Research Worksheet for Entrepreneur

Name of entrepreneur:
Bill Gates
Date of Birth
October 28th 1955
Place of Birth
Seattle Washington
Education
Lakeside School
Harvard College
Accomplishments/Successes.
Jefferson Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged-2002
Bower Award for Business Leadership from The Franklin Institute-2010
highest civilian honor Padma Bhushan-2015
Co-developed the Altair BASIC
Co-founded Microsoft
National Medal of Technology and Innovation , 1992
Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society, 1994
Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Entertainment
New Media, 1997
Silver Buffalo Award, 2010
Bower Award for Business Leadership, 2010
Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award, 2013
Bambi-Millennium Award, 2013
Failures/Defeats.
Traf-O-Data
Obstacles/Problems
Ban from computers
Missed the offer of the BASIC
Dropped out of College
Risks
Worried if business would fail since life was devoted to it
How did/does this entrepreneur support the growth of industry and the
market economy?
CEO of company 1975-2006
Executive member
Involved in company

Characteristics

Courage
Determination
Optimism
Willing to fail
Goal Setting
Leadership
Passion
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/william-henry-gates-iii-851.php
http://billgates.weebly.com/accomplishment.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_BASIC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebs-who-went-from-failures-to-success-stories/
https://billgatescr09.wordpress.com/obstacles-and-solutions/
http://billgates.weebly.com/challenges-amp-failures.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-characteristic-attributes-that-made-BillGates-who-he-is-today