Tagged: Big Businesses

How George Eastman Started The Kodak Company – History

The Eastman Kodak Company Foundation More than 120 years ago, in 1888, a man named George Eastman founded a small company – Eastman Kodak Company, selling cheap cameras and consumables for them. ‘You press the button, we do the rest’ was the motto of the business, and the main strategy was selling cameras cheaply and making good margins on films and other photo equipment and materials. Mr. Eastman wanted to make photography more accessible to a broader circle of people. He wanted to make it more simple and more entertaining. He wanted to change the world, one of the most common...

What Is Yandex.ru’s Story – How Arkady Yolozh and Arkady Borkovsky Started Up

Yandex.ru is the largest and most popular search engine in Russia. It accounts for just under 65% of the searches that take place within the country. The website is currently the most popular in Russia and attracts users from all over the world, it currently accounts for 1.7% of all search engine queries placed throughout the world. Let’s take a little look at the history of this fantastic website. The company started way back in 1990 when Arkady Yolozh and Arkady Borkovsky teamed up to create the company Arkadia. The company developed MS-DOS Software designed to search for patents. It...

Walt Disney presenting 'Snow white'.

How the Walt Disney World Was Born – a Brief History

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 will give you an overview of the man himself and some of his accomplishments during his lifetime. Early Life First of all, he was born as Walter Elias Disney in Chicago on December 5, 1901. When Walt was just 5 the family moved to Missouri....

What Is Godaddy’s Start Up Story? How Bob Parson Founded The Biggest Domain Registrar

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 Parsons created GoDaddy with an emphasis on security and customer support. He invested in high-tech systems to ensure the satisfaction of customers and prevent any abuses of the system. He also added various other services such as...

A History of Ford Motor Company – How Henry Ford Started

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 vehicles as well as provides financial services through its subsidiary Ford Motor Credit Company. It is also involved in motorsport activities such as NASCAR racing and Formula One. How the Ford Motor Company was started The Ford Motor Company was started in Detroit by Henry...

Sam Walton - Walmart

Walmart Stores’ History. How Samuel Walton Started Walmart

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 including Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. In 1969 the chain officially became Walmart Stores, Inc. The following year the company issued stock to the public and entered the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. The business model was built on warehouses, where merchandise could be stored....

McDonald’s History – How Ray Crock Founded The Company At 52

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 riches and really shows what the entrepreneurial spirit can get you in America if you are committed to a vision. Kroc was born in and spent most of his life living in Oak Park, Illinois. As the years went on Ray would have a lot...

Pinterest – A Start Up Story Of Ben Silberman

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 a closed beta. This is not after Ben graduated from Yale in 2003, worked with Google in the sales organization department, and designed many iPhone apps which were never launched. Ben and his friends wanted to create a social platform that will allow people to...

Starbucks – The Start-Up Story Of Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker, and Zev Siegl Who Created A Coffee Empire

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 Starbucks chain began with one store in the Pike Place Market, a popular haven of independent businesses in Seattle. That first store remained in that location through 1976 then moved to another area of Pike Place. Starbucks got its name from a character in the...