From garage to global prominence

Some of the world's biggest companies inspire us with their improbable rags-to-riches stories.

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Sep 24, 2012 9:21PM
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It energizes my batteries when I read stories like these and inspires me to keep going. I stared a home based business, in 2008 and have plans to expand soon. I love to hear success stories! With a good idea and a little drive, it is possible!
Sep 25, 2012 12:10PM
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So awesome to read. Weird that there was no mention of Medtronic though...
Sep 29, 2012 1:40AM
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Keep, you have it backwards, Multi National Corporations, the Defense industry, Big Oil and Big AG are the ones sucking on the hine tit of the American tax payer, always buying our Congress with millions in contributions and massive lobbying groups that keep the milk flowing in their direction, crushing the entrepreneurial spirit as the Big Fish eat the Little Fish, who try to establish a slice of the pie. The new Aristocracy guarantees people like Romney will always pay a lower tax rate than the middle class and if He has His way He will be like the 47% who pay no fed tax.
Sep 25, 2012 2:16AM
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1700 dollars a month for a garage.  Its hard to believe someone with much business sense would pay that kind of rent for a garage.  but this was a friend of theirs and the investors were really paying so.
Sep 25, 2012 9:52AM
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now that they made it they better start paying 75% income tax.  tht sounds like a fair share esp for those making over 150k a year

 

these people didnt build their buiness by themselves.  hell they needed a garage.  without that their business wouldnt have made it.  they owe the middle class now.

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