Jeff and MacKenzie initially set up the company in the two-bedroom home they rented near Seattle. “They converted the garage into a work space and brought in three Sun workstations,” Josh Quittner later wrote in Time. “Extension cords snaked from every available outlet in the house to the garage, and a black hole gaped through the ceiling—this was where a potbellied stove had been ripped out to make more room. To save money, Bezos went to Home Depot and bought three wooden doors. Using angle brackets and 2-by-4s, he hammered together three desks, at a cost of $60 each.” Amazon.com went live on
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