Jon Erlichman
Tech, stocks & business history. Anchor “The Open” 9-10am on @BNNBloomberg & “Bloomberg Markets” 1-2pm on @BloombergTV 💍 @carolinelesley
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On this day in 1879: the first car patent in the U.S. was filed. Here’s why you may not have heard of the person who filed it… https://t.co/Rt81uU2D2g
Time since they launched: ChatGPT: 9 months TikTok: 6 years AirPods: 7 years Square reader: 8 years Ethereum: 8 years Beyond Meat burger: 8 years Ring doorbell: 9 years Alexa: 9...
Apple’s first investor was Mike Markkula. He put in $250,000 for 1/3 of the business. Today, 1/3 of Apple is worth $930 billion. https://t.co/gNYOc3R1Q1
Intel was founded on this day in 1968. Co-founder Gordon Moore had unveiled Moore’s Law three years earlier. And it would help set up Intel for decades of industry dominance. ht...
In 1999, Larry Page and Sergey Brin wanted to sell Google for $1 million. They were rejected (by Excite). They then considered selling for $750,000. They were rejected again. H...
Snapchat launched on this day in 2011. But it was originally called Picaboo. Here are a few more famous businesses that originally had different names… 🧵 https://t.co/Ud0oDvNcpP
Amazon was founded this day in 1994. Jeff Bezos got started in his garage. Here’s more on the journey... 🧵 https://t.co/0cIXwX8nuX
Walmart opened on this day in 1962. Within three decades, it would become the largest retailer in the U.S. Here’s more on how they did it… 🧵 https://t.co/VfgYf1tSAt
Tesla was founded this day in 2003. 20 years ago, it was unclear if the company would ever sell one vehicle. This year, it may sell 2 million. And revenue may top $100 billion....
The iPhone was released this day in 2007. You may remember the hype. But there was also lots of skepticism. Here’s more on how it played out… 🧵 https://t.co/mwQCXAQyNB
Pizza Hut got started on this day in 1958. It was founded by two brothers in Kansas. They were still in college. Their first location? A 500-square-foot brick building. Here...
First offices of: Amazon Apple Coca-Cola Dell Disney Facebook Google Harley-Davidson HP Kraft Marriott Mattel Microsoft Nike P&G Salesforce Samsung Starbucks UPS YouTube 🧵