From the bedroom to the boardroom

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Michael Dell spoke recently about product plans and the durability of his company's unique business model.

Dell Computer Corporation was founded in 1984 as a mail-order business by a student working out of his bedroom. The company was set up with capital of just $1,000. Today, sales total $31bn and fo...

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