How big things start off small

You might’ve heard Einstein, the genius, didn’t start talking until age four, or you might have heard the phrase “you got to work your way up the food chain.” Well, that’s because everyone and everything has to start somewhere. You may look at icons or businesses and think you could never achieve their success. However, even businesses like Apple and Microsoft had to start at the bottom to get to the top.  

Apple, according to Investopedia, was ranked number one among the biggest tech hardware companies. But Apple didn’t start off being one of the most popular technology companies. Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak dropped out of college and started the company by building computers out of a garage and only selling them as is.  

Eventually, these companies made more than just computers and came out with what we know as the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watches. From starting off making computers in a garage to there being a total of 522 locations, Apple is the definition of starting from zero and working their way to the top. 

Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, had a similar small start. They began by converting a computer programming language to be used on another computer. They started to create other computer programming languages and purchased an operating system that almost all computers used as their operating system, putting Microsoft on the map. Later they even created a very popular television program.   

Now, that’s not an encouragement to drop out of school to start a computer company or not have a backup plan. However, for a world so reliant on technology, thank goodness these two companies emerged. The point is, anyone can start a business or make a product that starts as nothing, but eventually becomes well known to the whole world.