The Origin of these Big Companies

Every great company starts with an idea. Someone detects a need and goes after it in search of a solution and / or fulfill a dream.

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Lamborghini

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After World War II, Ferruccio Lamborghini owned a successful tractor company. As he was doing so well could be given great luxuries, for example, he collected Ferrari cars. The irony is that these cars (famous for being one of the most powerful brands) had clutch problems and that displeased Ferruccio much, to the point that he himself decided to dismantle his Ferrari part by piece. A big surprise came when he discovered that this expensive car used the same clutch system as its tractors.

So he made the claim to the brand, and they replied: "A tractor man can not understand the complexity of sports cars," and ironically they stated: "if it is so easy to manufacture it, do it yourself." This is the start of the brand Lamborghini, the prestigious competition of Ferrari

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Virgin Atlantic

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Richard Branson was waiting for his American Airlines plane bound for the Virgin Islands when the company suddenly canceled the flight on the grounds that "there were not enough passengers to justify the cost of the flight." Branson, very angry at the way the company disregarded people who left without their flight, decided to rent a private plane and sell tickets for that flight. After that incident he set up his own company (Virgin Atlantic), putting priority on passenger comfort at all costs.

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Intel

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Fairchild Semiconductor was a famous company, known as one of the first to introduce integrated circuits. Two of its creators, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, after repeated differences by their position and roll in the company, decided to leave. They just wanted to be part of the creative side and not so much of the administrative side but they were not heard. Andrew Grove, also an employee of Fairchild, joined them and together created Intel, a company that revolutionized the world by introducing its microprocessor.

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