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Mara University of Technology
Faculty of Business Management
Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing.
Individual Assignment : Frederick W. Smith, Founder of FedEx.
Prepared by : Wan Azmir Bin Wan Hashim
Student I/D : 2010920541
Group : EBMMB4B
Course : ENT530 (Principles of Entrepreneurship)
Prepared for : Puan Noor Faizah Binti Mohd Lajin
Facilitator for : ENT530 (Principles of
Entrepreneurship)
Submitted on : 13th of May 2012.
TABLE OF CONTENT. PAGE
Preface – How I conducted my research 3 - 3 1. Introduction – Absolutely Overnight 3 - 4
2. The Opportunity – On His Own 5 - 7
3. From Opportunity To Business – Bringing A Dream To Life 8 - 11
4. The Entrepreneur’s Network 12 - 12
5. The Future – Building Toward The Future 13 - 16
6. Analysis and Conclusion 17 - 18
7. References 19 - 19
PREFACE – HOW I CONDUCTED MY RESEARCH.
Assalamualaikum wbt dan salam sejahtera Puan Noor Faizah Binti Mohd Lajin and all my friends. In order for me to fulfill the coursework for Principles of Entrepreneurship, I choosed Frederick W. Smith the founder of FedEx as my research subject for my individual assignment. While doing my research, I had been searching and collecting varies of information through a book which I borrowed from INTEC library. The title was Frederick W. Smith : Founder of FedEx by an author named Sheila Wyborny. I am also conducting my research through information searching using main important global medium nowadays which is an internet
1. INTRODUCTION – ABSOLUTELY OVERNIGHT
Young Fred Smith had an idea. He believed it was possible to get shipments from one place to another overnight, even all the way across the country. In fact, he believed he could put together a transportation network that could guarantee overnight delivery. With this network in place, he would build a business empire.
Faculty of Business Management
Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing.
Individual Assignment : Frederick W. Smith, Founder of FedEx.
Prepared by : Wan Azmir Bin Wan Hashim
Student I/D : 2010920541
Group : EBMMB4B
Course : ENT530 (Principles of Entrepreneurship)
Prepared for : Puan Noor Faizah Binti Mohd Lajin
Facilitator for : ENT530 (Principles of
Entrepreneurship)
Submitted on : 13th of May 2012.
TABLE OF CONTENT. PAGE
Preface – How I conducted my research 3 - 3 1. Introduction – Absolutely Overnight 3 - 4
2. The Opportunity – On His Own 5 - 7
3. From Opportunity To Business – Bringing A Dream To Life 8 - 11
4. The Entrepreneur’s Network 12 - 12
5. The Future – Building Toward The Future 13 - 16
6. Analysis and Conclusion 17 - 18
7. References 19 - 19
PREFACE – HOW I CONDUCTED MY RESEARCH.
Assalamualaikum wbt dan salam sejahtera Puan Noor Faizah Binti Mohd Lajin and all my friends. In order for me to fulfill the coursework for Principles of Entrepreneurship, I choosed Frederick W. Smith the founder of FedEx as my research subject for my individual assignment. While doing my research, I had been searching and collecting varies of information through a book which I borrowed from INTEC library. The title was Frederick W. Smith : Founder of FedEx by an author named Sheila Wyborny. I am also conducting my research through information searching using main important global medium nowadays which is an internet
1. INTRODUCTION – ABSOLUTELY OVERNIGHT
Young Fred Smith had an idea. He believed it was possible to get shipments from one place to another overnight, even all the way across the country. In fact, he believed he could put together a transportation network that could guarantee overnight delivery. With this network in place, he would build a business empire.
References: 7. REFERENCES (a) Sheila Wyborny (2008) : “Frederick W (b) Frederick W. Smith (2012), : “From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Smith.