Planning, Designing, and Creating Presentation Slides

[LO-1], [LO-2], [LO-3], [LO-4] Many companies publish stories of their founding and early years. The computer company Hewlett-

Packard (HP), for example, tells the story of how founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started the company in a garage in Palo Alto, California, in 1938, doing anything they could to “bring in a nickel.” That garage is now preserved as “the birthplace of Silicon Valley,” which helps maintain HP’s image as a technology pioneer.37 Your task: Choose a company that has been in business for at least two decades and prepare a 10-minute presentation on its history.