has grown to become a giant and delivers well...

A. J. Scribante - the founder of MAJERS Corp.

See How A. J. Scribante Turned $500 Into A $65 Million Business

This is an another cool and engaging success story, the story of A.J. Scribante and the corporation he founded – Majers Corp. Like many other successful entrepreneurs, Scribante managed to make a decent fortune starting with just a few hundred bucks, see how… His Story As a kid, the young A.J. worked for his dad, who had a small bakery store. His family lived in Osage City, a small town in Kansas with a population of only a few thousand people. After graduating from school, Scribante got interested in sales and this is how his entrepreneur journey began. He started...

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How Brian Scudamore Founded ‘1-800-GOT-JUNK?’ With Only $700

You probably have heard about 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, especially if you live in Canada or in the United States. The company is a multinational junk removal franchise founded back in 1989, in the city of Vancouver (Canada), by a guy named Brian Scudamore. The business started with just a $700 investment is an established multi-million franchise today with more than 160 branches. Their startup story is pretty interesting, so here we decided to share it with you. The Story Of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Brian Scudamore was only 18 when one day he saw a junk truck in a drive-through at McDonald’s. This was how...

Who Is Godaddy? How Bob Parson Started the Biggest Domain Registrar

History GoDaddy (godaddy.com) was founded in 1997 as a web services company by Bob Parsons under the name Jomax Technologies. Three years earlier Parsons sold his financial software company to Intuit for $64 million. In 1999 Jomax changed its name to GoDaddy. The company started in Scottsdale, Arizona and grew to several facilities operating in Washington DC, California, Colorado, Iowa, and India. Gaining Momentum GoDaddy rose to national popularity with its Super Bowl ad in 2005 that made fun of the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction controversy. After airing once during the Super Bowl, Fox TV Network pulled the spot, due...

Lawn mowing business. pic: sxc.hu

Emil Motycka – a Cool Story of a 13 Years Old Entrepreneur

Starting a Business at 13 What did you do, when you were 13? Playing around with the kids from your neighborhood, going to school, doing your homework… Most probably you didn’t take an $8 000 loan and started your own company :). But this is exactly what Emil Motycka did when he was in the eighth grade. He used the money to buy a lawnmower and start his company called “Motycka Enterprises”. Motycka Enterprises The kid was obsessed by the business spirit at a very early age. When he was in first grade, he started selling golf balls which he...

Excuse Letter for Being Absent

How To Make A Million Dollars Online? Write Excuse Letters For Being Absent

Business with Excuse Letters for Being Absent Wow, this is really a strange business idea. Everybody needs to be absent from somewhere from time to time. In such a situation, you most probably would need an excuse, right? And it would be better to be a good excuse… Where do you get it form? So here is the demand that John Liddell and Darl Waterhouse spotted and he definitely took advantage of it. He saw a million dollars opportunity in this need and eventually realized it! Read this amazing story and see how this dude made a million dollars online...