Saturday, July 2, 2011

College Dropouts

Right after you get the your final result, what did you feel?
If you get a flying colours result, you'll be the happiest student in the world.
However, whats goes up always come down. You just can't stay at the top all the time.
To achieve is easy but to maintain, it takes lotsa work.


I wanna talk about entrepreneurship. 
There are lotsa successful college drop-outs out there. Let's start from the oldies to the latest.


1. Leslie "Les" H. Wexner 1937


Ohio shopkeeper's son Leslie "Les" H. Wexner dropped out of law school and started 'The Limited' (so named because the store focused on clothing for younger women) in 1963 with a loan from an aunt. Expanded, Les took "Leslie's" public in the year 1969.
Over the years he built a large retailing and marketing conglomerate, which currently includes: Victoria's Secret, Pink, Bath & Body Works, Henri Brendel, C. O. Bigelow, The White Barn Candle Company and La Senza. Previous brands that have spun off include: Lane Bryant, Abercrombie & Fitch, Lerner New York, The Limited Too (now Tween Brands, Inc), Structure 9, Aura Science, The Limited, Express.


2. Bill Gates b. 1955


Who doesn't know Bill Gates can jump through that window right now. . .OK just kidding. 
Once called the entrepreneur of the millennium, Bill Gates had the vision to see that software could be as valuable as hardware. Understanding that IBM would eventually have competition in the manufacture of computer hardware, Gates retained the copyright to the operating system Microsoft developed for IBM. Ultimately, sales of the MS-DOS system established the company as a major industry player. Ranked by Forbes magazine as the richest person in the world for 13 years, and with an estimated net worth more than $58B, Gates announced he was leaving his role in the day-to-day operation at Microsoft (he will remain as chairman) to commit himself to charitable causes. Today, the foundation he created with wife, Melinda, is the largest of its kind, funding innovations in health and learning around the world.


3. Michael Dell b. 1965


Who uses Dell here?
When the computer company he ran from his University of Texas dorm room took off, Michael Dell, 19, borrowed money from his grandparents, dropped out of college and founded Dell Computer. By building computers to order and selling directly to the customer, Dell undercut competition with good, inexpensive computers and avoided costs related to storage and obsolete inventory. Since Dell stepped down as CEO in 2004, Dell Inc has struggled against tough competition and changing marketplace. Dell returned to the helm in 2007 to help right his ship, and judging by history, he is the right man for the job.


4. Mark Zuckerberg b. 1984


You can make another country named Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook, which he started in his college dorm room in 2004 with roomates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. While at Harvard, Zuckerberg created Facemash, a website that compared students' dorm photos side-by-side in a fashion similar to HOT or NOT. Harvard administration was not amused, and Zuckerberg faced subsequent disciplinary action. Less than 3 months later, he launched Facebook. In September 2010, Zuckerberg donated $100M to the Newark Public School System to help renovate and revamp the system. On another note, Mark Zuckerberg also won the 2007 Crunchie Award for 'Best Startup CEO' and he was named the Time Magazine 2010 Person Of The Year.




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There are also lotsa successful entrepreneur who are grads from their college.
They are very famous. Who doesn't know Larry Page and Sergey Brin?
As Stanford graduate students, they set out to create a better way to search the Web. Recognizing the value of their creation, and with a goal to organize the world's information, they formed Google in 1998. Well known for its casual environment and corporate policy of "do no evil", Google prides itself on the creative environment it fosters for employees, landing on top of Fortune magazine's Best Places to Work list. Today, Google controls between 50% to 70% of the world's search business market, and Brin and Page are among the wealthiest men alive.


*got all the info from CampusPlus




Z : No matter whether you're fresh grads or college drop-out, its all about how you set your life goal. If you wanted to be successful person, then success will follow you and vice versa.

2 comments:

  1. yup .. setuju kat last part tuh .. semuanya datang dari minda ..

    so cik azie nak jadi org kaya ke atau org silat ? hehhe

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  2. bukan org kaya, tp middle class person yg cume taw silat as a sport..hehe

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