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Bill Gates
was born on October 28, 1955, in the city of Seattle, Washington. His parents’ names were William H. Gates II, who was a prominent lawyer in Seattle, and his deceased mother, Mary Gates, who was a former school teacher and was very well connected. Also, Bill Gates had two sisters, Kristianne, who is the eldest and Libby. Mary played an integral role in Bill Gates’ entrepreneurial life. She was a University of Washington regent and sat in the board for United Way International. The CEO of IBM also happened to sit in this board with Mary, which later became the connection of a lifetime. Bill would often go to these volunteer meetings with his mother.
Although Gates’ parents hoped for a law career for their son, Bill showed great interest in computers at the age of only thirteen! His first encounter with a computer was at the Lakeside School. A company called the Computer Center Corporation, leased computers from Digital Equipment Corporation. The school then decided to provide their students with some computer time and this is when Bill Gates found his passion for the first time. Gates met a new friend who would later be his first business partner. His name was Paul Allen. He was two years older than Gates but they certainly shared the same passion for computers. In his teens, Gates had already built a program that allowed people to play tic-tac-toe. When these bright, young people came together they formed the Lakeside Programmers’ Group. Later on after catching some experience as well as going deeper with their passion, the group created a program that counted traffic in Seattle, called Traf-O-Data. Traf-O-Data was able to calculate how many cars were on the road at one given time, and it would give information about the best time for a stop light. The duo along with other classmates earned $20,000 for their efforts. Also, during the computer time that the school offered, Gates and Allen created a scheduling program for their school. At their young age, Gates and Allen wanted to start their own company but Gates’ parents wanted his to finish school and hoped their son would become a lawyer. This is where the history of computers started as we know it.
Bill Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973 and went on to Harvard University to pursue a law career, like his parents wanted. After life in Lakeside School was over Gates made sure to keep in touch with his friend, Paul Allen. Allen attended Washington State University for two years but later dropped out to move out to the East Coast to work for a company called Honeywell. Bill Gates is considered the genius or the era but when he enrolled at Harvard, it can be said that his grades did not reflect his brilliant intellect. He would just get a few hours of sleep and study for test at the last possible minute. What were the consequences? He would pass his classes with a reasonable but not an excellent one. Gates still felt very passionate about computers and programming so ...
- Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle and showed an early interest in computer programming. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and built it into the world's largest software business, making him one of the richest people in the world.
- Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft in 2014. Throughout his career, he demonstrated innovation, business strategy and tactics to grow Microsoft's dominance in the software industry.
- Gates has devoted significant time and resources to philanthropic causes through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on issues like global health, education and poverty alleviation.
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and was one of the richest people in the world. He dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft with Paul Allen. Their first breakthrough was creating the BASIC programming language for the Altair computer. This led them to form Microsoft and create the MS-DOS operating system, which became hugely popular. Gates led Microsoft to partnerships with IBM that helped establish the IBM PC standard. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 but remains chairman of Microsoft, focusing his efforts on his philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft and developed the world's leading operating system, Microsoft Windows. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 but remains chairman of Microsoft.
- Throughout his career, Gates pursued technological innovation and business success aggressively. He is now dedicating more time to philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on global health and development issues.
- Gates had a privileged early life and showed an early aptitude for computers and programming. He dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft, which grew into the largest software company in the world.
Bill gates- Founder & owner of MicrosoftJasminJaman1
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft and is among the world's richest entrepreneurs. This ppt focuses on his educational life & how he raised such big multinational company.
Bill Gates provides 11 rules for recent graduates based on realities of life not taught in school. The rules emphasize that (1) life is not fair and one must accept that, (2) the world does not care about self-esteem and accomplishments are expected, and (3) high salaries and vice president roles are not guaranteed right out of high school. The rules warn against entitlement and encourage taking responsibility for one's actions and mistakes. Gates advises viewing television separately from real life and being respectful to all people who may become one's boss.
This document provides a biography of Bill Gates in 3 paragraphs. It discusses that he was born in Seattle, Washington in 1955 to a wealthy family. He showed early intelligence and passion for computers. In 1975, he co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen after developing an interpreter for the Altair 8800, one of the first microcomputers. Microsoft became very successful by developing the operating system for IBM's first personal computer. The document outlines Gates' early life, founding of Microsoft, and the pivotal partnership with IBM that helped make Microsoft the dominant force in the PC industry.
Bill Gates made significant contributions to technology and business through his leadership of Microsoft. He grew up showing an early aptitude for math and science, and began programming computers as a teenager. Gates dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft, which grew to become the largest software company in the world under his guidance. In addition to building a highly successful company, Gates is known for his philanthropic efforts through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle and showed an early interest in computer programming. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and built it into the world's largest software business, making him one of the richest people in the world.
- Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft in 2014. Throughout his career, he demonstrated innovation, business strategy and tactics to grow Microsoft's dominance in the software industry.
- Gates has devoted significant time and resources to philanthropic causes through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on issues like global health, education and poverty alleviation.
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and was one of the richest people in the world. He dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft with Paul Allen. Their first breakthrough was creating the BASIC programming language for the Altair computer. This led them to form Microsoft and create the MS-DOS operating system, which became hugely popular. Gates led Microsoft to partnerships with IBM that helped establish the IBM PC standard. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 but remains chairman of Microsoft, focusing his efforts on his philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft and developed the world's leading operating system, Microsoft Windows. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 but remains chairman of Microsoft.
- Throughout his career, Gates pursued technological innovation and business success aggressively. He is now dedicating more time to philanthropy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on global health and development issues.
- Gates had a privileged early life and showed an early aptitude for computers and programming. He dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft, which grew into the largest software company in the world.
Bill gates- Founder & owner of MicrosoftJasminJaman1
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft and is among the world's richest entrepreneurs. This ppt focuses on his educational life & how he raised such big multinational company.
Bill Gates provides 11 rules for recent graduates based on realities of life not taught in school. The rules emphasize that (1) life is not fair and one must accept that, (2) the world does not care about self-esteem and accomplishments are expected, and (3) high salaries and vice president roles are not guaranteed right out of high school. The rules warn against entitlement and encourage taking responsibility for one's actions and mistakes. Gates advises viewing television separately from real life and being respectful to all people who may become one's boss.
This document provides a biography of Bill Gates in 3 paragraphs. It discusses that he was born in Seattle, Washington in 1955 to a wealthy family. He showed early intelligence and passion for computers. In 1975, he co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen after developing an interpreter for the Altair 8800, one of the first microcomputers. Microsoft became very successful by developing the operating system for IBM's first personal computer. The document outlines Gates' early life, founding of Microsoft, and the pivotal partnership with IBM that helped make Microsoft the dominant force in the PC industry.
Bill Gates made significant contributions to technology and business through his leadership of Microsoft. He grew up showing an early aptitude for math and science, and began programming computers as a teenager. Gates dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft, which grew to become the largest software company in the world under his guidance. In addition to building a highly successful company, Gates is known for his philanthropic efforts through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He showed an early aptitude for computers and programming. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and helped develop the operating system that powered the Altair 8800, one of the first personal computers. Microsoft became hugely successful by developing software for personal computers launched by IBM and others. Gates led Microsoft's global expansion and became the world's youngest self-made billionaire. He stepped down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 to focus on his philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
This Presentation is containing the Life Style, Rules and Turning Points of Bill Gates’ Life. These are represented with exciting manner in this presentation.
Bill Gates is an American business magnate and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft Corporation. He dropped out of Harvard to work with Paul Allen on developing software for early computers. In 1975, they founded Microsoft and developed the PC operating system MS-DOS. Microsoft signed a deal with IBM in 1980 to develop the OS for IBM PCs, which became hugely successful. Gates led Microsoft as it launched subsequent versions of Windows and became the world's largest software company. He is considered one of the most successful entrepreneurs and wealthiest people in history.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle and showed an early interest in computers. He met Paul Allen in school and they started Microsoft together after dropping out of college. Microsoft created the operating system for IBM's first PC and grew rapidly as they earned money for every computer sold with MS-DOS installed. Gates built Microsoft into a massive company but later stepped back to focus on his philanthropic foundation, which supports causes like global health and development.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle and showed an early interest in computers. He met Paul Allen in school and they started Microsoft together after dropping out of college. Microsoft created the operating system for IBM's first PC and grew rapidly as they earned money for every computer sold with MS-DOS installed. Gates built Microsoft into a massive company but later stepped back to focus on his philanthropic foundation, which supports causes like global health and development.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle and showed an early interest in computers. He met Paul Allen in high school and they started Microsoft together after dropping out of college. Microsoft developed the operating system for the IBM PC and grew rapidly as they earned money for every computer sold with MS-DOS installed. Gates built Microsoft into a massive company but later stepped back to focus on his philanthropic foundation, which supports causes like global health and development.
Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle in a family having rich business, political and community service background. His great-grandfather was a state legislator and a mayor, his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer.
Bill believed in achieving his goals through hard work. He also believes that if you are intelligent and know how to use your intelligence, you can reach your goals and targets. From his early days Bill was ambitious, competitive and intelligent.
These qualities helped him to attain great position in the profession he chose also Bill was deemed by his peers and his teachers as the smartest kid on campus; Bill’s parents came to know their son’s intelligence and decided to enroll him in a private school, known for its intense academic environment. That was the most important decision in Bill Gate’s life where he was first introduced to computers. Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computer and formed “Programmers Group” in late 1968. Being in this group, they found a new way to apply their computer skill in university of Washington. In the next year, they got their first opportunity in Information Sciences Inc. in which they were selected as programmers. ISI (Information Sciences Inc.) agreed to give them royalties, whenever it made money from any of the group’s program. As a result of the business deal signed with Information Sciences Inc., the group also became a legal business.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle. He took an interest in programming at a young age and dropped out of Harvard to co-found Microsoft with Paul Allen. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft grew to become the largest personal computer software company. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 but remains chairman. Gates is currently the world's richest person and donates much of his wealth to philanthropic causes through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He showed an early aptitude for computers, writing his first program in 8th grade. He enrolled at Harvard in 1973 and scored 1590/1600 on the SAT. In 1975, Gates contacted MITS about developing a BASIC interpreter for their platform. They formed a partnership called "Micro-Soft" which became the dominant provider of operating software. In 1985, Microsoft released the first version of Windows, capturing the majority of the operating system market share. Gates is also a renowned philanthropist, founding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, which aims to enhance global healthcare and reduce poverty.
Bill Gates is an American business magnate and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company. He was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington to an upper-middle class family and showed early signs of intelligence. In 1975, he founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and developed the programming language Altair BASIC, which helped launch the company. Microsoft later signed a pivotal deal with IBM in 1980 to develop the operating system for their first personal computer, known as MS-DOS, which became the dominant platform for PCs. Gates stepped down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 and now focuses his time on his philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to enhance healthcare and education worldwide
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington to an upper middle class family. He showed an early aptitude for computers and programming. He attended private Lakeside School where he met Paul Allen and was introduced to computer programming. Gates and Allen went on to form Microsoft and write the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800, one of the first personal computers. Microsoft's success made Gates very wealthy and he has since donated over $30 billion to philanthropic causes through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This document provides biographical information about Bill Gates. It states that he was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington and discovered his interest in computers at age 13. It describes how he co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975 after dropping out of Harvard University. It also mentions that Gates became a billionaire in 1987 at age 32 and launched the popular Windows 95 operating system.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He took an early interest in computers and programming. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen and developed the MS-DOS operating system, helping Microsoft become the dominant player in the PC market. Gates led Microsoft's growth to become the world's largest software company. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 and now focuses on philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to reduce inequity worldwide.
Presentation on 'Bill gates' by Taha TauqeerTaha Tauqeer
Bill Gates has donated over $28 billion to charity through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is more than 25% of his current net worth. As a teenager, Gates wrote one of his first computer programs to play tic-tac-toe against a machine. He also altered his school's scheduling program to enroll in classes with interesting girls. Though a successful entrepreneur, Gates had some failures like his early company Traf-O-Data and not properly engaging with the government which led to antitrust issues for Microsoft.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He showed an early interest in computers and met his future business partner Paul Allen in high school. In 1975, Gates founded Microsoft with Allen while still in college. Microsoft developed the MS-DOS operating system, which became very successful after being adopted by IBM. Gates later developed Windows to compete with the Macintosh operating system. Microsoft grew rapidly to become the dominant manufacturer of software, with Windows becoming the most widely used operating system in personal computers worldwide. In addition to his business success, Gates also founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with his wife to promote health and education.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He wrote his first software program at age 13 and developed systems for his high school and local government. Gates turned his passion for computers into a job in high school and dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to co-found Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen. Microsoft grew to become the world's largest personal computer software company, forming the foundation of Gates' wealth and making him the most successful self-made billionaire.
Bill Gates scored 1590 on his SAT and enrolled at Harvard in 1973 but dropped out in 1975 to start Microsoft with his friend Paul Allen. Gates became a billionaire by age 31 and has topped Forbes' wealthiest lists for 17 years. While some of his predictions, like the future of spam emails, proved wrong, Gates transformed personal computing through Microsoft and now focuses on philanthropic work through his foundation.
The document discusses the life stories and businesses started by three famous entrepreneurs: Bill Gates, Wang Jianlin, and Sara Blakely. It describes their academic and family backgrounds, the challenges they faced in starting their businesses such as lack of funding and experience, and the successes they achieved like becoming billionaires and philanthropists. It provides details on Gates founding Microsoft after dropping out of Harvard, Wang transforming his real estate company Wanda into a national brand in China, and Blakely inventing Spanx shapewear after cutting the feet off her pantyhose.
The document provides details about Microsoft Corporation, including its history, products, financial performance, and acquisitions. It discusses that Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and initially produced BASIC interpreters. It grew to dominate the PC operating system market and now produces a wide range of software. The document lists Microsoft's major products and divisions. It also summarizes Microsoft's largest acquisitions, including Nokia and Skype.
Cyber terrorism, by definition, is the politically motivated use.docxdorishigh
Cyber terrorism, by definition, is the politically motivated use of computers and information technology to cause severe disruption or widespread fear in society. The Center for Strategic and International Studies reported in March 2019 that Chinese Hackers targeted at least 27 Universities to steal Naval Technologies research, being one of many cyber-terrorist attacks. Besides these attacks, Hacktivism is a cyber-attack either by legal or illegal digital means in the pursuit of political ends, free speech, and the right of free speech. A most notable example would be the group Anonymous conducting numerous hacks from 2008 to 2012 against companies, organizations, and even governments that go against their moral codes. Behind the Tunisia Operation in 2010, Anonymous took down eight government websites with DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks in support of Arab Spring movements. Between the two Cyberterrorism is meant to instill fear and panic in society. At the same time, Hacktivism brings about a voice or an opposition to the government and other organizations to support a cause against them. Hacktivism is more politically based, pointing out flaws in the system raising awareness on our rights as human beings. Advances in technology lead to newer and different types of attacks either group can conduct. From viruses waiting for you to log into your bank account to massive-scale attacks against the banks' systems themselves, terrorists, or hacktivists, have infinite ways to infiltrate and attack for their cause. Many laws have been put in place to combat these groups, acts put in place such as Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) or Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 helping share information and build research and development to fight against cyber-attacks. Given the push against both groups by our government, I can't help but feel concern for our rights and freedoms that may be infringed upon that our government or some corporation is doing while combating the whistleblower with Hacktivist tactics. It only keeps me and others mindful while fighting against cyberattacks that may be classified as cyberterrorism. There is a fine line on what would be a genuine noble act of hacking or something labeled as cyberterrorism placing information and lives at risk, its not so black and white as some areas can be considered grey. Thankfully some events in history, thanks to Hacktivism has brought good results that benefit society, such as Operation "Nice" which organized to hunt down the terrorist responsible for attacks in the French city, killing nearly a hundred people. Also, Operation Darknet which infiltrated 40 child pornography websites publishing 1500 plus names of frequent visitors to the sites stopping such activity. In these instances, I am for hacktivism and specific groups that act for the benefit of society and our rights as humans.
Cyberterrorism. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cyberterroris.
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Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle and showed an early interest in computers. He met Paul Allen in school and they started Microsoft together after dropping out of college. Microsoft created the operating system for IBM's first PC and grew rapidly as they earned money for every computer sold with MS-DOS installed. Gates built Microsoft into a massive company but later stepped back to focus on his philanthropic foundation, which supports causes like global health and development.
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Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle in a family having rich business, political and community service background. His great-grandfather was a state legislator and a mayor, his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer.
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Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle. He took an interest in programming at a young age and dropped out of Harvard to co-found Microsoft with Paul Allen. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft grew to become the largest personal computer software company. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 but remains chairman. Gates is currently the world's richest person and donates much of his wealth to philanthropic causes through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He showed an early aptitude for computers, writing his first program in 8th grade. He enrolled at Harvard in 1973 and scored 1590/1600 on the SAT. In 1975, Gates contacted MITS about developing a BASIC interpreter for their platform. They formed a partnership called "Micro-Soft" which became the dominant provider of operating software. In 1985, Microsoft released the first version of Windows, capturing the majority of the operating system market share. Gates is also a renowned philanthropist, founding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, which aims to enhance global healthcare and reduce poverty.
Bill Gates is an American business magnate and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company. He was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington to an upper-middle class family and showed early signs of intelligence. In 1975, he founded Microsoft with Paul Allen and developed the programming language Altair BASIC, which helped launch the company. Microsoft later signed a pivotal deal with IBM in 1980 to develop the operating system for their first personal computer, known as MS-DOS, which became the dominant platform for PCs. Gates stepped down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000 and now focuses his time on his philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to enhance healthcare and education worldwide
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Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He took an early interest in computers and programming. He co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen and developed the MS-DOS operating system, helping Microsoft become the dominant player in the PC market. Gates led Microsoft's growth to become the world's largest software company. He stepped down as CEO in 2000 and now focuses on philanthropic work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to reduce inequity worldwide.
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Cyber Security Threats
Yassir Nour
Dr. Fonda Ingram
ETCS-690
Cybersecurity Research Seminar
Date: 02/08/2019
1. Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks
A denial-of-service (DoS) is any kind of assault where the assailants (programmers) endeavor to keep real clients from getting to the service.
Programmer sends undesirable high volumes of traffic through the system until it ends up stacked and can never again work.
https://www.incapsula.com/ddos/ddos-attacks/denial-of-service.html
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Company and summary of how the threat affected the firm
Deezer, an online music streaming service, says it was affected by a vast scale DDoS assault on June 7 through a botnet, which brought about the organization's site being down for a few hours.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/10/deezer-user-data-hack-attack-ddos
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These threats could been avoided by:
Reinforcing the security frameworks and servers
WAFs (Web Application Firewalls) are an incredible instrument to use against these assaults as they give you more command over your web traffic while perceiving malicious web misuses.
2. Malware
A malware assault is a sort of cyber-attack in which malware or malicious programming performs exercises on the unfortunate casualty's PC system, more often than not without his/her insight.
In straightforward words, it is a code with the expectation to takes information or obliterates something on the PC.
https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-malware.html
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Company and summary of how the threat affected the firm
Onslow Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) on October 15, 2018, was assaulted by Ryuk ransomware making huge harm to the association's system and brought about various databases and systems being modified starting from the group up.
The ransomware corrupted vast quantities of endpoints and requested higher payments than what we ordinarily observe (15 to 50 Bitcoins).
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/malware/2019/01/ryuk-ransomware-attacks-businesses-over-the-holidays/
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Cyber Security in Industry 4.0Cyber Security in Industry 4.0 (.docxdorishigh
Cyber Security in Industry 4.0
Cyber Security in Industry 4.0 (IEEE) Using Emerging Technology to Improve Compliance As cyber threats, malicious software, and cyber-attacks continue to escalate in sophistication, and no industry can remain immune to these threats. The IEEE has used industry-inspired advances in innovation and implementation to promote the highest level of cybersecurity standards for the most robustly protected information and communication technology infrastructure, from networks and telecommunication systems through websites, digital certificates, and passwords, and other software-based systems (Ardito et al., 2019). This Enhanced Canada Cybersecurity Standards and Certificates (ECCS&C) project strives to provide a common framework for enhanced cybersecurity across all sectors. The fourth industrial revolution is referred to as cybersecurity in Industry 4.0 and is encompassing three discrete components: machine learning, artificial intelligence, and automation.The effects of these four technologies will most certainly impact the processes and processes aspects of technology adoption. Over the next decade, we will most certainly see further and the further rise of robotics (Ardito et al., 2019).
The industrial revolution will begin with smart factory security systems. For now, those systems are secure, but many manufacturers will soon provide safeguards against attack and malware threats to help prevent malware attacks and lawsuits. The processes can look simple like a boiler next to a giant hexagon. For example, all these processes would trigger heating or cooling at some point, and the heating or cooling can be controlled by digital control boxes connected to a smart grid (Shi et al., 2019).
The industrial network will soon have more people connected in more complex networks, such as industrial warehouses. All of these buildings can communicate with each other and can remotely activate or deactivate automation systems to reduce manufacturing costs. The need for the defense, control, and monitoring of systems and networks. The blockchain is the most viable platform for these purposes (Shi et al., 2019). Decentralization is gaining respect and confidence on a global scale, and so there is a renewed emphasis on the blockchain in the industry. There is an abundance of articles on the blockchain's potential and benefits for companies. For example, more than fifty articles are covering the blockchain's potential for authentication, threat modeling, and development of social payment interfaces. Companies are beginning to explore smart contracts and smart systems for security, reputation, and data. All in all, it seems that all the evidence points to blockchain technology as the future of the financial industry (Shi et al., 2019).
References
Ardito, L., Petruzzelli, A. M., Panniello, U., & Garavelli, A. C. (2019). Towards Industry 4.0. Business Process Management Journal.
Shi, L., Chen, X., Wen, S., & Xiang, Y. (2019, December)..
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Cyber Security Gone too far
Carlos Diego Lima
Excelsior College
BNS301 National Security Ethics and Diversity
How far is it too far when protecting the peoples' rights in cyberspace and its national security? In an ever-evolving cyber world, many states tend to infringe on citizens' cyber information privacy for their own accord. Sometimes governments overstep boundaries and bend the rules to protect the land and overstep the peoples' privacy to enforce rules and regulations. My final paper will analyze rules and regulations within the Cybersecurity realm within the United States. The National Security Strategy is a good guideline on the laws and what the U.S is looking to implement soon. This paper intends not to make conspiracy theories to show facts and existing laws and regulations on how the citizens' privacy has no longer been protected and some examples of historical events. (Snowden) had an ethical dilemma when he made his decisions. My paper will include my opinions and the bullet points below to construct a good argument on how the U.S can protect its citizens' privacy.
· National Security Strategy
· Cyber laws within the United States
· Privacy Laws
· Phone settings
· Phone Companies and laws sharing information to the government
· Internal agencies search and espionage laws
Edgar, T. H. (2017). Beyond Snowden privacy, mass surveillance, and the struggle to reform the NSA. Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press.
J., T. P., & Upton, D. (2016). Cyber security culture: Counteracting cyber threats through organizational learning and training. Routledge.
Miloshoska, D., & Smilkovski, I. (2016).
Http://uklo.edu.mk/filemanager/HORIZONTI 2017/Horizonti serija A volume 19/14. Security and trade facilitation - the evidence from Macedonia- Milososka, Smilkovski.pdf.
HORIZONS.A, 19, 153-163. doi:10.20544/horizons.a.19.1.16.p14
Omand, D. (2018). Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence. Georgetown University Pre Omand, D. (2018). Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence. Georgetown University Press.
Zimmerman, R. (2015). The Department of Homeland Security: Assessment, recommendations, and appropriations. New York: Nova.
Running Head: METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 1
METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Kaytlin De Los Santos
Florida International University
METHODS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 2
Methods, Results and Discussion
Methods
Participants
One hundred and thirty-nine participants were randomly selected and requested to fill a
questionnaire during the study. Every one of the 48 researchers looked for about 3 participants
each who were strangers to them or students at FIU. The participants needed to have not taken a
psychology research methods class in the fall of 2019.
Male participants for the study were 53 which accounted 38.1% while female participants
were 86 which accounted for 61.9% of the total number of particip.
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CW 1R Checklist and Feedback Sheet: Student Copy
Go through this checklist before you submit your CW 1R assessment. You can also use this sheet to make notes on your tutor’s feedback in the following areas. This information will be essential when you are improving your draft.
Tutor’s comments
Part 3
Is your referencing complete and accurate?
Part 1
Have you evaluated the required number of sources?
Have you included all the sources in your evaluation in your list?
Is it clear how you have identified your sources as reliable and appropriate for academic use? Have you considered a number of aspects eg. currency, authority, etc?
Are your sources all clearly relevant to your topic?
Have you explained the key points or identified useful data from each source? Have you explained points in your own words?
Have you noted how you will use the source in your essay? Will it support a point / provide data / offer a counter-argument?
Have you identified the relationship between the information you have read? Do articles support an argument presented in another source? Provide additional information? Offer an alternative view?
Part 2
Have you included all your sources in part 2 in your outline?
Is your introduction clear? Have you included: the background /context for your essay? An overview of the essay structure?
Is your position clear?
Does your position relate to the main body of the essay? Do all your points relate to your position?
Is the development of your argument logical throughout your outline? Do any paragraphs seem repetitive / irrelevant or out of place?
For each paragraph
Is it clear how each paragraph develops your argument?
Does each paragraph focus and develop one key point?
Is the topic sentence clear?
Do the supporting points develop the topic sentence?
Is there clear evidence / data to support your points?
Are citations included for the support you will use?
Have you used more than one source for each paragraph?
Conclusion
Does your conclusion effectively answer your question?
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BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR
by
F. Scott Fitzgerald
After dark on Saturday night one could stand on the first tee
of the golf-course and see the country-club windows as a
yellow expanse over a very black and wavy ocean. The
waves of this ocean, so to speak, were the heads of many
curious caddies, a few of the more ingenious chauffeurs, the
golf professional's deaf sister--and there were usually several
stray, diffident waves who might have rolled inside had they
so desired. This was the gallery.
The balcony was inside. It consisted of the circle of wicker
chairs that lined the wall of the combination clubroom and
ballroom. At these Saturday-night dances it was largely
feminine; a great babel of middle-aged ladies with sharp eyes
and icy hearts behind lorgnettes and large bosoms. The main
function of the balcony was critical. It occasionally showed
grudging admira.
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CW 1 Car Industry and AI
by Victoria Stephenson
Submission date: 03-Jan-2020 12:53PM (UTC+0000)
Submission ID: 1239134764
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FINAL GRADE
60/100
CW 1 Car Industry and AI
GRADEMARK REPORT
GENERAL COMMENTS
Instructor
Source Selection: 6 (One merit criteria met; two of the
sources are less academic)
Source Evaluation and Use of Sources: 7 (Both Merit
criteria met)
Processing Text: 6.5 (mid-mark) One Distinction criteria
met - main points are all clear, support is repetitive /
less clear in places - make sure you give specific
examples / data).
Research and Understanding: 4.5 - mid-mark awarded.
Search methods are unclear / could not be followed.
Conclusions are good and clearly indicate reading has
been undertaken and understood.
24 / 40
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academic journal articles, or reports from governments or international organisations. Do not use
general websites as primary sources.
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CWTS
CWFT Module 7 Chapter 2
Eco-maps
1
ECO-MAPS
The eco-map helps to identify family resources at-a-glance. Areas of strength and concern are presented to assist in
creating a picture of the family’s world. Information is gathered in circles. Eco-maps are a snapshot in time.
Periodically update changes in connections to resources—especially natural familial and community resources to
maximize usefulness of the tool. The list below helps spur questions and generate deeper discussion about resources
and strengths during the initial visit.
Extended Family Medical/Health Care
Who is in the area that can be a support for you ALL family members: physical illness or disease
What kind of relationship Effects of chemical use
What kind of insurance
Income Effects of chemical use
Financial status Access to medical care
Sources of income Psychological illness, disease
Budgeting
Social Services/Resources
Friends County or Tribal/Financial Services/Child Welfare
Close – Supportive – Conflictive Names of workers
Where located Neighborhood centers
What kind of contact - frequency Agencies / counseling involved with in the past
Positive or negative experiences
Recreation
What do you do for fun Work/School
What do you do for relaxation Employment—past/present
What would you like to do What work are you interested in pursuing
Interests and / or hobbies What type of skills, vocation
What have you done in the past Degree or school until what grade
Positive or negative experiences
Spiritually/Religion
Spirituality and/or religious affiliation growing up Neighborhood
What kind of experiences did you have How long at present home
With what activities were you involved What is your neighborhood like
Current spiritual beliefs and religious affiliations Do you feel safe in your home and neighborhood
Where did you grow up, and what was it like
When showing connections with the ecomap, indicate the nature of the connections with a descriptive word or by
drawing different kinds of lines:
Strong connections: ----------
Tenuous connections: ._._._._
Stressful connections: //////
Draw arrows along the connection lines to signify the flow of energy and resources.
Identify significant people and fill in empty circles as needed. See the example Kelly Family below.
CWTS
CWFT Module 7 Chapter 2
Eco-maps
2
CHURCH/SPIRITUALITY
RECREATION
WORK/SCHOOL
FRIENDS
Extended Family/
Significant Others NEIGHBORHOOD
INCOME
SOCIAL SERVICES/
RESOURCES
NAME: ________________________
MEDICAL/
HEALTH CARE
STRENGTHS:
CONCERNS:
CWTS
CWFT Module 7 Chapter 2
Eco-maps
3
KELLY
FAMILY
Example
HEALTH CARE
EXTENDED
FAMILY
Absent father
WILLIAM
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VERONA
9
GLORIA
14
SCHOOL
HOUSING:
Homeless
DANGEROUS
NEIGHBORHOOD
CHILD
WELFARE
(foster homes)
MFIP
BENEFITS
JOB TRAINING
Vocational
Rehabilitation
Prog.
Cw2 Marking Rubric Managerial Finance
0
Fail
2
(1-29) Fail
30-39
Fail
40-49
3rd
50-59
2:2
60-69
2:1
70+
1st
Grade Descriptors (Right)
Learning Pillars, Criterion Description and Expectations (Below)
Module Learning Outcome and Industry Competencies
Weighting
No attempt, No submission, Absent
Unsatisfactory, Poor, Week
Incomplete, Inadequate, Limited
Basic, Satisfactory, Sufficient
Appropriate, Fair, Reasonable,
Commendable, Competent, Judicious
Highly Commendable, Outstanding, Exceptional
1
Professional Skills - Executive Summary - Degree to which the executive summary explains the key themes and outcomes of the report in a one page summary
1A,1C
5%
As per grade descriptor
Poor attempt at identifying and
including key themes and/or outcomes. Is unlikely to be limited to one page only
The summary is limited in approach and
therefore incomplete. Possibly over one page in length.
Covers most of the key themes and
outcomes, basic use of information and sources, likely over one page in length.
A one page summary, which provides a
fair and appropriate executive summary to the report.
A commendable, one page summary.
Efficient structure which conveys and logically explains key themes and outcomes.
A strong one page summary. Which is
proficient in explaining key themes and outcomes. Very good structure to the summary.
2
Knowledge and Understanding:
- Introduction completeness and clarity of introduction to the organisation, background, context and rationale for the report being prepared
LO5,4A,4B,5A
10%
As per grade descriptor
Unsatisfactory introduction to the
organisation and background to report. Poor rational is presented. The scope of the report is very broad.
Incomplete introduction and/or background,
inadequate rationale for the report presented. Scope not adequately defined
Acceptable intro and/or background.
Somewhat basic rationale for the research presented. Satisfactory definition of report scope.
Appropriate introduction and/or
background. Fair rationale for the report presented. Scope reasonably well defined.
Commendable introduction and
background presented. Competent rationale presented. Scope well defined.
A strong and well articulated
introduction, the background is proficiently presented with excellent explanation of rationale to the report.
Scope very well defined.
3
Cognitive (thinking) Skills: Literature review:
Information is gathered from multiple, research- based sources. The appropriate content in consideration is covered in depth without being redundant. Sources are cited when specific statements are made. Significance to the
course is unquestionable
LO2,4A,1C,3C,3D
10%
As per grade descriptor
The literature review is
unsatisfactory in that the research content is irrelevant and/or incomplete with poor analysis and conclusions.
The literature review is inadequate in
that the research content is limited and/or incomplete with the same for it's analysis and conclusions.
The review is a.
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Social Networking Channels
Thomas Lamonte Esters
Independence University
29 September 2018
SOCIAL NETWORKING CHANNELS 1
I dislike social networking sites because of the dangerous hazards connected to it.
The ProCon article vividly describes the numerous benefits that are attached to the social networking sites such as connecting people, enhancing advertising and marketing, promoting research and education, assisting to spread information faster as compared to other media, connecting employers and employees and assisting the government to identify and prosecute criminals. These are just a few examples that the article illustrates to support the necessity of the social networking sites in the society today. According to the article, the social networking channels have significantly transformed different sectors such as businesses for the better since they can sell their products and services globally (Procon.org, 2018).
However, the detrimental effects connected with the social networking channels are also numerous and most of them may lead to permanent damage to our lives. It is very clear that the education is the backbone of our lives and also the key to success. Currently, about 69% of the American population use social media channels which is a drastic increase in the usage from 2008 where about 26% of the Americans were connected to the social media (Procon.org, 2018). Most of the social networking sites users are the youths who are in their lower grade level, colleges or even universities. The research shows that using social media when handling assignments decreases the quality of work and makes the students drop in their performance. Education is a core value to a successful life and allowing social media to intrude in the academics will be detrimental since it will lead to the production of incompetent individuals who may end up causing problems in the society (Rowell, 2015).
Moreover, the social media channels expose individuals’ to privacy problems and intrusion by any interested parties. In fact, nothing which is shared in the social media channels is private. According to the survey conducted, 81% of the people surveyed believed that social media is insecure. The government through the NSA (National Security Agencies) intrudes to people’s data and communication in social media meaning that their private information ends up in the hands of the government. Many people do not know about social media privacy settings and this means that they leave their social media accounts prone to invasion (Procon.org, 2018). Viruses such as Steck. Evl can also be propagated via the social media to cause harm to the users. Most of these viruses are spies and send users priv.
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CYB/207 v2
Wk 4 – Assignment Template
CYB/205 v2
Page 2 of 2
NIST Risk Management Framework Step
What is the key NIST Special Publication that guides this step?
What are the typically deliverables for this step??
Who typically works on the deliverables for this step??
Step 1
Categorize
<(list NIST special pub)
(Describe the deliverable)
(List Author)
Step 2
Select
Step 3
Implement
Step 4
Assess
Step 5
Authorize
Step 6
Monitor
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A Selection From
HAMMURABI'S CODE OF LAWS
(circa 1780 B.C.)
Translated by L. W. King
CODE OF LAWS
2. If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who had brought the accusation shall be put to death, while he who leaped into the river shall take possession of the house that had belonged to his accuser.
3. If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
6. If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.
14. If any one steal the minor son of another, he shall be put to death.
15. If any one take a male or female slave of the court, or a male or female slave of a freed man, outside the city gates, he shall be put to death.
17. If any one find runaway male or female slaves in the open country and bring them to their masters, the master of the slaves shall pay him two shekels of silver.
21. If any one break a hole into a house (break in to steal), he shall be put to death before that hole and be buried.
22. If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.
25. If fire break out in a house, and some one who comes to put it out cast his eye upon the property of the owner of the house, and take the property of the master of the house, he shall be thrown into that self-same fire.
59. If any man, without the knowledge of the owner of a garden, fell a tree in a garden he shall pay half a mina in money.
108. If a tavern-keeper (feminine) does not accept corn according to gross weight in payment of drink, but takes money, and the price of the drink is less than that of the corn, she shall be convicted and thrown into the water.
112. If any one be on a journey and entrust silver, gold, precious stones, or any movable property to another, and wish to recover it from him; if the latter do not bring all of the property to the appointed place, but appropriate it to his own use, then shall this man, who did not bring the property to hand it over, be convicted, and he shall pay fivefold for all that had been entrusted to him.
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CUSTOMER SERVICE- TRAINIG PROGRAM
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Training Needs Analysis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
Training Design -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
Training Objectives --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
Training Methods ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
Training Development ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Training Evaluation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
Appendix I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
References ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
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INTRODUCTION
Background
In contrast to Walmart’s ability in maintaining leadership as a multinational retail aiming sustainability,
corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, the company is falling behind in terms of customer
service satisfaction. Despite to the effort of Walmart’s executives throughout these years, in building a better
relationship with their customers, it seems they remain still unsuccessful. This can be measured as their
satisfaction rating levels are still extremely low when compared to other businesses in the same industry. Per
the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) annual ranking for 2016, Walmart, “still between one of
the 10 companies with the worst customer satisfaction”. (Tim Denman-March 01, 2016)
Since we all recognize the crucial importance that represents to any business keeping their customers happy,
not only with the price of the product but most important with the service provided. I will create a training
plan mainly focused in the delivery of effective customer service practices for all Walmart customer services
associates. This training program will provide to all Walmart’s new hires and current associates the
opportunity of not only learning, but also expanding, reinforcing and creating consistency of their knowledge
on how to deal with customers in different situations. How to improve happiness for the customers while
shopping and how to improve the associate’s customer service attitude and efficiency with the goal of
offering an outstanding service. Ultimately, to achieve delivering an enjoyable shopping experience to all
Walmart’s clients. This training will be presented in five different modules; each module will represent a
fundamental aspect inside of customer service job in order to make the associates.
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Customer Service
Test (Chapter 6 - 10)
Name:
Multiple Choice Questions (3 points each – please highlight your response)
1) ____ The Regional Sales Manager of a medical device company is an assertive person who proactively engages in confrontational dialogue during sales meetings of his company. Being a forceful businessman, he prefers firm handshakes in his interactions and is inclined to project a confident, arrogant demeanor. He is most likely to prefer what personality style:
a. Inquisitive
b. Rational
c. Expressive
d. Decisive
2) ____ An individual who favors solitary leisure activities over people-oriented activities is most likely to adopt what personality style:
a. Decisive
b. Expressive
c. Inquisitive
d. Rational
3) ____ People who adopt the inquisitive style differ from people who adopt the expressive style in that the former tends to be more like which of the following:
a. Volunteers feelings freely
b. Be very punctual and time conscious
c. Enjoys engaging individuals in person
d. Prefers informality and closeness in interactions
4) ____ A customer approaches a salesperson to discuss details of a product he is interested in. Given her preference for the expressive style, which of the following would the customer likely be interested in:
a. The bottom line of using the product
b. Instructions that discuss the use of the product
c. Questions related to rebates and other technical information
d. The color and sizes that the product is available in
5) ____ A good way to establish good relationships with an internal customer is to:
a. Tell your co-worker about all your work and family challenges
b. Wear strong fragrances to make sure you get noticed
c. Stay connected by stopping by their work area periodically
d. Forward your calls to him/her when you are away from your desk
6) ____ One strategy for dealing with talkative customers is to:
a. Ignore all the other customers while listening to them
b. Roll your eyes and look away
c. Direct them to your co-workers
d. Used closed-end questions to guide the conversation
7) ____ Which of the following is the last step of the problem solving model:
a. Evaluate the alternatives
b. Identify the alternatives
c. Monitor the results
d. Make a decision
8) ____ The Customer Experience Representative is confronted by an upset customers and uses a problem solving model to address the issue. She first identified the problem. The next step she should take is:
a. Monitor the results
b. Identify the alternatives
c. Make a decision
d. Evaluate the alternatives
9) ____ The last step of the service recover process is:
a. Show compassion
b. Conduct a follow up
c. Take further action
d. Apologize another time
10) ____ Which of the following statements is an example of an individualistic culture:
a. A country that provides all of it citizens with complete healthcare
b. A native tribe whose members pursue personal goals over the tribe’s
c. An ethnic group that runs all its decis.
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Customer Value Funnel Questions
1. Identify the relevant macroenvironmental factors (level 1). What impact do these issues have on the focal organization?
2. Discuss the market factors (level 2). How do collaboration, competition, suppliers and regulators affect the performance of the focal organization?
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Customer service is something that we have all heard of and have some degree of familiarity with. However, customer service issues are a frequent complaint amongst customers. Using the Internet or another resource identify an organization with a reputation in customer service excellence. Then find another that has had a long history of customer service issues and complaints.
How do organizations promote customer service excellence?
What are the effects of poor customer service?
How does quality tie into customer service?
How can organizations improve their customer service models?
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Customer requests are:
Proposed Cloud Architecture (5 pages needed from step 1 to step 5)
Final Report Evaluating AWS and Azure Providers (5 pages (step1 to5) + 2 pages from step 6 to 7 = the final report would be 7 pages), also you will find
the template for the final
report is on the last pages
Below are the instructions
Since you have become familiar with the foundations of cloud computing technologies, along with their risks and the legal and compliance issues, you will now explore cloud offerings of popular cloud providers and evaluate them to recommend one that would be the best fit for BallotOnline.
In this project, you will first learn about networking in the cloud and auxiliary cloud services provided by cloud vendors. Next, you will explore cloud computing trends, best practices, and issues involved in migrating IT deployments to the cloud, as well as typical architectures of cloud deployments. Then, you will apply your findings to propose a general architecture for BallotOnline’s cloud deployment to best address the company’s business requirements.
Once you have selected a deployment architecture, you will research two leading cloud vendors: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Exploring and comparing the tools available for application migration will enable you to recommend a vendor to the executives in your final report. The final deliverable is a written report to BallotOnline management, describing the results of your research and recommending the cloud deployment architecture and the vendor for its deployment, with justification.
Your final report should demonstrate that you understand the IT needs of the organization as you evaluate and select cloud providers. The report should include your insights on the appropriate direction to take to handle the company’s IT business needs. You will also be assessed on the ability to integrate relevant risk, policy, and compliance consideration into the recommendations, as well as the clarity of your writing and a demonstration of logical, step-by-step decision making to formulate and justify your ideas.
Check the
Project 3 FAQ thread
in the discussion area for any last-minute updates or clarifications about the project.
Step 1: Research Networking and Auxiliary Services in the Cloud
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Customer Relationship Management
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Cristobal Vaca
Amber Vargas
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Overview
Introduction to Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Objectives of CRM
Different forms of CRM
Examples of businesses that use CRM
The problem, context, & architecture of CRM
The state of art & current best practices of CRM
Advantages and Disadvantages of CRM
Recommendations
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Introduction to CRM
Customer relationship management (CRM) is an approach to manage a company's interaction with current and potential customers
It’s seen as both an organizational strategy & information technology
Takes form in various systems and applications
Builds sustainable long-term customer relationships that create value for both the company and it’s customers
Contributes to customer retention & expansion of their relationships with advantageous existing customers
Obtains new customers
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It uses data analysis about customers' history with a company to improve business relationships with customers, specifically focusing on customer retention and ultimately driving sales growth.
CRM helps companies acquire new customers and retain and expand their relationships with profitable existing customers. Retaining customers is particularly important because repeat customers are the largest generator of revenue for an enterprise. Also, organizations have long understood that winning back a customer who has switched to a competitor is vastly more expensive than keeping that customer satisfied in the first place.
The goal is simple: Improve business relationships. A CRM system helps companies stay connected to customers, streamline processes, and improve profitability.
Objectives
Who is CRM for?
Large businesses
Small businesses
Customers of both types of businesses listed above
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Key Features:
stay connected to customers
streamline processes
provide visibility & easy access to data
improve efficiency & profitability
How does CRM benefit businesses?
Provides a clear overview of your customers
Can be used as both a sales and marketing tool
Contributes information from HR → Customer service → Supply-chain management
A CRM system gives eve#ryone — from sales, customer service, business development, recruiting, marketing, or any other line of business — a better way to manage the external interactions and relationships that drive success. A CRM tool lets you store customer and prospect contact information, identify sales opportunities, record service issues, and manage marketing campaigns, all in one central location — and make information about every customer interaction available to anyone at your company who might need it.
Some of the biggest gains in productivity can come from moving beyond CRM as a sales and marketing tool, and embedding it in your business – from HR to customer services and supply-chain management.
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1- Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in the city of Se.docx
1. 1-
Bill Gates
was born on October 28, 1955, in the city of Seattle,
Washington. His parents’ names were William H. Gates II, who
was a prominent lawyer in Seattle, and his deceased mother,
Mary Gates, who was a former school teacher and was very well
connected. Also, Bill Gates had two sisters, Kristianne, who is
the eldest and Libby. Mary played an integral role in Bill Gates’
entrepreneurial life. She was a University of Washington regent
and sat in the board for United Way International. The CEO of
IBM also happened to sit in this board with Mary, which later
became the connection of a lifetime. Bill would often go to
these volunteer meetings with his mother.
Although Gates’ parents hoped for a law career for their son,
Bill showed great interest in computers at the age of only
thirteen! His first encounter with a computer was at the
Lakeside School. A company called the Computer Center
Corporation, leased computers from Digital Equipment
Corporation. The school then decided to provide their students
with some computer time and this is when Bill Gates found his
passion for the first time. Gates met a new friend who would
later be his first business partner. His name was Paul Allen. He
was two years older than Gates but they certainly shared the
same passion for computers. In his teens, Gates had already
built a program that allowed people to play tic-tac-toe. When
these bright, young people came together they formed the
Lakeside Programmers’ Group. Later on after catching some
experience as well as going deeper with their passion, the group
created a program that counted traffic in Seattle, called Traf-O-
Data. Traf-O-Data was able to calculate how many cars were on
the road at one given time, and it would give information about
the best time for a stop light. The duo along with other
classmates earned $20,000 for their efforts. Also, during the
computer time that the school offered, Gates and Allen created a
2. scheduling program for their school. At their young age, Gates
and Allen wanted to start their own company but Gates’ parents
wanted his to finish school and hoped their son would become a
lawyer. This is where the history of computers started as we
know it.
Bill Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973 and went on
to Harvard University to pursue a law career, like his parents
wanted. After life in Lakeside School was over Gates made sure
to keep in touch with his friend, Paul Allen. Allen attended
Washington State University for two years but later dropped out
to move out to the East Coast to work for a company called
Honeywell. Bill Gates is considered the genius or the era but
when he enrolled at Harvard, it can be said that his grades did
not reflect his brilliant intellect. He would just get a few hours
of sleep and study for test at the last possible minute. What
were the consequences? He would pass his classes with a
reasonable but not an excellent one. Gates still felt very
passionate about computers and programming so he would
spend hours and hours in the computer laboratory at the
University.
In the summer of 1974, Gates decided that his passion was not
law but instead he pursued his true passion for computers and
programming. He went to Boston, Massachusetts, to work at
Honeywell with his long-time friend, Paul Allen. This was the
summer that changed everything. Allen showed Gates a
magazine article about the Altair 8800 mini-computer kit. Both
men were utterly fascinated and imagined a myriad of
possibilities that the Altair could create for personal computing.
The Altair 8800 was created by a small company located in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, called MITS. MITS stood for Micro
Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems.
The two young men were very excited and decided to contact
MITS. They said that they were working on a basic software
program that would run the new computer. The truth was Gates
and Allen did not have an Altair computer to work with nor did
they have a software program. They just wanted to see if the
3. company was interested in having someone develop such
software; this ‘white lie’ had the effect they had hoped for. It
tuned out that that MITS was actually interested in a
demonstration of the software. The president, Ed Roberts, asked
the guys for such demonstration; Gates and Allen had to
construct it in two months and it was done in the Harvard
computer lab. Allen had to travel to New Mexico to have a test
run with the new software that was built for the Altair, also
keeping in mind they did not have an Altair to work with and it
turned out to be just perfect. MITS decided to hire Allen and
Gates followed very soon after. Needless to say his parents were
at all not pleased. In 1975 Gates and Allen joined forces and
created Micro-Soft. Micro-Soft stood for micro-computer
software.
Microsoft is said to have started on a ‘shaky note.’ Even though
the creating of their BASIC software for the Altair produced
royalties it was not meeting their goals. Gates later found out
that only ten percent of the people that purchased the software
for the Altair had paid for it. This situation made Gates very
angry because the software was easy to reproduce and many
people took advantage of this. He thought it was very unfair
that software that was made to be sold was just being copied
and distributed for free. Gates saw this type of free distribution
as stealing.
In 1977, MITS was sold by its president, Ed Roberts, leaving
Gates and Allen on their own. The pair sued the new owner of
the company to retain the right of the software they developed.
Microsoft wrote software for various companies and by 1978
the company was moved to Bellevue, Washington. Gates was
happy to be home again. The company consisted of twenty-five
employees; these people were responsible for marketing,
product and business development. Gates’ great software and
business skills came in handy; he was a born leader. He placed
himself at the top of Microsoft, which by the end of 1978
grossed about $2.5 Million; not at all bad for a 23 year-old guy.
Bill Gates was very connected to his job to the point that he
4. would double check every line of code that the company would
send out. He wanted to make sure it was perfection. When the
computer industry was growing at the time, Gates took that
opportunity to get on the road to promote Microsoft. It is said
that in many occasions he traveled with his mother, who was a
respected member in many corporate boards. Amongst those
boards was Mary was on was IBM, who later on would be a very
good business connection for Gates.
“In November 1980, IBM was looking for software that would
operate their upcoming personal computer and approached
Microsoft… Gates did look very young, but he quickly
impressed IBM, convincing them that he and his company could
meet their needs. The only problem was that Microsoft had not
developed the basic operating system that would run IBM's new
computers.” This would not stop Gates from making the
business deal of a lifetime. Gates bought an operating system
that was developed to run on computers similar to IBM's
personal computer. He made a deal with the software's
developer, making Microsoft the only licensing agent and later
full owner of the software but not telling them of the deal that
was made with IBM. The software developer sued Microsoft on
grounds of holding vital information. At the end the lawsuit was
settled for an unknown amount. Gates and his company never
admitted to doing anything wrong.
Gates had to adapt the software he purchased to work for the
IBM PC. He sold it for a fee of $50,000. IBM wanted to
purchase the code but Gates quickly refused because he wanted
to license copies of his software and, of course, profit from it.
IBM accepted and agreed to pay Microsoft a fee for every copy
sold. In mid- 1981, Gates was appointed president. Between
1979-81, Microsoft’s revenue went from $4 Million to $16
Million. By 1983, the company had offices in Japan and Great
Britain, and had 30% of the world’s computers using its
software. In November 1985, Bill Gates and Microsoft launched
Windows. By 1987, Gates’ wealth had reached $101 Billion. In
1989, Microsoft created Microsoft Office, which combined
5. office productivity applications such as Microsoft Excel and
Word into one system that worked for all Microsoft products;
100,000 copies in just two weeks. This left Microsoft with a
virtual monopoly on operating systems for PCs. Soon the
Federal Trade Commission began to investigate Microsoft for
unfair marketing practices.
So, what can be learned from Bill Gates? Personally, I find that
he found his passion at a very early age, he had the money and
resources to follow it. He does have a brilliant mind and by
looking at Microsoft’s history it can be determined that he is a
very ambitious business man. While doing research, I felt that
he indeed was unfair about wanting to monopolize the industry
but that is the kind of ambition that gets a business to the top of
its industry.
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Elon Musk’s Background
Elon Musk was born in the year 1971 in South Africa by a
South African father and a Canadian mother. The father was an
engineer while the mother was a nutritionist. Elon interest was
in computers at a younger age which led him develop his own
code for a video game which later he sold for $500 at his tender
age of 12 years. Therefore, it is clear that Elon musk was born
an entrepreneur.
He attended Pretoria Boys High school in South Africa for his
secondary education but later transferred to Canada where he
studied at Queen’s university, Ontario in Canada and later went
to Pennsylvania University, Wharton School where he earned
degrees in Economics and Physics respectively. His life as a
scholar took a twist of event when he was admitted in Stanford
University where he was supposed to study PhD in energy
Physics.
Elon Musk Entrepreneurial History
Elon Musk developed an entrepreneurial culture at a younger
age but made a real mark at the age of 24 years. In the year
6. 1995, he started his first company called Zip2
CorporationCompany. This was after dropping out of Stanford
University where he happened to attend only 2 classes. The
corporation he started was a city guide transacting its business
via online through provision of material s and content to online
versions which then comprises of the Chicago tribune and the
New York Times. The business though profitable, had its own
challenges. Competition was fierce but Elon struggled to
maintain it relevant in the market. Due to challenges, he sold
majority of the shares of his corporation to capitalist ventures in
an exchange of $3.6 million so that he could re-invest. Musk
later sold out Zip2 Corporation to Compaq computer at a price
of $307 million in 1999 and where his share at the company
could worth $22 million.
After selling out Zip2, Elon Musk entrepreneurial skills had
advanced and at the same year he sold the corporation, he
started an online banking business. He started a company called
X.com with a capital of $10million accrued from the sale of
Zip2 Corporation. This is where his innovativeness and
creativity was realized. He invented a secure money transfer
method using the email address of the recipient.
In the year 2000, Elon musk started his third company called
PayPal. This was immediately after soliciting the purchase of
Confinity Company using X.com. This company had already
invented in the money transfer process which was almost
similar to the transaction carried out by his second company.
Therefore, Musk merged the two companies and adopted PayPal
as the company name. PayPal became a global payment and
money transfer financial institution. After 2 years of service,
Elon Musk sold PayPal to e Bay Company at a cost of $1.5
billion where he managed to secure stock worth of $165 million
at eBay from the sale of PayPal.
His entrepreneurial venture was not to end yet. In the year 2002,
Musk started Space Exploration Technologies commonly known
as SpaceX. The company is one of its kind and is the largest
space exploration company to be owned by a private individual.
7. He established this company with an interest in exploration of
Mars. Musk himself is a bona fide member of an organization
known as Mars society. This society was formed by individuals
who was interested in the exploration of the planet Mars. With
this society, his entrepreneurial culture and ambitions has not
been left out. Musk aims at launching man to Mars and probably
starting an artificial green house in that planet. Therefore, his
agitation for Mars exploration is to enable him push through his
plan and project.
In the year 2004, Elon using his architectural skills, founded
Tesla Motors. This is the company tasked with the production of
Electric vehicles. It has specialized in the production of electric
sports vehicles and other models of vehicles such as economic
four door electric sedan, Tesla Roadster and Model S.
Elon Musk with his cousin co-founded photovoltaic services and
products which were later named SolarCity to provide
affordable solar energy to the public.
Unveiling of Subsonic air travel Machine (Hyperloop) on
August 2013 was his current and latest venture. This id is to
offer a new form of transportation between Los Angeles and San
Francisco Bay.
Important turning points of Elon Musk
The most notable turning point of Musk as an entrepreneur was
when he started the software company, Zip2.Although it was
unpopular decision considering the fact that he had dropped out
of school, his entrepreneurial prowess started at this point.
When Elon Musk sold the majority of his share control to
venture capitalists, it was a risk move but turned out to be a
boost to him because, this was the time he became a recognized
millionaire at his late 20’s. This was because the company was
purchased by Compaq where Musk was given shares worth $22
million in the company. In addition, it was the same time when
he started the online banking company X.com.
Another important turning point in the entrepreneurial career of
Musk was when he initiated the merger of the online companies
of Confinity and X.com and named it PayPal. This marked his
8. entry into global business. Nevertheless, the sale of PayPal
catapulted Musk from a millionaire to a billionaire. This
enabled him venture into the space exploration technologies,
SolarCity and the Tesla motors where he has been the Chief
Executive Officer and the Chairman.
Successes and failures of Elon Musk
Elon is known for his inspirational quote, “Failure is an option
here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”
which is actually the force behind his success. He has changed
the way things are operating in the current world. The success
of his companies is his success. He holds a philanthropic statute
being the head and the brain behind all the companies he holds
interest in them. His first and major success was the successful
launch of the Zip2Corporation. PayPal is his second success
where users on the global platform can sell and buy online.
Thirdly, the SolarCity project he initiatedensured for affordable
solar energy to the general public. Finally, his project of
Affordable electric car by Tesla motors and the SpaceX
technologies are the major success made so far in the two
industries which gives a promising future in the two fields.
However, Musk’s failures have mostly been attributed to
financial crises. The three major companies he owns were on
the prink of financial collapse. As a result, staff was laid of
duties to salvage the situation, especially the Tesla branch in
Detroit. His financiers pulled out of some deals it had entered in
the SolarCity project forcing Musk to bail it out using his own
pocket money.
Important Learning points
The success of Elon Musk as an entrepreneur teaches the current
generation on how to think about greater things going beyond
this world just like how he innovated on the auto industry.
One can learn on how to utilize emerging technologies to create
opportunities. Nevertheless, one can learn about importance of
pivoting in business. Musk, stated one company after the other
without losing grip on the previous.
9. Failure in business is not an option. One has to embrace failure
especially in thinking and making great business decisions.
Working hard is another important learning lesson drawn from
Musk’s work spirit. He is able to manage and coordinate all
activities of the various companies he holds interest.
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3 An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and takes risks in
order to pursue their dreams. Estee Lauder was an entrepreneur
who became one of the wealthiest women in business. Lauder,
like most entrepreneurs had a rough beginning before she
became a common household name.
Estee Lauder
was born to Rose and Max Mentzer on July 1, 1906, in New
York City. Lauder’s birth name was Josephine Esther Mentzer.
The name Estee evolved from a nickname Esty, which sounded
more like Estee when her father spoke it in his Hungarian
accent. Estee grew up with eight siblings, all of who helped in
their father’s hardware store below their living space. The
hardware store was where Estee got her first experience with
sales and customer service. Once her uncle, John Schotz, came
to live with the family was when she was introduced to the
cosmetic world. Schotz was a chemist who was constantly
whipping up creams and oils for beauty purposes. Lauder
become incredibly interested in his products and continued to
watch and learn his processes. During high school Lauder gave
demonstrations and makeovers to her friends and sold her
uncle’s products to them. As her sales began to grow Estee
realized this was her passion and she would do anything to see
it succeed. In 1935 the Estee Lauder Company was established.
Lauder began selling her products on counter spaces, which she
begged department stores to let her use. In 1944 Estee joined
forces with her husband, Joseph Lauder, and the two opened the
first Estee Lauder store in New York City. Estee sold her
beauty products during the day and by night she was cooking up
replenishments in a converted restaurant located in Manhattan.
A unique aspect of the Estee Lauder Company is the fact that it
10. is the company who began a now widely used practice of giving
a free gift with purchase. Lauder would give customers a
sample of another product similar to their purchase in hopes
they would be coming back for more. One of her quotes “Tell-
A-Phone, Tell-A-Graph, Tell-A-Woman,” was her way of
explaining that once a woman tried the product she would like it
and immediately share with her friends. Word of mouth is
always a great way to advertise freely so the cost of sampling
simply paid for itself.
The first turning point for the Estee Lauder name was when an
order placed by Saks Fifth Avenue stocked out after only two
days of being in the store. After this Estee realized her
products could compete with the bigger names such as Revlon
and Elizabeth Arden. From that point on Lauder pursued the
fine department store market in an effort to sell her products in
luxurious stores. The next huge success for Lauder was the
introduction of Youth Dew. Youth Dew is bath oil that doubles
as a perfume and was sold at only eight dollars and fifty cents
per bottle. This product helped sales explode and made the
company a multimillion-dollar business.
With the many successes Lauder had there also came some
challenges. As the company began to expand into different
product lines, a line named Clinique was formed. Clinique was
the first line of facial creams and cleansers that was allergy
tested. The line did not do very well at first and it lost Estee
Lauder Companies around three million dollars within two
years. Lauder was not ready to give up on the line and
continued to stick with it. Clinique is now a full line of makeup
products and skin care treatments.
Estee Lauder started out as a young woman selling her uncle’s
cosmetic products to close friends and schoolmates. What
started as a small venture turned into a company with a net
worth estimated to be five billion dollars according to Fortune
magazine. Although Estee herself is no longer with us (she
passed away in 2004 of a cardiopulmonary arrest) she is still the
spirit behind the vision of the company. Estee once said “If you
11. have a goal, if you want to be successful, if you really want to
do it and become another Estee Lauder, you've got to work hard,
you've got to stick to it and you've got to believe in what you're
doing,” and that is a piece of advice every future entrepreneur
should keep in mind.
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Jay Z created his own destiny, and took the necessary risks to
succeed. Shawn Carter (Jay Z) was born in the Marcy Projects
of Brooklyn, New York in December of 1969. He and his three
siblings were raised by their single mother, after their father
walked out on the family. The Marcy Projects were a dangerous
place to live, as described by Carter in some of his song lyrics,
and Carter turned to selling crack on the streets of Brooklyn as
a teenager to make money (Rolling Stone, Jay-Z). To sum up
the dangers of crack in his neighborhood, Carter says “It was
either you’re doin’ it or you was movin’ it” (The King Of Rap,
Kohn). He attended two different high schools in Brooklyn and
one in Trenton, New Jersey. Although he did not graduate high
school, he did attend these different high schools with
influential people, including rappers Anthony Cruz (AZ),
Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.), and Trevor Smith,
Jr. (Busta Rhymes). Being around other people interested in
music sparked Shawn Carter to start rapping (Entrepreneur,
Eha).
As previously stated, at an early age Shawn Carter was
introduced to the music business from his peers. He started off
by freestyling on the streets and was known on the streets as
“Jazzy.” In 1989, Carter started off his major successes with
fellow rapper-friend Jonathan Burks (Jaz-O). Jaz-O recorded a
song and featured Jazzy on the track. Later in 1989, Carter
evolved “Jazzy” into a new street name, “Jay-Z” (Rolling Stone,
Jay-Z). Carter says that his name, Jay-Z, is a tribute to his
friend Jaz-O as well as the J/Z subway line that stopped near the
Marcy Projects in Brooklyn (Entrepreneur, Eha). Even from his
12. early freestyles and street reputation, Jay-Z was destined for
success. The only thing that could not be predicted was his
success in different fields other than the rap game.
In 1995, Jay-Z began his own record label company with friends
Damon Dash and Kareem Burke, known as Roc-A-Fella
Records. In 1996 at the age of 26, an old age as compared to
most rappers when their debut album drops, Jay-Z released his
first rap album, Reasonable Doubt, which reached number 23 on
the U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums (Entrepreneur, Eha). Being
older than most rappers helped because Jay-Z was more mature
and had the mind of an entrepreneur, meaning that he knew he
should not become complacent and always strive for greatness.
In the next few years, Jay-Z’s name would start to grow and be
known all over the world. Next, in 1999 Jay-Z and Damon Dash
started a clothing line called Rocawear. Just like an
entrepreneur would do, Jay-Z developed the clothing lines to
reflect his personality and passions (Entrepreneur, Eha). In
2003, Jay-Z continued to build upon his success and opened The
40/40 Club in Brooklyn, New York. The 40/40 club is upscale
sports bar and lounge (Black Entrepreneur Profile). In 2005,
Jay-Z became the CEO of Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records
after a distribution agreement, but he left his CEO position in
2007.
In addition, in 2005 Jay-Z became an investor in Carol’s
Daughter, a line of beauty products. In 2008, Jay-Z created Roc
Nation, LLC, as an American entertainment company with the
help of Live Nation and Sony Music Entertainment. Roc Nation
is partnered with artists such as: J.Cole, Calvin Harris, Shakira,
Rihanna and Wale (Black Entrepreneur Profile). Jay-Z had no
reason to stop now. In 2010, he became a minority owner of the
NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, and helped with the Nets’ move from
New Jersey to Brooklyn, Jay-Z’s hometown. Jay-Z also has
performed eight times at the Nets home arena, The Barclays
Center (Black Entrepreneur Profile). Like many entrepreneurs,
most business ventures require a risk, and in 2013 Jay-Z took
that risk. He founded Roc Nation Sports, which is also a
13. division of Roc Nation. Roc Nation Sports is a sports
management company that signs and manages high profile
athletes (Black Entrepreneur Profile). This was something very
similar to what Jay-Z had done at Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella
Records, so naturally Jay-Z would be destined to succeed. Jay-Z
became certified as a sports agent, and he had to make moves
fast in the competitive sports agent environment. Roc Nation
Sports has signed high profile athletes such as Robinson Cano,
Kevin Durant, Victor Cruz and Geno Smith (Black Entrepreneur
Profile). Overall, from the time he debuted his first album in
1996 to creating a sports agency in 2013, Jay-Z has broadened
his portfolio of interests to include a wide variety of
opportunities.
The first thing that comes to mind when Jay-Z is mentioned, is
that he is arguably one of the greatest rappers in history. But
what many people do not know about Jay-Z are his many
ventures outside of rapping that has made him worth an
estimated $500 million (Forbes). To continue, Jay-Z’s main
success came from his rapping. 1997 was his breakout year, by
releasing his second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, which
reached number 3 on the Billboard Top 200. Also in 1997, Jay-
Z was featured on a track on the album Life After Death by The
Notorious B.I.G., who was one of the most famous rappers in
the 1990s (Rolling Stone, Jay-Z). Jay-Z took off from here and
began his entrepreneurial success. In 2004, Jay Z sold his
remaining stakes of Roc-A-Fella Records to Def Jam for $10
million. Jay Z ended up selling his Rocawear company for $204
million in 2007 (Entrepreneur, Eha). He has sold over 50
million records worldwide, has 11 platinum albums and has 17
Grammy Awards (Forbes). Jay Z’s successes were never limited
to one area of his career.
Looking at famous people, it is hard to believe they ever had
any failures in their life. A more fitting term for Jay-Z instead
of failures is ‘hard times’ which seems fitting because Vol.
2…Hard Knock Life is the name of Jay-Z’s third studio album,
and one of his most famous songs is Hard Knock Life (Ghetto
14. Anthem). With that being said, Jay-Z has faced many hard times
in his life. Growing up with 3 siblings with a single mother in
the projects of Brooklyn was far from a middle class life.
Before creating Roc-A-Fella Records in 1995, Jay-Z was selling
CD’s out of his car (The King Of Rap, Kohn). No record label
wanted to sign Jay-Z. Determined to make it on his own instead,
he created his own record label; Jay-Z would not be silenced by
the critics. Another setback came in 1999 when Jay-Z was
involved in a nightclub incident in New York City in which he
stabbed record label executive Lance Rivera for allegedly
bootlegging his CD, Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (The
King Of Rap, Kohn). The incident resulted in three years of
probation for Jay-Z and was a problem of Jay-Z slipping back
into his hustler days on the streets of Brooklyn and he used it as
a turning point (Rolling Stone, Jay-Z).
Jay-Z learned from the hard times in his life and moved on from
them, continuing to lead a healthy and successful life. The
nightclub incident played a significant role in Jay-Z’s
successful career, as it served as a wake-up call to remind Jay-Z
of the life he used to live. At this point, he could either fall
back into the life of a hustler on the streets selling drugs and
getting involved in fights or turn his back to the dangerous life
and stay on the path to success.
In conclusion, Jay Z has proved his worth to the world not only
with his musical and entrepreneurial talent, but the lessons that
can be learned along with his personal story: from the streets of
Brooklyn to being listed on Forbes’ as worth over 500 million
dollars. One of the main points that I can take away after
learning about the life and times of Jay Z is that you should
control your destiny. I have learned about this before in
management class about being an introvert. I believe that I am
responsible for my outcomes in life, just as Jay Z did in his life.
When no record company would sign Jay Z, he started his own.
Jay Z created his own destiny just as I will create mine. Another
important lesson I learned from Jay Z’s story is his risk taking.
At some times, Jay Z had to make risky decisions regarding his
15. future. For example, many of his investments were risky at the
time that he invested. However, he believed that they would
turn out successful with the work that he put into them.
Therefore, I believe that if I truly want something to happen in
my future, I need to make the necessary decisions to make sure
that it happens. Finally, I have also learned the entrepreneurial
importance of combining all of my interests into a portfolio.
Just as Jay Z did with his love of music, clothing, sports, and
entertainment, I will combine what interests me into a personal
folder of passions to follow as an entrepreneur. Overall, Jay Z’s
entrepreneurial story is a unique one that gives hope to all
young entrepreneurs with dreams of succeeding in the passions
they have.
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5
Jerry Yang the Taiwanese-born American internet mogul is most
famed as the co-founder of the Yahoo! navigational guide and
the former Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo! Inc. He was listed
in the “25 Most Influential men on the Web” by time magazine
in 2008 and the 360th on Forbes “400 richest people in
America” list in 2013.
"This company isn't really about technology; it's about solving
people's basic needs for efficiency, effectiveness and
simplicity." Jerry Yang once said about Yahoo!
The story of David Filo (the other co-found of Yahoo!) and
Jerry Yang's success begins at Stanford University, where the
two doctoral candidates found they both enjoyed time surfing
the Web, in search of new and exciting sites to explore. There
was only one problem. Even though there were plenty of
interesting sites, due to the Internet's lack of formal
organization, finding them was akin to searching for a book in a
library without the aid of a card catalog.
Time and again, Filo and Yang would find a site that interested
them, then would be unable to locate it the next time they
logged on. Frustrated at their inability to keep track of the good
16. places they'd visited, Filo and Yang came up with the idea to
provide a kind of road map for online users. They put together a
list of their favorite sites, organized them into topics, then
designed a search engine that made finding the right site as
simple as typing in the right keywords.
In early 1994, they began posting their list online as "David and
Jerry's Guide to the Web" so their friends could access the
informal guide to "cool" sites. As the list of sites grew, Filo and
Yang began dividing them into categories, then subcategories to
provide more structure and easier searching. Later that summer
they re-dubbed the system Yahoo!
As Yahoo!'s list of sites expanded, so did its number of users.
By November 1994, 170,000 people a day were visiting the site.
By 1998, Web surfers were dropping into Yahoo! at the rate of
more than a million a day. Internet access service giant AOL
offered a buyout. Microsoft and Prodigy approached them with
partnership deals. But Filo and Yang refused them all. They
weren't in it for the money. They were doing it for the sheer
enjoyment of it.
At the end of 1994, Yang recruited Tim Brady, a college friend
who was then attending Harvard Business School, to devise a
prospectus for Yahoo! that he and Filo could use to lure in
potential venture capitalists. It didn't take long for someone to
take the bait, Moritz staked $1 million on the fledgling Web
directory. Armed with Moritz's money, Filo and Yang took a
leave of absence from Stanford, printed business cards
identifying themselves as Chief Yahoos, and hired a staff of
graduate school friends and interns. Realizing that neither of
them had any real business experience, the Chief Yahoos hired
former Motorola Inc. executive Tim Koogle as company
president and CEO.
In 1995, in return for a graphical link on Yahoo!'s homepage,
Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen lent David Filo and Jerry
Yang the computer equipment and phone lines they needed to
get Yahoo! up and running. Andreessen also added a
"Directory" button on Netscape's Navigator Web browser, which
17. linked users directly to Yahoo! Both companies profited from
this synergy until late 1995, when Netscape ditched Yahoo! for
a competitor who paid them a handsome sum to direct users to
their search engine instead. Industry experts predicted that
Yahoo! would soon drown in the sea of other directories, many
of which had corporate backing. Though Netscape's back-out
did result in a temporary drop in Yahoo!'s Web traffic, Yahoo!
Survived-perhaps because of its unique appeal-and continues to
reign as the Internet's number-one search engine.
Yahoo! began selling advertising on their page. Initially, the
move prompted a hail of criticism from Web purists who
accused them of "selling out." But the criticism quickly died
down as advertising became a regular feature on the Web. In a
second groundbreaking move, Yahoo! teamed up with London-
based Reuters news service so users could access news wire
stories online with the click of a mouse.
Over the next two years, Filo and Yang added new
enhancements that further increased Yahoo!'s popularity. Their
innovations included links to weather, stock quotes, phone
listings, sports scores, interactive maps, flight schedules, "My
Yahoo " (a feature which enables users to create their own
customized Yahoo! page with the particular information and
links that interest them), and "Yahooligans"--a special version
of the directory tailored to children ages 8 through 14.
When Yahoo! made its first public offering on April 12, 1996,
shares originally priced at $13 rose as high as $43 before
closing at $33. At the end of the day, Yahoo! was valued at
$850 million. By 1999, Yahoo! was making money not only by
charging for ad space on its pages, but also through special co-
op deals with online retailers. The arrangement entitled Yahoo!
to a flat fee and a commission on any sale made to a customer
Yahoo! directed to their site. Yahoo! also established a
partnership with MCI and became an Internet service provider
as well as an information provider.
Jerry Yang was CEO of the company from 2007 till 2009 though
throughout this time he was very much criticized by several
18. investors as the stock prices and revenues did not rise. The
situation worsened when he refused Microsoft’s offer of buying
Yahoo! for 47 billion dollars. Consequently Yang was replaced
as CEO by Carol Bartz with Yang assuming his previous role of
‘Chief Yahoo’ and member of Board of Directors. In 2012 it
was announced that he would leave the company along with all
his responsibilities.
By 2008 the company’s shares had dropped to only 14 dollars
per share. BusinessWeek listed Yang as the ‘Worst Managers of
2008’. At the time of Yang’s resignation from the board Yahoo!
market capitalization was only 20 billion dollars. Despite the
company’s bleak situation, Yang did play a key role in
managing and developing the company’s business policies,
international ventures and improving its vision. His business
career and contribution to the internet media industry proves his
talent as a business magnate.
In fact, Jerry Yang never really disappeared from the Silicon
Valley scene, the former Chief Yahoo has moved onto the next
stage of his career, which perhaps could be called Jerry 2.0.
Still, in many ways, Yang has launched a new digital life by
focusing on what made him interested in tech in the first place:
Entrepreneurs. “I feel like the thing I missed the most is what
really early entrepreneurs were doing,” Yang said his latest
efforts, which have been well known among techies, even if
Yang has never been one to toot his own horn much in general.
“I’m not sure at all that I’m any good at this
mentoring/investing business — that’s why I’m using my own
money, and that’s why it’s not a career.” what informs his
investment choices centers on the activity around mobility,
sensors, cloud and big data that is enabling the next generation
of computing.
“The main investing premise is the idea that devices are more
and more network connected,” said Yang, who noted that data
that is being collected is now at another order of magnitude than
ever before. “The cloud has become the next-generation
supercomputer, and the smartphone has provided the revolution
19. to spur its use.”
To select from the companies he sees, Yang has only one young
associate, Nick Adams, who codes, helps on deal mechanics,
interacts with entrepreneurs and also has had extensive
experience in Asia.
“I might not have better ideas, but I think my experience is
unique and helpful [to entrepreneurs] and there is a value to my
network,” said Yang. “I think what I have to contribute, besides
money and a network, is that I am very candid about the
experience I have had.”
“I’m truly humbled by the talent that’s out there, and at the
same time recognize it’s a very crowded space,” said Yang. “It
is not a career yet, but I’m having a lot of fun, and we’ll see.”
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6
Biography of Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal Wales, also known as “Jimbo”, is an American
internet entrepreneur who changed the way we seek information
online like nobody else did before by co-founding the gigantic
website Wikipedia. Jimmy was born August 7th in 1966 in
Huntsville, Alabama in the United States of America. Jimmy’s
father worked at a grocery store as a manager, and Jimmy’s
mother and his grandmother who ran a small private school
called the House of Learning where Jimmy received his early
education there with his three siblings.
Ever since Jimmy was young, he always put a lot of time on
reading books which eventually a sense of intellectual curiosity
became nothing but a habit to him. Jimmy Wales spent a do
many hours reading from the Britannicas and World Book
Encyclopedias during his childhood, and when he became an
adult, he became very upset of how the government is treating
schools and education facilities.
With such young age and that much of enthusiasm, Jimmy
Wales always wanted to change something about education in
general, especially in term of cost. Wales went to the university
20. preparatory school in Huntsville called Randolph after
graduating from high school at the age of sixteen. Then Wales
went to the Auburn University where he received his bachelor
degree. Wales then entered the PhD finance program at the
University of Alabama before leaving with only a master’s
degree to enter a PhD finance program at Indiana University
where he taught postgraduate studies. He left the PhD program
before writing the doctoral dissertation required for a PhD.
So in term of education he only holds a bachelor’s and a
master’s degree in finance. However, in term of career he
worked at Chicago Options Associates in 1994, a future and
option trading firm in Chicago, Illinois. After having
accumulated capital through speculating on interest-rates and
foreign-currencies fluctuation, he felt like it is time to get back
to his old dream and kick start an online business and become
an internet entrepreneur. It all started in 1996 when Jimmy
Wales and two other partners kick started a new company called
Bomis, it is basically a male oriented web portal featuring
entertainment and adult content. Bomis provided the required
desired fun to kick start Jimmy Wales’s online encyclopedia
dream called Nupedia. Nupedia was launched in 2000 and it
only operated for three years straight. Nupedia was a web-based
encyclopedia; the articles were written by experts, PhD holders,
respected scholars and licensed as a free content. Jimmy had
Larry Sanger as chief editor of Nupedia, Nupedia’s
functionality was basically a peer-reviewed scientific articles
posted online for free. The website was designed by expert
professionals to evaluate and approve articles before posting
them online; it only approved 21 articles in its first year.
Nupedia’s approval process takes some time; the system was
designed to make sure that the types of articles posted online
are high quality. Due to Nupedia’s slow operation, Nupedia
stopped operating in 2003, the website only published 25
articles throughout its life. Jimmy Wales attempted to increase
the process of authenticated articles and post them in Nupedia
faster, so he Launched Wikipedia to allow the general public to
21. post editable articles in Wikipedia to help them increase the
amount of information that can be taking into account while
processing new articles in Nupedia. Wales noticed a huge
difference between the official website Nupedia and the public
article gathering type of website Wikipedia. During the first
year of Nupedia’s life in 2000, Nupedia only approved and
posted 21 articles compared to Wikipedia posting 200 articles in
the first moth, and 18,000 articles in the first year. Surprised by
the popularity and success of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales decided
to abandoned Nupedia peer-review model and decided to start
encouraging and investing more in Wikipedia new model of
anyone can share, comment and edit. Jimmy Wales watched
Wikipedia it grow and treat it as a vacuum that hosts all type of
information from around the world. Larry Sanger did not like
the idea of public editable information and left Jimmy Wales to
open Citizendium. Both Wikipedia and Nupedia were dependent
on volunteers, but they differ on who edit the articles and what
are their credentials. One more difference is that Nupedia is for
profit, and Wikipedia is non-profit company. Jimmy Wales’s
current positions are as follows: Board member of Wikipedia
Foundation, Creative Commons, Sunlight Foundation, MIT
center for collective intelligence and Civilination.
What is Wikipedia? Wiki is a Hawaiian word for “Quick”, and
pedia comes from Encyclopedia basically. So Wikipedia is an
online free encyclopedia and it is the largest and most popular
general reference. The goal behind is to create a vacuum were
people from all over the world post, share, correct information
and raise it a step closer towards an error free encyclopedia.
Reaching that stage can be interpreted that ideas are being
unified globally. Although some may deem Wikipedia as
untrustworthy and bias, but the fact is Wikipedia is trying to
eliminate bias by trying to unify a global opinion on so many
different topics. An investigation by Nature magazine in 2005
showed that the since articles they compared in Wikipedia came
so close to the level of accuracy of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Wikipedia is also a mean to find the correct information as well,
22. it helps gather the right sources that people editors post with the
articles.
Wikipedia is also a multilingual; it has 285 language versions,
which no other online website can ever get close to this number.
Wikipedia is also the host of over 30 million articles, 4.3
Million English articles were written by volunteers from all
over the world. According to the latest online data collected by
Alex, Wikipedia is occupying number six in the whole world in
term of visited websites daily and page views. Wikipedia has
365 million readers worldwide and over 77,000 current active
editors online. Wikipedia allows users to create, edit and
discuss the content on Wikipedia. Whether we love it or we hate
it, Wikipedia has drastically changed the way we look at
information in the internet.
Some academic professors do not approve of Wikipedia as
legitimate source of information, or approve of submitted
citation of Wikipedia by students. However, the general public
treats Wikipedia like they treat Twitter, Facebook or YouTube,
they do not use these platforms to establish new unprecedented
science, but rather as a station of discussion and sharing
information with everybody around the globe. A couple lessons
I have learned from Jimmy Wales is that Partnership cannot last
long forever if partners do not share the same vision and follow
the same mission. Sometimes we have to conduct businesses
other than what we desire just for the purpose of funding and
supporting our dream in the future.
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Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is a bold entrepreneur that is not afraid to invest in
a risk that he believes in. Most of these risks have paid off for
him and have helped turn him into the celebrity that he is today.
He continues to challenge the status quo in the media and
technology worlds, but who would have thought that he started
from such humble beginnings.
23. Mark Cuban was born on July 31st, 1958 in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania. His father, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants,
was an auto upholster. At age 12, Mark started his first
enterprise, selling garbage bags door-to-door. It went pretty
well since he was the only kid selling garbage bags. When he
was older, Cuban sold powdered milk door-to-door, and after
Pittsburgh Press employees went on strike, he and a friend
drove to Cleveland, Ohio to collect the Plain Dealer Newspaper
for resale in Pittsburgh. He said “It was easy when I realized
[selling] wasn’t about taking something from somebody, but
about helping. If I can help you, you’ll buy from me. I’ve
always been the best salesman everywhere I’ve been. Whatever
I was selling, I believed in” (Thompson 98)
Cuban attended Indiana University for college because it was
the cheapest top 10 business school in the country. Since he was
too young to drink alcohol during his freshman year at Indiana,
he took the hardest courses, predicting that when he came of
age, he would want to party. As a freshman he attended
graduate-level business classes, but during his sophomore year
he had to drop them after the dean of the business school
discovered that Cuban was in effect an MBA student. After
turning 21, Cuban earned money by promoting parties at the
Bloomington National Guard Armory, running an extremely
successful off-campus bar, and giving disco lessons. He also
swept floors at a computer store, but found that he enjoyed
computers so much that he couldn’t resist trying to sell them.
This attempt to sell led to his firing (Thompson 99).
Cuban graduated from Indiana University in 1981 with a B.S.
degree in business. He then moved to Dallas, Texas to sell
software. He lived with five other men in a three-room
apartment. During that period, without ever having taken a
computer class or even owning a computer, he founded Micro
24. Solution
s, a computer consulting business. Thanks to his strong work
ethic, the computer company grew and was included in Inc.
magazine’s list of the 500 fastest-growing privately held
companies four years in a row. In 1990, Cuban sold Micro