Three Tech Companies that Started Small and Became Huge
Struggling to get your tech start-up off the landing strip? Remember, every huge tech company going started somewhere.
There were some golden years in the 80s when just about every MIT graduate seemed to have a start-up in the garage. Apple and Microsoft began that way. Both Facebook and Google (famously) started life as college projects.
But some stories carry more resonance than others, whether it’s down to perseverance or luck — and it’s those I’m saluting here. If you’re in the early stages of getting your own business off the ground, you can take heart from these success stories. Here are three of the greatest garage start-ups that went global.
Hewlett Packard
Good old HP — a solid, reliable name that seems to have been around since year zero. Would it surprise you to know that they were the original garage start-up? Their origin story, recounted by co-founder Dave Packard in his book “The HP Way”, is full of recognisable tropes from other famous rags to riches company histories.
