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2007 mergers and acquisitions

  • AllMusicMichael Erlewine stood in a record store in the early 1990s holding a compact disc he believed contained early recordings by Little Richard.
  • ChryslerWalter Chrysler arrived at the ailing Maxwell-Chalmers company in the early 1920s. He had been hired to overhaul the troubled operations after a similar…
  • DVD TalkGeoffrey Kleinman launched DVD Talk in January 1999 from Beaverton, Oregon. The website began as a simple hub for home video news and reviews.
  • StubHubEric Baker stood in a theater line, unable to buy tickets for The Lion King on Broadway. He needed a way to find secondhand seats without paying inflated…
  • Kuju (company)Ian Baverstock and Jonathan Newth opened Simis in 1989. The company produced flight simulator programs like MiG-29 Fulcrum.
  • Four Seasons Hotels and ResortsIsadore Sharp designed a motel for a family friend while working as an architect in the early 1960s. That single project sparked a vision that would become…
  • BioWareOn the 1st of February 1995, three men with stethoscopes around their necks signed papers to incorporate a new company in Edmonton.