{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"0000017b-17e6-dc3f-a97b-7fefd70d0002","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/small-business/of-friendships-that-forged-successful-businesses-too","headline":"Friendships that forged successful businesses","description":"On the occasion of Friendship Day, we look at some start-ups which were founded on the bedrock of friendship.","datePublished":"2020-08-05T20:06:30.698Z","dateModified":"2020-08-05T20:06:30.698Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/08549ff/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1125x1125+438+0/resize/84x84!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F47%2F6d%2F7fe296e642859c7ba2a629eda3ba%2Famazon-logo-hero-images-2024.jpg","width":"84","height":"84"}}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/ff3e84b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1914x1276+3+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa6%2F2d%2Fb83b233f48ebaab7c3b6c6d9feb7%2Ffriendship-2596288-1920.jpg","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![Friendship Day Amazon India](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/ff3e84b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1914x1276+3+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fa6%2F2d%2Fb83b233f48ebaab7c3b6c6d9feb7%2Ffriendship-2596288-1920.jpg)\n\n# Friendships that forged successful businesses\n\n*On the occasion of Friendship Day, we look at some start-ups which were founded on the bedrock of friendship.*\n\nWho says friends and business cannot go hand in hand? Some of the biggest and most successful companies in the world have been founded by friends – Bill Gates and Paul Allen (Microsoft), Larry Page and Sergei Brin (Google), Steve Jobs, and Steve Wozniak (Apple) among others.\n\nCloser home, we just need to scratch the surface to find those start-ups  that were also built on the strong bedrock of friendship. Here's looking at heart-warming stories of friends-cum–business owners. \n\nOn the occasion of Friendship Day, we speak to two college friends, who came together to make female hygiene products they truly believed in. A case of friendship forging a successful partnership.\n\n[Learn more](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/small-business/how-two-buddies-from-iit-teamed-up-for-a-laudable-cause)\n\nStart-up built on the strong bedrock of friendship? A heart-warming story of two friends – Sachet Koul and Sid from Happy Games, is one such. \n\n[Learn more](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/small-business/a-warm-concoction-of-friendship-and-business)\n\nThe year was 2004, when Vignesh Kaneria first met Alpesh Donga through a mutual friend, in the city of Rajkot. Little did he know that this would be the beginning of a long-standing friendship, which would turn into a successful business venture years later. \n\n[Learn more](https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/small-business/how-two-nature-loving-friends-turned-their-passion-into-a-profession)","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}