5 Large Companies That Have Started With a Small Loan

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2. Few people realizethat some of todaysbusiness giantsactually started bytaking a loan. Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you. - R. Kiyosaki Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 3. We may be leftwondering how thiswas possible,considering theircurrent size andfinancial success. The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way. - R. KiyosakiLarge Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 4. But, as rhetoricianslong ago noted, if weget to know ouraudience, we usuallyfind that they are allhumans, just likeourselves!Photo credit: Robert Scales / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SARisk comes from not knowing what youre doing - Warren Buffett Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 5. Getting to know thestories of suchbusinesses cantherefore beinspiring...Photo credit: Unitopia / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure - Colin PowellStarbucks Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 6. ...it can show us howa little entrepreneurialflair and the right loancan go a long way. Photo credit: Nicholas_T / Foter.com / CC BYAttitude is a little thing that makes a big difference - Winston Churchill Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 7. In the right situation,taking a loan to start abusiness can be avery profitable life-changing decision.Failure doesnt mean you are a failure it just means you havent succeeded yet.Robert H. Schuller Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 8. StarbucksConsider Starbucks today, the companysrevenue is around $10billion per year. Starbucks Starbucks had 137,000 employees in 2010 (twice the population of Greenland)Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 9. StarbucksDid you know that whenthey started out in 1971,Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegeland Gordon Bowker eachhad invested $1350 in theproject?Photo credit: Foter.com / CC BY-SAStarbucks The average Starbucks customer visits the store 6 times per month.Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 10. StarbucksShortly after that, theyborrowed another $5000from the local bank. Photo credit: visualpanic / Foter.com / CC BY StarbucksThe average Starbucks customer visits the store 6 times per month. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 11. StarbucksIt wasnt until they startedmaking the coffee, teaand other drinks insidethe store...Photo credit: Adam Smith / Foter.com / CC BY-SAStarbucks loyal 20% of customers go to the stores 16 times per month Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 12. Starbucks...that the business reallyskyrocketed instead ofjust selling the beans asthey did initially. Photo credit: Nick Humphries / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND Starbucks There are over 87,000 possible drink combinations at Starbucks Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 13. StarbucksThey grew so muchthat at one point theywere opening a newstore somewhereeach day.Photo credit: Peter Dutton / Foter.com / CC BY Starbucks uses over 93 million gallons of milk per year... Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 14. StarbucksBut maybe if they hadnttaken the risk, we wouldhave never experiencedStarbucks coffee!Starbucks ...enough to fill 155 Olympic-sized swimming pools Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 15. DellDells story is even morecompelling... Photo credit: Ninjakeg / Foter.com / CC BY-SA StarbucksDell currently employs 110,000 people worldwide. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 16. DellInterestingly enough,Dell started out with aninvestment of $1000.Photo credit: Eustress / Foter.com / CC BY-SAStarbucksLast year the company ranked 44 on the Fortune 500 and had revenue of $62.1 billion. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 17. DellWhile he was at theUniversity of Texas in1984, Michael Dellfounded the company andinitially ran it from hisdorm room. Photo credit: Joi / Foter.com / CC BY Starbucks Michael was buying his own parts and assembled cheap machines which he sold to his classmates.Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 18. DellWhen the company madethe Fortune 500 for thefirst time in 1992, Michaelwas the youngest (27)CEO to ever lead acompany on the list.StarbucksHe later decided to drop out of college and commit to the business full-time. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 19. DominosDominos Pizza datesback to the 1960s when itwas started by Thomas &James Monaghan inMichigan. In March 2010, Dominos Pizza opens its 9,000th store worldwide Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 20. DominosAfter a tough childhood inorphanages and fosterhomes, and dropping outof college because hecould not pay the fees,one day Tom Monaghandecided he would start apizza shop with hisbrother.Photo credit: Caveman Chuck Coker / Foter.com / CC BY-NDApproximately 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 21. DominosThey too started out witha loan they borrowed$900 from a local bank. Ayear later, James decidedhe would leave thebusiness and so Tomcontinued alone.Photo credit: Hindustanilanguage / Foter.com / CC BY-SA Each man, woman and child in America eats an average of 46 slices of pizza each year.Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 22. DominosNow Dominos is representedin 55 countries worldwide andlast year it had a revenue of$264,9 million. Photo credit: Ed Yourdon / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SAThe three dots in the Dominos Pizza logo represent the first three Dominos stores. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 23. Whole Foods MarketWhole Foods started in 1978in Austin, Texas and was thencalled Safer Way. Photo credit: WikipediaToday the company has more than 340 stores, throughout the UK, Canada and US Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 24. Whole FoodsMarketIn order to open the store, thefounder John Mackey and hisgirlfriend got a $45,000 loanfrom family and friends.Photo credit: Coolcaesar / Foter.com / CC BY-SA Its the eighth largest food and drug store in the U.S. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 25. Whole Foods MarketA year later they were evictedfrom their home because theywere storing the foodproducts at home.Photo credit: david_shankbone / Foter.com / CC BY It has $11.7 billion in sales in fiscal year 2012Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 26. Whole Foods MarketThey then moved on to live inthe store where they evenused the Hobart dishwasherfor taking showers becausethe store was meant forcommercial use only.Photo credit: Masahiro Ihara / Foter.com / CC BYIt has more than 73,000 team members. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 27. Whole Foods MarketAfter a merger with anothernatural foods store, WholeFoods Market was officiallyopened on September 20,1980 in Austin. Photo credit: That Other Paper / Foter.com / CC BY-SAEvery reusable Better Bag they sell is made from 80 percent post-consumer recycledplastic bottles. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 28. Whole Foods MarketBy the mid-1980s they werealready expanding to othercities and 25 years later, in2010, their revenue was $9billion. Photo credit: needoptic / Foter.com / CC BY-NDIt has been among Fortune Magazines 100 Best Companies to Work For every yearsince the list began.Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 29. WalmartThere is only one boss thecustomer. And he can fireeverybody in the companyfrom the chairman on down,simply by spending his moneysomewhere else.Sam Walton, founder ofWalmartSam Walton literally put this idea of his into practice, as he implemented a heavy pricecutting strategy, hoping that he would sell more that way. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 30. WalmartSam made sure his shelveswere always stocked with awide range of products andalso focused on smaller townsrather than large cities. Photo credit: ratterrell / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-NDEach week nearly one-third of the U.S. population visits Walmarts U.S. stores. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 31. WalmartBut it all started in 1945 whenhe left the military, got a$20,000 loan from his father-in-law and bought his firstshop in Newport, Arkansas.Photo credit: history8project Walmart is the largest overall employer in the USA, and the biggest employer in 25 states.Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 32. WalmartIn three years his sales grewfrom $80 to $225,000. In2012, Walmarts revenueequaled $446 billion. Photo credit: Walmart Corporate / Foter.com / CC BYWalmart parking lots alone take up roughly the size of Tampa, Florida.Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 33. More than anything else, thepoint in all of the aboveexamples is that businessesdo not necessarily require bigcapital to get started.Photo credit: deanmeyersnet / Foter.com / CC BYThe secret of getting ahead is getting started - Mark TwainLarge Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 34. Rather, it is courage andpersonal entrepreneurialqualities that turn a garage-store into a world famousbrand. Photo credit: Nicobobinus / Foter.com / CC BY-NCYou have to be smart. The easy days are over - Robert KiyosakiLarge Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by 35. Thank You! Please visit our site:http://www.zillidy.com Photo credit: Apogee Photography / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-NDZillidy is a Canadian alternative finance company that provides personal asset loans using jewelry, luxury watches, gold and precious metals as collateral. Large Companies Started With A Small Loan presented by