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The entrepreneurial culture brings some curious facts, such as companies that are now billionaires, but they started inside a garage. And your products or services were born from the heads of young students who believed in their ideals and dreams for building their business.
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This culture has a lot to do with the United States, first because of the architectural projects of the houses, which had car garages that looked like a shed, and secondly – and more importantly – because in the regions where these companies were born, there were usually large universities that supported to the development of entrepreneurship. In short, successful projects go hand in hand with studying and learning. Follow some of these stories.
Five giant companies that started in a garage
1. Amazon
In 1994, Jeff Bezos was already a very successful professional when he decided to enter the business of salesbooks online. Even rich, the founder of Amazon started in his garage. Today, more than 20 years later, his online store is the biggest in the world and very recognized as a successful brand.
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2. apple
The story of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak is perhaps the most famous involving a company that started in a garage. Was in the annex of Jobs's adoptive parents' house that he is Wozniak Assembled the First 50 Apple Computers. Today, Apple is the world's largest technology company and the second largest mobile phone maker globally.
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3. Disney
It was in his uncle's garage that the brothers Walt and Roy produced the story AliceComedies, which later inspired Disney's version of Alice in Wonderland. In 2016, Mickey Mouse's home became a giant media conglomerate, which includes cable TV channels, film and animation producers, publishers, music labels and theater divisions, in addition to having several theme parks.
4. Google
Google started in 1998 as a internet search engine created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who graduated from Stanford University. Initially, the company operated in a garage, but today it is a internet giant that develops the most varied services and technologies, from e-mail to autonomous cars.
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5. Microsoft
It was in a garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico that the adventures of Bill Gates and Paul Allen began, in 1975. There was developed the DOS program, which was sold to IBM for a mere $80,000. Today, Microsoft dominates the operating systems business and launches its tentacles into divisions such as office software, servers, cloud, video games and other technologies.
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Nova Educa is an educational consultancy focused on developing projects in schools involving Apple Technology, with the implementation of iPads and teacher training. In addition, she also conducts the podcast Nova Educa Debate, with interviews about the educational market and BNCC about entrepreneurship and innovation content. We will have several consultants collaborating with this column, which will be led by the innovation director, Carlos Coelho, Education enthusiast with experiences in multinational, at Singularity University (California), as a teacher and manager school; and we will have Priscila Coelho, operations director, specialist in educational technology training, creativity and innovation.
