Just about everyone on the face of the planet is aware of who Walt Disney is. After all, Disneyland and Mickey Mouse along with everything else relating to these world-famous theme parks have popped up in every corner of the earth. However, there was much more to Walt Disney than just Disneyland and Mickey. We…
Have you heard about GasBuddy? This great business idea was incorporated in Minneapolis, back in 2000, by two guys named Dustin Coupal and Jason Toews. Before launching the company, Dustin was an eye doctor and Jason worked as a computer programmer. Do you remember that around the year 2000, gas prices started to rise? This…
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…
The ‘ship your enemies glitter’ is one of those crazy business ideas that many people are wondering what an idiot one should be to do something like this. This is one of those ideas that are not only weird and idiotic, but they are also working! And are working so coolly and smoothly, that nobody…
Entrepreneurs and their startups make the business world go round. They are the ones who bring innovation, who quickly fill up new market niches, the most agile, responsive to change, adaptable… These are all qualities that big and clumsy corporations lack. So why do small businesses fail then? If they are so efficient shouldn’t they…
Ford Motor Company is one of the biggest American automotive and mobility companies, it’s based in Dearborn, Michigan. It was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and has grown to become one of the largest automakers in the world, with a global presence across six continents. The company produces cars, trucks, and a variety of other…
Inspiration is a key factor not only in business but also in any other aspect of life. If you have inspiration, you have also motivation. In fact, inspiration is pretty much the best motivation, isn’t it? In this sense, we found a cool presentation in which you can find 44 really inspiring quotes from…
Facebook’s Startup Story Facebook (www.facebook.com) was launched in February 2004 as a social network by Mark Zuckerberg and his Harvard classmates. Within five years it surpassed MySpace as the leading social network website. At first, the site was called “The Facebook” and was created for Harvard students to communicate with each other. It was then…
Samuel Walton, born in 1918, opened his first discount stores in the 1940s and 1950s in Arkansas. In 1962 Samuel and his brother Bud Walton opened their first Walmart store based in Rogers, Arkansas. A dash was added to the logo in 1964, becoming Walmart. Within seven years they were running eighteen stores in locations…
Entrepreneurs are people, who have a certain mindset. If you take two random successful entrepreneurs you will be amazed by how much in common they have in their thinking. They would not only be similar regarding the things they do but also there would be many things they never do. Here is an interesting article…