Entrepreneurship is not a thing
that everyone can do and also succeed in it. It comes as a scary and
frightening witch to most of the people. Yes, it is difficult but it is not
something that becomes the matter of life and death. It is all about knowing
your instincts because every work that you do can bring some uncertainty in it,
you have to know how to deal with such ambiguity, failure and how to keep
moving towards success when you are both a boss and a worker at the same time.
Here is top 10 Entrepreneur of
today’s century who never let failure becomes a hurdle in the path of their
success, and that is the reason they are now top. Check them out!
Achievements: Tesla, SpaceX, X.com, Paypal, SolarCity, Hyperloop
In the Limelight: When it
comes to 21st-century technology, Elon Musk is the name that
standing on the top of the list. The modern man of engineering and innovation.
He chose entrepreneurship when he
stepped into his adulthood. He moved to California where he got a Ph.D. degree
from Stanford University in applied physics and material science. After that,
he made a web software company in a companionship of his brother Kimbal, called
Zip2.
He actually got into the steps of
success when he began working in relation to a car manufacturer Tesla. His
SpaceX company is another milestone in the field of space science as the
company launches space vehicles hoping to change the rocket technology.
Achievements: Renowned Philanthropist, Investor, Steel Tycoon
In the Limelight: “Carnegie” is a word many Americans are well
aware of. Questions like, “how do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice.” Do you
the reason behind it? I am sure most of you don’t know. This word started with
Scottish-American industrialists Andrew Carnegie.
If you look back to 19th-century’s
industrial revolution in North America, you would come to know that the man
behind such revolutionary act, is none other than Andrew Carnegie. He invested
in railroads, oil derricks, and the steel industry. He has also some powerful
bonding with other salesmen.
Achievements: Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans
In the Limelight: Still, the preferable brand of jeans today, Levi
Strauss is the man behind it all. He started a company whose vision was to
create captivating and wonderful blue jeans.
In the mid-1800, he settled in
San Francisco and grouped with Jacob Davis to manufacture a different kind of
work pants. The California Gold Rush, Industrial Revolution, and increasing
population, all set a plus point for Levi Strauss & Co. as they got many
customers. After his death, the company was able to gain $164 million in
profits.
Achievements: oil magnate
In the Limelight: History reveals his name as the wealthiest
American. He got most of his wealth from the oil industry. In 1870, he was able
to create his own famous oil company by the name of Standard Oil Company, Inc.
He also laid the foundation of
universities like Rockefeller University, the University of Chicago, and
Central Philippine University in the Philippines.
Achievements: Corporate financier behind some of the largest
financial institutions
In the Limelight: J.P Morgan Chase is a shining name in the banking
today, but the man behind it was John Pierpont Morgan Sr.
By the end of 19th
century, Morgan mingled the Edison General Electric with Thomson-Houston
Electric Company to make a behemoth General Electric. He also put his efforts
in the formation of AT&T and the United States Steel Corporation.
In 1907, he was the one who calmed
down the 1907’s incident in the banking field. It was considered to be the
first major U.S. banking crises which dropped the New York Stock Exchange to
nearly 50%.
Achievements: Founder of Coca-Cola, Mayor of Atlanta, GA
In the Limelight: In 1888, Asa Griggs Candler purchased something
that would change the face of beverage companies. He bought the formula for
creating Coca-Cola from its founder John Pemberton for just $550. After a few
years, the Coca-Cola Company had transformed into more worthful one.
Today, the market value of this
company is around $188 million.
Achievements: Electrographic Vote-Recorder, Electric Power Meter,
Alkaline Battery, Phonograph, Concrete House
In the Limelight: America’s greatest inventor, Thomas Edison, who
laid the creations of many things used today.
The number of patents he has now
is around 1,100 in the U.S. and many other patents in the United Kingdom. These
include many devices and inventions of many discipline.
His biggest invention i.e. light
bulbs changed the life of millions across the globe.
Achievements: Founder of the Ford Motor Company, Developing the
assembly line technique
In the Limelight: The kick-start of the car industry also comes on
the shoulders of Henry Fold as he founded the Ford Motor Company and
transformed this field. He revolutionized the entire course of transportation
and brought a different mindset toward mass production.
The use of assembly line was done
by Ford. He also set up the concept of mass producing inexpensive goods leading
to high payments to workers.
Achievements: Founder of Eastman Kodak Company, created roll film
In the Limelight: As Thomas Edison is the man behind motion picture
innovation, George Eastman is the man of photography. He tried and succeeded to
make the mainstream society know about the use of roll film, which also was the
main thing in the creation of motion picture film stock.
His worth, at the time of his
death in 1932, was approx. $95 million which if converted into today’s money would
be $1.5 billion.
He was so tired of his spinal
condition that he shot himself in the chest. He left something that read, “To
my friends: my work is done. Why wait?”
Achievements: Radio pioneer leading Radio Corporation of America
(RCA)
In the Limelight: His field of interest was mass communication
since his adolescence when he moved to New York City through immigration from
Russia.
The prominent success of his is
RCA from 1919 pacing towards 1970. At that time, he proposed a law called
Sarnoff’s Law which states that the value of a broadcast network is
proportional to the number of its viewers.
Read the innovative works of
these people and ponder over it. Have a revolutionary life!
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