Create and Innovate something. Something that will add value to peoples lives. These are examples of creators and innovators that have been very successful. The financial reward will come to those who do.
5. Square
Today
Square was founded in 2009.
As of September 2012 the company was valued at
$3.25 billion
Founder Jack Dorsey is worth $1.3 billion.
8. Dropbox
Dropbox was founded in late 2008
As of November 2013, it had 200 million users
4 million businesses use it
97% of the Fortune 500
Dropbox is valued at between $5 and $10 billion
Founder Drew Houston is worth $400 million
12. Innovation - Google
Google
Not just a search engine
They own Android, they also make Nexus phones
They started g-mail years after Y! Mail, AOL mail, Hotmail– still it is
now the best and most popular email service
They also own the most popular blogging platform - blogger
They started Chrome browser, years after IE, Firefox and so on, yet
they are now the fastest and most secure browser
Google Translate – translate any language to any language
Google voice and Google Now - sometimes speak into my phone and
it translates into text
Google News – aggregates and organizes news feeds from various
news sources
In progress – Google Glass, Self driving car
However their main source of revenue is - Ads
17. Google
Google is the #1 website in the world
It made $50 billion in revenues in 2012
Net income of $13 billion
Its founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are each
worth about $24 billion
24. African Leadership Academy
Develop 125 students’ leadership skills to implement
important new ideas that can transform Africa
2 year program
Afterwards, placed in Ivy Leagues, many times with
full scholarship
Upon graduation, come back work in Africa for 5
years.
25. Elon Musk, Multiple Innovator
PayPal
Solar City
Tesla
SpaceX
He is South African
34. Elon Musk’s legacy - PayPal
PayPal
Since 2002, PayPal has remained a
private company
In 2013, PayPal moved $180 billion in 26 currencies
across 193 nations, generating a total revenue of $6.6
billion (41% of eBay’s total profits)
In 2014, eBay announced plans to spin-off PayPal into
an independent company the following year.
35. Elon Musk’s legacy – Solar City
Solar City
Largest solar panel manufacturer
in the United States
Revenue: $58,343,000 (Sept 2014 SEC filings)
Income: $19,236,000 (Sept 2014 SEC filings)
36. Elon Musk’s legacy – Tesla
Tesla
is a public company
Elon Musk owns 27% of Tesla
Toyota Group owns another 27%
Revenue in 2013 was around $2 billion
37. Elon Musk’s legacy – SpaceX
SpaceX
is a private company
Elon Musk owns 2/3rd
of SpaceX (2012)
As of November 2014, SpaceX has already launched
twelve Falcon 9 rockets and has at least 30 planned
future launches for clients.
SpaceX is valued at around $2.4 billion
38. Elon Musk’s legacy – SpaceX
Elon Musk, who at a point, had to
borrow money to pay rent
Now has a net worth of $8.3 billion
42. Jack Ma – Alibaba - 1997
The day Jack Ma met Jerry Yang
43. Jack Ma – Alibaba - 2005
In 2005 – Yahoo invested $1 billion
44. Jack Ma – Alibaba - 2014
Alibaba's IPO became be the largest
in US stock market history.
Yahoo could make nearly $10 billion
on Alibaba's IPO.
Jack Ma became the wealthiest
person in China, then later in Asia
Point out many students strengths
Kunle seeks greatness, very jovial, likes to work, but like to play even more.
Moshope, likes to read, he has an exceptional ability to be organized, neat work
Chimere is a thinker, he always has 5 ideas rummaging through his mind, sometimes even gets headaches because the creative thoughts are too much – write them down, and develop them
Fatima – has an innate leadership ability, she also has a gift with words, she can make you see her point of view whether or not you believe it. Steve Jobs had that quality
Etc
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSnB06um5r4
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp9KBrH8H04
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp9KBrH8H04
http://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/news/us-president-barack-obama-recognizes-ala-founder-and-ceo-fred-swaniker
Read document: “School presentation.txt” stored in Virtual High School folder
On September 16, 2014, NASA chose SpaceX and Boeing as the two companies that will be funded to develop systems to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station.
Battery: Lithion ion(laptop battery), stacked under
On September 16, 2014, NASA chose SpaceX and Boeing as the two companies that will be funded to develop systems to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station.
Solar City Form 10-Q SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-399634&CIK=1408356
Solar City Form 8-K SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-398483&CIK=1408356
On September 16, 2014, NASA chose SpaceX and Boeing as the two companies that will be funded to develop systems to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station.
Solar City Form 10-Q SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-399634&CIK=1408356
Solar City Form 8-K SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-398483&CIK=1408356
On September 16, 2014, NASA chose SpaceX and Boeing as the two companies that will be funded to develop systems to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station.
Solar City Form 10-Q SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-399634&CIK=1408356
Solar City Form 8-K SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-398483&CIK=1408356
On September 16, 2014, NASA chose SpaceX and Boeing as the two companies that will be funded to develop systems to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station.
Solar City Form 10-Q SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-399634&CIK=1408356
Solar City Form 8-K SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-398483&CIK=1408356
On September 16, 2014, NASA chose SpaceX and Boeing as the two companies that will be funded to develop systems to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station.
Solar City Form 10-Q SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-399634&CIK=1408356
Solar City Form 8-K SEC source: http://investors.solarcity.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1193125-14-398483&CIK=1408356