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Michael Dell was a freshman at the University of Texas and had been building PCs with his friends in a room and selling them to doctors and lawyers. At age 19 he started his first company called PC's Limited which he founded off of 1,000 dollars and sold upgraded computers at a reasonable price. He was doing $50,000-$80,000 a month selling computers.]]> 2023-03-02 20:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501719860 gamshe18 https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501726866 As the company continued to grow at a 80% annual rate, the company decided to go public. They changed the name from PC's limited to Dell Computer Corporation and started to expand globally. By June, the company's market capitalization grew from 30 million to 80 million.]]> 2023-03-02 21:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501726866 gamshe18 https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501752313 Dell began to sell computers and other products online, which set the bar for e-commerce all over the world. As Dell.com launched, they eventually hit $1 million in daily sales in six months.]]> 2023-03-02 21:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501752313 gamshe18 https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501754889 Dell decides to expand globally and takes its business to Asia, Japan, Europe and the Americas.]]> 2023-03-02 21:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501754889 gamshe18 https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501778983 PC's limited created a 10-megabyte personal computer. This was called the turbo PC, which was sold for $795 and was priced much lower than its competitor IBM.

 .]]> 2023-03-02 22:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501778983 gamshe18 https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501781133 Dell debuted on the Fortune 500, which made Michael Dell the youngest CEO at the age of 27 to lead a company that received this award.]]> 2023-03-02 22:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501781133 gamshe18 https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501783846 Michael Dell stepped down as chief executive of Dell Inc. but remained chairman. He gave the position to Keven Rollins, who was Dells president at the time. He gave Rollins this position because he knew Rollins could have other opportunities to be the CEO at a different business and wanted to keep him. He continued to be involved in the day to day business with the company.]]> 2023-03-02 22:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gamshe18/lozqjj49672nzcqo/wish/2501783846