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| [![twitch](logo/twitch.png)](https://www.twitch.tv) Twitch | Live streaming service | Justin.TV, where Justin Kan, one of the co-founder, wore a camera on his head and livestreamed his life 24/7 | It never really took off and they were running out of runway. Then they noticed that the one area growing faster than any other was videogame streaming, and rebuilt the whole company around that. | [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin.tv) |
| [![berkshire](logo/berkshire.png)](https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/) Berkshire Hathaway | Conglomerate holding company | Textile manufacturing company | Warren Buffet bought a controlling interest in the company and fired Stanton, who run the company previously. Buffet then started to pivot from the failing textile business by acquiring a couple of insurance companies (including GEICO). | [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Hathaway#History) |
| [![microsoft](logo/microsoft.png)](https://www.microsoft.com/) Microsoft | Operating system and office suite | Traf-O-Data, whose objective was to read the raw data from roadway traffic counters and create reports for traffic engineers | The company had only modest success but the experience was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft Corporation a few years later. | [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traf-O-Data) |
| [![toyota](logo/toyota.png)](https://www.toyota.com/) Toyota | Automobile manufacturer | Manufactured automatic looms, device used to weave cloth and tapestry. | Son inherited the business and wanted to establish success independent of his father's, and believed the automobile industry would grow. He sold the loom patents to raise capital. | [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiichiro_Toyoda) |

## Know a company that isn't on this list?

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