Expanded Home Based Businesses
Numerous businesses, initially started as home based, have expanded to become significantly larger operations. These include such businesses and people as:
- Apple Inc., started by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak from Steve's garage
- Hewlett-Packard, whose original location is now a museum, the HP Garage
- Hurricane Electric, California based ISP backbone provider
- Southwest Technical Products Corporation, founded by Daniel Meyer
- James Avery Craftsman, Christian themed jewelry maker
- Genuine Scooters, Chicago motorscooter manufacturer
- Amigo Mobility International Inc, Michigan based mobility scooter manufacturer, founded by Allan R. Thieme
- Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning, founded by Tony Chachere
- Lindos Electronics, British audio quality measurement equipment manufacturer
- Marion Cox, NASCAR car owner/designer
- Ausenco Vector, California civil engineering firm
- Rembrandt Group, South African tobacco conglomerate founded by Anton Rupert
- Koorong, Australian Christian bookstore chain
- Joel L. Malter, coin and antiquities dealer
- Real Goods, California solar energy installation company and green business retailer
- Endress+Hauser, instrumentation company based in Switzerland
- Press-A-Print, US printing company
- Perdomo, Florida cigar distributor
- Robert A. Kleist and Gordon Barrus, inventors of the Line matrix printer
- Borland Software, California software company founded by Philippe Kahn
- John B. Moon, engineer working with magnetic materials
- iiNet, Australian internet service provider
- J. C. Bamford, UK digging equipment manufacturer started from a rented garage
- FLEXcon, Massachusetts Pressure-sensitive adhesive film manufacturer
- Holiday Magic, multi level marketer started from the purchase of another home based business
- Amazon.com, internet retailer founded by Jeff Bezos
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