Eric Pulier Biography

Brian Rosenbarger was the entrepreneur that we chose to interview to gain more insight into what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Brian is the owner of R&R construction and it is a sole proprietorship that he started in 1999. Since he has been in business for 17 years, he was able to offer a lot of advice to us as young entrepreneurs. We will discuss the advice he gave more in depth later. There were quite a few things that stood out to us about Brian that allowed us to better understand the life of an entrepreneur.

As a new company he and his partner did very well within the first 18 months, working constantly and diligently. By the time 18 months went by, he and his partner had made over a few hundred thousand dollars (Leaders of Info 2). They made this money by selling their software to big companies such as Apple and Commodore as well as many little companies (Leaders of Info 2). A very

I chose this article because; being from Iowa, a venture capitalist that is from Nebraska and around my age catches my attention. Jeffery Prosser is an adventuresome, aggressive, visionary, entrepreneur. He has telephone, newspaper, banking, cellular phone, and cable TV assets, which he has purchased with other people 's money. Now, instead of enjoying life in the Virgin Islands, Mr. Prosser, spends his time in Washington, D.C. working with $500-an-hour lawyers, trying to appease the creditors and regulators who have charges against him.

Earlier Bonar served as CEO of Imaging Technologies Corporation. He was instrumental in this company growing into a leading developer of color management software. For 14 years Bonar worked for IBM on 3 continents including, Asia, Europe and North America. He's served on numerous board of directors including on the Solvis Group, American Marine LLC, Alliance National Insurance Company and The Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego

Working this start-up company Bezos focused in creating a network for international financial trade. Unfortunately, the start-up failed and Bezos’ inspiration was cut early and forced to move to Banker Trust Company. At Banker, it took only two years for Bezos to reach the Vice-President position. In 1990, after a lucrative proposition Benzos left Banker Trust to became Vice-President of D.E. Shaw & Company, a financial trading company leading the computer technology race. David Shaw, Bezos’ new employer soon discovered his VP’s innovative work skills and promoted him little after one year to Senior Vice-President. Shaw, described Bezos in an interview with Time magazine in 2003 as “sort of an entrepreneurial odd-job kind of person” (December 27, 2003). Two years later, in 1994, Bezos found himself leaving D.E. Sha to pursuit his wild Internet idea (Business, 2006).

Elias sold Zero to a company listed in the NY Stock exchange and was awarded the title of President Emeritus of Zero International, an Allegion Company.

Anthony Petrello is easily recognized as the CEO, President and Chairman of Board of Nabors Industries ltd. According to an overview published on Zoomifo.com, the company runs the largest fleet of drilling rig in the US. Petrello was appointed as board member of the company in 1991. He was later named Nabors Industries President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2011. Petrello holds a Juris Doctor Degree from Harvard Law School as well as Master and Bachelor degree in Mathematics from the prestigious Yale University. Anthony Petrello holds board memberships in various companies and organizations including; Nabors Industries Ltd, MediaOnDemand Inc, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Museum of Fine Arts and Stewart & Stevenson LLC. He is also a member of National Petroleum Council and Council on Foreign Relations.

Startup.com is a documentary film about govWorks.com, a start-up tech company that operated between May 1999 and December 2000. The company raised $60 million US dollars from various venture capitals and was thought to become a million-dollar business that will go public on the stock exchanges. Unfortunately, the company did not survive when the dot com bubble bursted. The company was founded by two best friends since high school, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman. Their friendship also fell apart as the company came to an end. govWorks.com was acquired by a multinational corporation on New Year’s Day 2001 due to the company’s rapidly depleting cash flow and inability to get more funding.

Bill Gates first took an interest in computer programming when he was 13 years old, while attending school. The school used funds from sales and donations and was able to purchase the students an ASR-33 Teletype terminal and computer time on a General Electric computer terminal. Bill, instantly intrigued, was able to get excused from his regular classes to work with the computer. Bill, then, gained his interest in computer programming. He was able to develop a program where the students could play the computer in a game of tic-tac-toe. This was the beginning of Bill Gates career (Bill Gates, 2011).

For this paper, I choose to interview Jean Proll, Elijah Purnell, Alex Synder, Zach Perry, and Cynthia Bring. Jean Proll has been working with children ministries in her church for many years. I thought that she would be a good choice because she grew up in a completely different American culture than I had, so I thought she would have some good advice on how to deal with things changing, and different types or kids. I then decided to interview Elijah Purnell, because he lives in New Zealand and I thought it would be interesting to see how they lead the ministries and work in groups. I also thought it would be a good idea because I don’t know who God will bring into my path or where he will take me, so I would have some insight into another country’s culture when it comes to leadership in groups. Alex Synder has started a lot of groups around the community to help many people and she has also helped her brothers find Christ. She also has helped out the Christian students in our high school and help them start a before school Bible Study. Zach Perry was one of my choices because he led many small groups in his church and he helps many people get back on track with God. Cynthia Bing has been a devoted Christian from a very young age. She has started a women’s ministry at her church to bring the women of the church together.

Bill Walton, one of the two people overseeing the economic transition effort, is the former chief executive for Allied Capital, a financial firm that was sold after nearly failing during the financial crisis. He is both a trustee for the Heritage Foundation and a senior fellow at another conservative organization, the Discovery

Eric Pulier is a successful entrepreneur who has started a number of companies. He has also raised millions of dollars for the companies that he has co-founded or founded. Some of the companies that Eric has founded or co-founded include People Doing Things, Digital Evolution and Starbright World.

As the chief envisioning officer at Microsoft, Coplin is able to form his ethos. Coplin is an authority figure in the IT industry, author, and a regular contributor in the media for networks like CNN, the BBC, The Telegraph, and the Guardian (Envisioners). Within the first few minutes of the video Coplin establishes himself as confident, reliable, and a professional, but neglects to identify sources in his speech (RSA). Rather, Park, an English animator most widely known for his animations for the Royal Society of the Arts and illustrations for the Bill Gates Foundation, is able to identify sources and even pull in more data as the video progresses (Halliday) (RSA). Park gathered his information from Gallup and the International Facility Association. Through his use of statistical data, they build their ethical appeal. They then are able to develop their

After graduating he when to Stanford to pursue a Ph.D, but dropped out after two days to start his own company Zip2. Compaq purchased his company in 1999 for 341 million.

After he graduated from Princeton, Jeff joined a high-tech startup in New York called FITEL. After two years at FITEL, he joined Bankers Trust Company. At Bankers Trust, he setup