In 1939 he & Bill Hewlett started a business in his garage with $538
.... 1987, the Palo Alto garage where Hewlett and Packard started their 
business was... [DOC] [TLE] 10 World Famous Companies that Started in Garages - Retireat21 [PAR] He sold his first book in July 1995 and issued his IPO two years later in 1997.