The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
doorsteps
plural of doorstep
Source: Wiktionary
Door"step`, n.
Definition: The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.