Sabtu, 10 Mei 2008

jutawan di usia muda

Bayangkan anda yang baru lepasan graduan atau berusia sekitar awal dua puluhan telah pun berstatus seorang jutawan. Tentunya menarik, bukan?
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Kenyataannya ia boleh direalisasikan sekiranya seseorang itu mempunyai tekad dan matlamat yang jelas di samping sikap yang positif untuk berani mencuba. Bagi generasi muda, mereka mempunyai peluang yang luas jika mereka mampu menguasai pelbagai bidang dengan mempunyai daya kreativiti tinggi untuk mencipta beberapa perkhidmatan dan produk untuk orang ramai.

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Di barat ada usahawan yang muda bermula dalam usia 9 tahun bekerja sendiri dan akhirnya mereka memperolehi pendapatan sehingga tujuh angka. Mereka senantiasa berfikir sekalipun idea yang difikirkan merupakan idea biasa tetapi ia akhirnya menjadi realiti.
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Sebagai contoh berlaku perubahan pada Freser Doherty yang hanya menjalankan usaha cara lama. Pada tahun 2002 pada usia 14 tahun dia mula membuat jem dari resipi neneknya, di rumah keluarganya di Edinburgh, Scotland. Jem tersebut menjadi kesukaan jiran dan kawan-kawannya yang pergi ke gereja. Akhirnya jemnya mendapat perhatian ramai.
.. Bermula dari kenalan sehingga Doherty menerima tempahan yang banyak dan dia tidak mampu lagi membuat di rumah sehingga menyebabkan dia menyewa sebuah kedai memproses makanan untuk beberapa hari dalam masa sebulan dengan pekerja seramai 200 orang. Pada usia 16 tahun, setelah tamat sekolah dia membuat jem sepenuh masa. Tahun 2007, Waitrose sebuah supermarket di UK mempelawanya untuk menjual Superjamnya di supermarket mereka. Dalam beberapa bulan jemnya memasuki 184 Waitrose store, sehingga jualan bertambah.
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Doherty kemudiannya meminjam RM40,000 daripada bank untuk menampung kos pengeluaran bagi mengeluarkan jem perasa Blueberry & Blackcurrent, Rhubarb &Ginger dan Cranberry & Raspberry. Akhirnya jemnya mendapat permintaan Tesco di 300 store melangkaui UK. Pada Mac lalu, Superjam dilancarkan di Tesco, Ireland.
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Tahun lalu sahaja Suprjam Doherty mencecah jualan RM2.7 juta. Pada tahun ini dijangkakan jualannya akan mencecah sehingga RM3.5 juta hingga RM6 juta. Tidak mengecewakan seperti mana dia mencadangkan kepada remaja bahawa "kena ada sikap menghadapi cabaran."
Dan sudah tentu pada usia 19 tahun dia gembira dengan kehidupannya.
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Jelas sudah bahawa dengan pendapatan tujuh angka di usia muda, jutawan ini telah mencipta kekayaan hasil kreativiti yang dibuat dan yakin dengan apa yang dilakukannya. Apakah kita rakyat Malaysia tidak dapat melakukan perkara sedemikian. Di depan kita terbentang luas masa depan untuk kerjaya berjaya dan menjadi jutawan. Apa yang perlu ada ialah semangat dan keberanian untuk memulakan.

kisah bill gates


William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft had revenues of US$51.12 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2007, and employs more than 78,000 people in 105 countries and regions.
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On June 15, 2006, Microsoft announced that effective July 2008 Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

After July 2008 Gates will continue to serve as Microsoft’s chairman and an advisor on key development projects. The two-year transition process is to ensure that there is a smooth and orderly transfer of Gates’ daily responsibilities. Effective June 2006, Ray Ozzie has assumed Gates’ previous title as chief software architect and is working side by side with Gates on all technical architecture and product oversight responsibilities at Microsoft.

Craig Mundie has assumed the new title of chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft and is working closely with Gates to assume his responsibility for the company’s research and incubation efforts.
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Born on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International.
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Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair.
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In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.
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Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected in its investment of approximately $7.1 billion on research and development in the 2007 fiscal year.
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In 1999, Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought, a book that shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries. Business @ the Speed of Thought has received wide critical acclaim, and was listed on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com. Gates' previous book, The Road Ahead, published in 1995, held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks.