14 of the most successful companies that were started in people's basements, garages, and bedrooms

Susan Wojcicki's garage in Menlo Park, which she rented to Brin and Page for $1,700 a month.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

• Many successful companies were born in people's dorm rooms, garages, and basements.
• Some famous entrepreneurs spent years trying to bring their ideas to life — and even founding their businesses — from their makeshift home offices, and stayed there until they outgrew the space.
• For instance, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his garage, while Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in his Harvard dorm room.
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As a new or young entrepreneur with big ideas and perhaps little money to spend, a proper office space is often out of the question in the early stages of building a business.

Knowing that, it's no surprise that childhood bedrooms, home garages, dark basements, and college dorm rooms are where some of today's most successful companies were born.

Here's where 14 big-name businesses got their start:

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