I chose Bill Gates as my subject because he is my role model. He inspired me because he is a very successful man. Also‚ he is a great leader for his Microsoft Company‚ and he is very generous. He was not a selfish person. Actually he cares about other people who need help because they have diseases and they are very poor. This essay paper will explain his life‚ economic life‚ and great leadership. William Henry “Bill” Gates was born on October 28‚ 1955. He was born into a family with a rich history
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1) Bill Gates believes that Microsoft’s ability to attract‚ motivate‚ and retain superior people is its source of competitive advantage. Do you agree or disagree? Why? Yes. Gates had long recognized that it took exceptional people to write outstanding software Microsoft is all about software. Microsoft is a pioneer in this industry and hence attracted extremely intelligent‚ creative and ambitious college graduates since its start up days. Bill gates knack of recognizing genius
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Bill Gates---Jason I chose Bill Gates because he is my role model. He inspires me because he is a very successful business man. Also‚ he is a great leader for his Microsoft Company‚ and he is very generous. Gates is not selfish; he cares about other people who need help because they have diseases and they are very poor. This paper will explain his life‚ economic life‚ and his great leadership. Bill Gates was born on October 28‚ 1955. He was born into a family with a rich history
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2010‚ p. 315). For Microsoft‚ the control and evaluation systems were likely driven directly by Bill Gates and Paul Allen‚ where Bill reviewed continued programming as well as leadership during the first five years of the business. In stage 2 ‘Growth through direction’ Microsoft partnered with IBM to provide its PC-DOS operating system to the IBM PC ("Bill Gates‚" February 18‚ 2012‚ p. 1). Luckily Bill maintained the OS copyright‚ which created a differentiation between hardware and software in the
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Bill Gates – Strategic Thinker & Leader? Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to explore the published work on strategic leadership in order to develop an inventory of qualities‚ skills and behaviours that define and explain the concept of strategic leadership. A full review of literature on this topic aims to shed light on this definition. Having discussed and defined this concept the report will then focus on Bill Gates‚ former CEO of the Microsoft Corporation‚ with the aim of
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Famous Thinkers XXXXXXX PHL/458 Version 2 March 19‚ 2012 XXXXXXX Famous Thinkers There are so many famous and great thinkers in this world‚ but the two that come to mind immediately would have to be Bill Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Although totally opposite in their thinking and accomplishments‚ these two gentlemen have made an impact that literally changed the world in some way. Their contributions‚ although one for financial reasons and another for human dignity and respect‚
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begins with glimpses of Raymond‚ a Linux IPO‚ Torvalds‚ the idea of Open Source‚ Perens‚ Stallman‚ then sets the historical stage in the early days of hackers and computer hobbyists when code was shared freely. It discusses how change came in 1978 as Bill Gates‚ in his Open Letter to Hobbyists‚ pointedly prodded hobbyists to pay up. Stallman relates his struggles with proprietary software vendors at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab‚ leading to his departure to focus on the development of free software
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Contents Top 5 Businessmen in the world 1 1. Steve Jobs 3 2. Rupert Murdoch 5 3. Lloyd Blankfein 7 4. Eric Schmidt‚ Larry Page‚ and Sergey Brin 9 5. BILL GATES 13 Top 5 Businessmen in the world Success is a very relative term for all of us but there are certain names who are not only influential all around the globe but are also famous for the struggle for being what they are. Every big name has a story attached with his name and has something different to offer. These names keep
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Microsoft Manages Legal and Ethical Issues S. Nevarez Olympic College OLRM 202: Introduction to Organizational Ethics Microsoft is the global leader in computer software‚ and well recognized in the field of corporate social responsibility and philanthropy. However‚ since 1990 the computing giant has been plagued by allegations of antitrust violations and monopolistic‚ non-competitive business practices. By answering the three questions posed in Part 5‚ Case 7 of Business Ethics: Ethical Decision
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Background The beginning of Microsoft Inc. started with Bill Gates and Paul Allen writing computer program code for local businesses and municipalities. In 1975 they were inspired by an issue of Popular Electronics that showed the new Altair microcomputer kit‚ manufactured by MITS Computer. Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote a version of BASIC‚ a computer programming language‚ for the machine. Later that year Bill Gates left Harvard University to work full time developing programming languages for
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