Famous Entrepreneurs
A company founded by Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in 2007 when they first launched the site after traveling to a conference and having a shortage of hotels.
What is Airbnb?
This photo sharing app originally started under the name Burbn
What is instgram?
Ability to multitask, delegate responsibilities to subordinates and making decisions regarding the health and profitability of your business
What is Business management skills
Created parts for Toyota that were rejected and then started his own car company after creating a two-stroke, low gas motor
Soichiro Honda
They may not have large sets of data and buying trends, but interviewing someone on the street can still give you the stories that you need
What is a startup
A coffee company started by Howard Schultz after returning from a trip from Italy
What is Starbucks
If you are ever out of the country, this is now a common way of communicating without the expenses of international data rates
What is Whatsapp?
Active listening to discussions during meetings, being able to communicate effectively can help you work with others to build your business
What is communication
Started an apprenticeship as a candy maker, failed in making a candy business twice before succeeding with his third candy business
Who is Milton Hershey?
The customer is always right, but who takes this information to heart and digs keep to really understand their reaction and further improve their product? Others may just see it as a loss customer that won’t impact their bottom line.
What is a startup
A retail store opened by Sam Walton in 1962 with a 25k loan from his father
What is Walmart?
This started as a rent-by-mail DVD service that required customers to pay for each rental, this is now worth over $30 billion
What is Netflix?
Being able to look at problems, situations, projects, and operations from different perspectives
What are critical thinking skills?
A professor with a PhD in Philosophy wanted to keep his headphones with his phone but failed to find a good solution until he founded the PopSocket
Who is David Barnett?
Their products are household names and many of us associate their brand with a feeling and product. They are well-known and trust that their customers will build a deep connection with their brand
What is a Fortune 500 company?
founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman, a track-and-field coach at the University of Oregon, and his former student Phil Knight
What is Nike?
This allows for an easy way for many employers to see your credentials and for you to find employers
What is Linkedin?
Ability to use software and other digital approaches for managing projects, tracking sales and revenue and measuring the performance of business growth
What are Technical Skills?
He created and sold his own video game at the age of 12 and has had multiple failed businesses but is one of if not the richest person in the world
Who is Elon Musk?
When a new idea emerges, these companies tend to follow their playbook and sweep breaking ideas under the rug. Unless of course, that has strong knowledge that it will work
What is an established company?
Larry Page founded this well-known search engine in 1996
What is Google
This app is now one of the fastest ways to get information out
What is Twitter?
By analyzing one’s surroundings, this allows for proper judgement on decisions and the ability to come up with ideas
What is time management
Tried to write a novel many times over years and could never push through to finish it. Once she did find a way to finish it, it was denied. It’s now one of the top selling books and movies ever
Who is JK Rowling
Seeing pets in an office building, not a blazer in sight, flexible schedules that prioritize balance, and encouragement to take a day off just to recharge a synonymous with this type of business
What is a startup?