You may not know the name Ray Kroc, but you certainly know the business that he built. The brand name McDonald’s is known in every corner of the globe and it is Ray Kroc, who is the man that brought the golden arches to the masses. His story is truly one of the rags to…
Stephen Gary Wozniak (Woz) was born back in 1950, on August 11th in San Jose in California. His father Jacob Francis Wozniak had graduated as one of the best students of the Columbian University Information Technology and he was actually the one who inspired the young Steve to become a guru in electronics. Since he…
When a young man with a childhood habit of collecting things like insects and stamps combined his passion for design with engineering skills, Pinterest was born. Ben Silberman along with his friends and colleagues Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp started the development of Pinterest in December 2009, and launched the site in March 2010, as…
Starbucks (www.starbucks.com) was founded in Seattle in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker, and Zev Siegl. It has become the world’s leading coffeehouse and its record label division called Hear Music has developed into a successful way to distribute artists like Paul McCartney. John Mellencamp, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon, Elvis Costello, and The Cars. The…
Today technology is booming again and there are thousands of new tech companies launched every single month in the US. Some of them make it big, and some of them just don’t. This is how things in business go. Because this site is mainly about great business ideas and entrepreneurs, we have researched many of…
Alexa.com is a web traffic analysis service that provides comprehensive web analytics and competitive intelligence data. The company was founded back in April 1996. Its vision revolves around the concept of wise web navigation a concept that is ever-evolving still today. Currently, it is owned by Amazon and was acquired in 1999. Alexa tracks over…
Taobao.Com – The Start Taobao, an e–commerce giant founded by Jack Ma, is one of the world’s leading online marketplaces. It has become an integral part of Chinese society, with over 800 million registered users and 600 million active users. The company is estimated to have an annual turnover of over $40 billion, making it…
Larry Ellison (Lawrence Ellison), who co-founded the enterprise software giant Oracle, and currently is a chief executive officer there, was born on August 17, 1944, in the Bronx, New York. After being adopted as an infant by Jewish parents, he spent his high school years in the Chicago area. Larry himself did not subscribe to…
Daymond John is an American businessman, best known as the founder and CEO of the fashion company FUBU. He is also a famous entrepreneur, investor, television personality, author, and motivational speaker. You may have watched it on TV, he participates as an investor on Shark Tank – reality television series on ABC. In this show…
We all know Steve Jobs (Steven Poul Jobs) as the creator and CEO of Apple. The evolution of Apple and the success of its products will be his legacy in the long run, but it is interesting to learn about how he ascended to where he ended up. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco…