three guys in a garage

noun

A small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.

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nounthree guys in a garage pl (plural only)
  1. idiomaticinformalpluralplural onlyA small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.

    "By next year, three guys in a garage will be able to build a Layer 3 terabit backbone router by buying merchant silicon and writing software, and the box will be as fast and as cheap as an ASIC-based product," says David Husack […]

    1999, Network World, volume 16, number 16, page 81
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