in San Francisco, they rented out some extra space in their apartment to cover the gap. Realizing they'd struck on a great idea, they talked their former roommate Nathan Blecharczyk into joining them and officially launched Airbnb in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo....
Starbucks: then A relatively new company, the first Starbucks opened in 1971 at Seattle's Pike Place Market. The company was named after an obscure literary character (Capt. Ahab's first mate, Starbuck, in “Moby Dick”), and the original logo continues this seafaring theme. An image of a...