6 Hugely Successful Businesses Started On a Shoestring Budget


Hewlett-Packard

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard launched Hewlett-Packard in a California garage in 1938. Their first computer product was the HP200A. Walt Disney used the product in the production of Fantasia. Hewlett and Packard launched their company with $538, or, $9,750 adjusting for inflation. HP generated $58 billion in sales in 2018.