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• HP Started in a Garage With $538$538→$55.3BStarted with → HP Inc. revenue, 2025

  Two Stanford graduates, a rented one-car garage and $538 in cash and tools. Their first big order came from Walt Disney Studios, and the garage is now called the birthplace of Silicon Valley.

• Before Mario, Nintendo Made Playing Cards1889→¥2.3TFounded → Net sales, FY2026

  For most of its first 80 years, Nintendo printed playing cards in Kyoto. When cards stopped growing, it tried taxis, hotels and instant rice. What saved it was a toy a maintenance worker built for fun.

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  Marvel Went Bankrupt in 1996. Disney Paid $4 Billion in 2009.Ch. 11→$4BBankrupt, 1996 → Disney paid, 2009

  In December 1996 the company that owned Spider-Man and the X-Men filed for bankruptcy. Thirteen years later Disney paid $4 billion for it.

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  Steve Jobs Paid $10 Million for Pixar. Disney Paid $7.4 Billion.$10M→$7.4BJobs paid, 1986 → Disney paid, 2006

  In 1986 Steve Jobs paid $10 million for a computer graphics group George Lucas wanted to sell. It lost money for nine years. In 2006 Disney bought it for $7.4 billion.