Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates: both incredibly rich‚ incredibly generous (or so it appears) men from two differing time periods.Both men were self-made and owed their wealth to much hard work‚ and both were distinguished figures during their times. Furthermore‚ both utilized their wealth to perpetuate meaningful social change rather than reforming society altogether. Despite the similarities they share‚ the two men originated from relatively different backgrounds and did their benefacting through
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thanks Bill Gates for "standing with us"‚ why? Support your answer(s) with specific information from the internet. I don’t know why Steve Jobs thanks Bill Gates for standing with us. I thought that with the merger of two small enterprises they had joined forces an outside threat‚ ie. IBM. The IBM as a company represented the censorship and government control exerted on budding capitalists in the early 80’s. 2. Who did Steve Jobs think was the "enemy" and who was the real enemy? Why did Steve
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if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act”‚ once said William Henry Gates III. Gates is an innovator‚ genius‚ philanthropist‚ and entrepreneur; he has made a huge impact on our society. The ideas he put into his projects and the choices he made all led up to the creation of Microsoft‚ and the development of the personal computer. Gates has been considered one of the wealthiest men of all time‚ and without a doubt has changed the world with the modifications
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BENSON Bill Gates and Steve Jobs When IBM wanted an operating system for its Personal Computer‚ it turned to Gates. When Apple needed software for its Macintosh‚ it gave Microsoft a test model to use in writing the programs. Gates helped with the design of Radio Shack’s Model 100‚ the first truly portable computer… Thanks to that business (and more)‚ Gates… has become America’s software tycoon.1 — 1984 Time article‚ “Bill Gates: A Hard-Core Technoid” Jobs is‚ in a sense‚ the anti-Gates: a master
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a foundation that supports other organizations who share its guiding belief that every life has equal value. Located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have an asset trust endowment of 36.2 billion dollars as of September 30‚ 2012. It supports grantees in all 50 states and 100 countries internationally in areas of global development‚ global health‚ United States program‚ and a smaller charitable support initiative sector. Bill Gates‚ Melinda
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Business @ the Speed of Thought BILL GATES Level 6 Retold by Stephen Bryant Edited by Mike Dean Consultant Editor: David Evans Scries Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter Contents Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate‚ Harlow‚ Essex CM20 2JE‚ England and Associated Companies throughout the world. ISDN 0 582 34300 3 First published in the USA by Warner Books‚ a Time Warner Company 1999 This edition first published 2001 Original copyright ©William H. Gates‚ III‚ 1999 Text copyright Penguin
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Case summary 1. What do you think Bill and Melinda Gate’s personality traits are for each of the Big Five dimensions? Compare the two. Big Five Dimensions * Surgency: leadership & extraversion traits * Agreeableness: traits related to getting along with people * Adjustment: traits related to emotional stability * Conscientiousness: traits related to achievement * Openness to experience: being willing to change and try new things Comparing (Xem cái bảng trong slide)
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The Early Years William Henry Gates III was born in 1955 into a family with a history of being extremely powerful and wealthy. Bill grew up the son of a successful Seattle-area attorney‚ and was curious about everything. This is apparently not the story of a poor kid making good. Gates was the middle child and only son‚ with a sister one year older‚ and another sister nine years younger (Lowe‚ p. 1). Bill’s parents met while still in college. Bill Sr.‚ Gate’s father was a partner in a prominent
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As the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft‚ Bill Gates has played a prominent role in launching the Information Age. In his book titled Business @ The Speed Of Thought’‚ he stresses upon how the expanding technology is propelling the business world into a new exciting economic era. This book in particular‚ deals with what is known as a Digital Nervous System’ (DNS). A DNS‚ in short‚ is the corporate‚ digital equivalent of the human nervous system‚ providing a well-integrated flow of information
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“When people think of a hero they most likely think of Superman‚ Batman‚ or Spider-Man‚ but what they should think of is people that make a difference in the world” (“One of America’s Greatest” par.2). This quote is saying that most people often forget to acknowledge the people who have strived to make a difference‚ but what people do acknowledge is what entertains them‚ such as the superheroes who don’t make any difference in their lives. Today‚ even the people who aren’t determined to succeed in
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