# Michael Dell turned $1,000 and a college dorm room into a $302 billion company. His advice to founders seeking validation: ‘Don’t go ask’

- Source: Fortune | FORTUNE
- Published: 2026-11-01T14:22:26+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://fortune.com/article/michael-dell-1000-dorm-room-302-billion-company-founder-advice-dont-ask/
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Before he built a tech empire, Dell was a teenager selling newspaper subscriptions to newlyweds he tracked down through marriage records. He says the same appetite for risk drove everything that followed.

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