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#29 The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company

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The Impact of World War II on HP's Business

David Packard: More businesses die from indigestion than starvation. HP was not a defense contractor in the sense of designing and building equipment solely for the military. Our annual sales volume moved up to a million dollars very quickly. By the end of the war, we employed over 200 people. Though these instruments differ from one another, all were designed to measure and test electronic equipment.

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