Brian Epstein manager of the Beatles got the group an audition at EMI on May 9, 1962. By October 1962 their first single, "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You," were worldwide hits.
Today 50 years on, no groups or song writers can match the unreachable level of the Beatles.
Bill Gates Phenomenon
In November 1976 Bill Gates and Allen Ballmer registered the trademark "Microsoft". Gates has given up his Harvard studies altogether. In December 1978 Microsoft's revenues exceed $1m. Three years on in 1981 Microsoft's revenues reach $16m. The company employs 128 people then.
Search Engine Phenomenon
Yahoo was originally built as a web directory by two Stanford graduates David Filo and Jerry Yang in January of 1994. They started it as a hobby. David Filo was born in 1966 in Wisconsin, while Jerry Yang was born Yang Chih-Yuan in Taiwan in 1968.
After earning her MBA in 1998, Susan Wojcicki bought 232 Santa Margarita Avenue for$600,000. She rented the garage to two Stanford students for $1,700 a month to help with the mortgage. The two were Larry Page and Sergey Brin who incubated Google right there.
Personal Computer Phenomenon
In 1983, 18-years old Michael Dell began selling upgraded PCs out of his dormitory room at the University of Texas.
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