How did Steve Jobs get started? What about Warren Buffet? Marc Andressen? Sam Walton? Understanding the often humble beginnings for some of the most successful people in the world can shed some insight into the keys to the riches.
Looking back into history, we arranged all of the Fortune 500 companies by their establishment date, and compared those dates to slumps in the economy. The numbers are quite interesting.
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What it takes to become an entrepreneur varies greatly from country to country. Below, we illustrate some of the notable differences in entrepreneurship among the US and several European countries.