Source: realworldmbaSeattle, Washington, 1967: The Lakeside Mother’s Club uses the proceeds of a rummage sale to install an ASR-33 Teletype Machine for kids to experiment with. Seventh grader Bill Gates finds his calling.
Sausalito, California, 1998: The naming wizards at Lexicon Branding note that the tiny keys on Research In Motion’s new device look not unlike the seeds on a strawberry. Come to think of it, a Blackberry.
La Honda, California, 1997: Reed Hastings contemplates lying to his wife about the $40 he owes Canyon Video for a misplaced copy of Apollo 13. Then, he gets a better idea, Netflix.
Lakewood, New Jersey, 1989: Marc Milecofsky asks his parents for a compressor and airbrush. Soon, he is making up to $700 a week selling custom airbrushed T-shirts to the student body of Lakewood High. These days, people know Milecofsky as Marc Ecko.
Houston, Texas, 1980: Michael Dell persuades his parents to let him buy an Apple II for his 15th birthday. They are furious when he promptly takes it apart. Four years later, he decides that selling computer parts sounds like more fun than premed.
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- Revolutionary Road by Nitasha Tiku
