? Who ?

Past Chair, CEO Apple Net Worth $5.5 Billion Born in San Francisco Jr. High—frequently

attended after-school lectures at Hewlett-Packard

Attended one semester of college

Entrepreneur Co-founder, chairman,

architect of Microsoft's Ranked as the richest person

in the world for the last thirteen consecutive years

His story…

In his junior year, Gates left Harvard University to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun with his childhood friend. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool everywhere, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates’ foresight, leadership and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft.

Born May 14, 1984 White Plains, New York

Cofounder, CEO Facebook 2010 Networth $4 Billion Enjoyed developing computer

programs, games and communication tools.

Launched Facebook from his Harvard college dorm room

Left Harvard and moved to California

Age 28 an “idea” changed her life

Today her company MothersWork has 1,100 stores

$500 million clothing empire

Struggling to find maternity clothes to wear to work, she used her savings to create a maternity catalogue… Even though she made major mistakes, her instincts and perseverance paid off.

Entrepreneur, Founder—Nike Started as a tiny company—

Blue Ribbon Sports Middle-distance runner for

University of Oregon Track Team

Degree in Journalism Graduate School of Business

at Stanford—changed his life Assignment: Invent a new

business…where his idea began

First real job to please his father was with a Portland Accounting firm

A few adjectives that have been used to describe Phil Knight…mysterious, inscrutable, eccentric, unpredictable, shy, aloof, reclusive, competitive and a genius.

Was a 2nd grade teacher who kept catching colds from her students

Came up with her own preventative remedy of vitamins, herbs…and called it--Airborne

Airborne brings in $100 – 150 million annually and she stopped teaching to run her company

First thing she did was researched a way to find how to make the medicine work within 2 minutes—because she knew Americans liked things to happen quickly. She and her husband cashed in IRAs and savings—started with 12,000 tubes in the local drugstores. Family and friends told them they were crazy!

At age 16 she began writing product reviews for local newspaper

In college, she got her first paying client (paid her to write a report about their products)

After graduation, she started her own company—Buzz Marketing Group which keeps clients such as Sony and MGA Entertainment updated on the latest trends among young buyers.

Today company is worth more than $5 million.

To make her product review company successful—she had to think outside the box. Her research was more informative, sexy and scandalous. She also did surveys about sex and religion, things people wanted to know but were too scared to ask. All profits are reinvested to make company bigger and better.

Person who creates a business from a need and puts creativity and cleverness into action to provide a service or a product.

Characteristics: Independent, Risk-taker, Hard worker, Deal with others…

http://studentcenter.ja.org/aspx/PlanBusiness/ Characteristics that describe the typical self-employed

person: Independence, positive attitude Creativity and talent Risk-taker Honesty and good work ethic Hard worker Organization and planning skills Self-confidence Good Listener Team worker Decision maker Motivated Salesmanship Follow through

Lemonade Stand

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