The Origin
Every empire started here
In 1938, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started in a 12×18-foot garage with $538 in capital. That garage became California Historical Landmark #976—the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley."
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak sold a VW bus to buy parts for 50 motherboards. James Dyson built 5,127 prototypes—every single one a "failure"—until it wasn't.
They didn't start with venture capital. They started with a garage door that opened into a space where the impossible became inevitable.
Hewlett-Packard
367 Addison Avenue, Palo Alto — California Historical Landmark #976
Apple Computer
2066 Crist Drive, Los Altos — The garage where it all began
Dyson
Coach house in Bath, England — 5,127 prototypes later