Bill Gates was not always successful; in fact, he began as a failure. He dropped out of Harvard and went bankrupt in the first business he started. That being said, he did eventually create Microsoft and become a multi-billionaire. Walt Disney was fired as a newspaper editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” He later went on to create the company known as Disney. Albert Einstein did not begin speaking until he was four and did not know how to read until he was seven. He
cultural legacy.” However, they did not include William Henry Gates III, who is widely known not only for his original artistic vision in the development of the personal computer, but also for his instant visual recognition in the fields of technology and philanthropy as well as for his cultural legacy on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates had an original artistic vision to design computes for the general public since computers were a luxury only reserved for big businesses. Gates wanted
speech that’s a third of our grade, during every break I had. We all, including myself, procrastinate. We can all thank Bill Gates for making our times of procrastination slightly more bearable by creating the Microsoft software that is accessible, easy to use and constantly evolving to meet consumer needs. B. Thesis Statement: Today I am going to inform you about Bill Gates who invented Microsoft software and started what is now known as the largest computer software, according to Dina Bass
first thought, there do not appear to be a plethora of similarities existent between Bill Gates, capitalist extraordinaire and revered technologist, and Martin Luther King Jr., who is principally acclaimed for his contribution to the Civil Rights Movement. Still, it would not be inaccurate to state that both men substantially changed the nature of the United States in their respective times. Additionally, Gates' retirement from day-to-day activities at Microsoft for a career in philanthropy are more
Is it coincidental that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Bill Joy and many other multi-millionaires were all born within a span of 3 years? Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Outliers, suspects that there is something more behind this occurrence than just a simple coincidence. He asserts that there is no such thing as a self-made man and success does not come from natural talent, rather it comes from extraordinary opportunities and hidden advantages. In Outliers, Gladwell attempts to debunk the myth that people
misperception of success. In doing so, Gladwell separated the book into two parts; Opportunity and Legacy. By dividing the book into two parts he gives the readers two viewpoints to the overall idea of success and links them together to show how cultural background and opportunities run a full circle. Part one focuses on opportunity as a function of timing. Part two focuses on cultural legacy and how a legacy of failure or success can push one to either go above and beyond what’s expected of them or do
Did Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Change the World? Without innovators, without people daring to take risks and pushing the boundaries, without people trying to move/change the world, society does not progress. Innovators are people that have this crazy idea in their head and go out into this world to make their idea come to life. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had this idea of taking a simple computer software program and turning it into a business that protects everybody’s privacy from hackers. Bill Gates
introduces a new and different perspective of the foundation of success, and proposes that other factors contribute to and can even determine the likelihood of someone succeeding. Aspects such as hidden advantages, upbringing, timing, and cultural legacies play a significant role in how well one will do in this world. The outliers of society are the individuals who, because of their chance opportunities, have cultivated their inner talents and abilities to become successful. Hidden advantages play
Leadership Identify a leader and justify why you selected that particular leader Bill Gates Not everyone is a leader or even want the attention or time it takes to be a leader. Leaders must be available for everyone that means sharing who they are with the world. This leader took his business and made a name for himself. Leaders are fantastic speakers, yet talking honorably isn 't excessively required of a leader. As we all in all know, there are many people who talk and are overwhelming. This
believed to lead anyone to great success in today’s world. Why you may ask? Because many people hear the stories of such great names like the steel tycoon himself, Andrew Carnegie who was a poor immigrant, or the computer software geniuses like Bill Gates who was a college dropout. Both of who attained unimaginable wealth. Hard work in other words is a not only known to man as an adjective but is also known by ones common sense itself. Though most people have a lack in common sense, one thing people