Amazing Garage Start-Ups These 2 entrepreneurs know success is all about location, location, location. So what if that location happens to be their garage?

You've heard the stories of software and technologycompanies starting out in garages--only to grow intomultimillion-dollar companies within a span of a few years. Butthis phenomenon isn't limited to the tech world. For manyentrepreneurs, working out of a garage allows them to save money asthey follow their dreams. For Melissa Gitelman, creator of TheGirls, and founder of The T Company, starting, running and stayingin her garage has allowed her to earn projected sales of $2 millionthis year in licensing alone, as well as $300,000 in sales of hernovelty T-shirts. Her merchandise--including handbags, scarves andbath and body items--is sold at Nordstrom and more than 800 fashionboutiques and specialty stores.

Gitelman, who'd previously worked as a manager of productdevelopment for Talbots, started her company in October 1998,mainly because she wanted to spend more time with her growingfamily. She began working out of her garage, designing T-shirtsthat featured stylized female characters, including Café Girl,Glamour Girl and Ski Girl. The line debuted at a New York apparelshow in January 1999, and now features 30 characters.