Pioneering Story of Success

Oprah Winfrey
courage "Be Yourself", Oprah became the most popular presenter in America and became the richest female celebrities according to Forbes magazine, with a fortune of more than U.S. $ 1 billion. Copy of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" has been played in almost all corners of the earth.

DID YOU KNOW?
Born in Mississisipi of Afro-American family by the name of Oprah Gail Winfrey. His father was a former soldier who became a barber, his mother was a maid. Because they split the smallest Oprah was raised by his grandmother in a slum environment and the very poor. Extraordinary, at the age of 3 years Oprah has been able to read the Bible aloud.


"Reading is a store to know the world" he said in an interview.

At the age of 9 years, Oprah experienced sexual harassment, she was raped by her mother's cousin and her friends and occur repeatedly. At the age of 13 years to accept the fact Oprah became pregnant and gave birth, but the baby died two weeks after birth.

After that, Oprah ran to her father's house in Nashville. His father was very hard to educate and discipline. He is required to read the book and make a summary of each week. Despite heavy pressure, but later realized that this is what makes it hard upbringing as a strong woman, confident and disciplined.

Her achievements as an exemplary student in high school took him elected student representatives who were invited to the White House. Scholarships were in the can when entering the college level. Oprah never win a beauty contest, and that's when she first became public spotlight ..

He began his career as a local radio announcer while in high school. Career in TV in the wake of 19 years of age. She became the first woman and youngest negro as a newsreader such local TV station. TVnya talkshow Oprah debuted the show People Are Talking. And the decision to move to Chicago that finally brings Oprah to the top of his career. The Oprah Winfrey Show became the highest-rated talk show nationwide that never existed in the history of American television. It was great!

Background of life is poor, crime-prone and discriminatory harass him for trying to help others. Impressions of the show on television is always laden with human values, morality and education. Oprah realized, if she could invite all viewers a television, then together, will easily realize their dreams by helping those who are oppressed.

Oprah is also known for its generosity. Various foundations have disantuni, among others, hospitals and research institutions AIDs sufferers, schools, people with addiction, people with disabilities and more.

And finally, on 2 January 2007, Oprah attended the inauguration of a special school girls in the town of Henley-on-Klip, outside Johannesburg, South Africa, which he founded along with the television audience. Oprah set aside 20 million pound sterling (1 pound kira2 rp. 17,000, -) or 340 milyiar dollars of his fortune. "By giving a good education for women anak2 this, we will begin to change this country" he hoped.

Oprah Winfrey Story is the story of a young man who does not want to bemoan the fate. He fought hard for his success, and he succeeded. He has a mental steel and able to change fate, the sorrow of life into a successful man who has character. Struggle to emulate the spirit of our content!

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
Founder of Facebook

Since youth are avid computer. While at Harvard had become rebellious student data by opening the website, he was sued. Then Facebook had made shook the world and bring it into the richest young people in the world.

His name is Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, born in Dobb's Ferry, West chester County, New York, May 14, 1984. Secondary schools in Ardsley High School, Ardsley, New York (1998-2000) and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hamshire (2000-2002). University education in the field of psychology, Harvard University (drop-out). Owned company, Facebook Inc.. Wealth of U.S. $ 1.5 billion (approximately USD 13.5 billion), ranked the world's 785th richest person by Forbes Magazine, 2008.

Is there nothing surprising about these data? New Zuckerberg would have turned 24 years old this May. He did not finish college at Harvard University but managed to build up which makes collecting a wealth of up to Rp 13.5 trillion. Anyone would call outstanding. "He is the youngest billionaire in the world today, and we believe he is too young billionaire in history who collect their own wealth," said Matthew Miller, associate editor of Forbes Magazine.

Before this Forbes never put a young child in the row of world's richest people, but they got it from his parents who died. While Zuckerberg got it from his work. Then the magazine named Zuckerberg as "The Youngest` Self-made 'billionaire on the planet "this year.

Initially Student Directory Zuckerberg was born in the area called Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York. He was the second of four children of parents dentist couple - psychiatrist. Since childhood, Zuckerberg likes Mengu not fiddle with the computer, tried different computer programs and learn to make it. His father bought him a computer since he was eight years old Beru it. While in high school Phillips Exeter Academy, he and his partner, D'Angelo, create plug-ins for Winamp MP3 player. Plug-in is a computer program that can interact with the host application such as a web browser or email for a particular purpose.

Zuckerberg and D'Angelo makes a plug-in to gather preferences of people towards various types of songs and then made her play list according to their tastes. They sent it to the program to a variety of companies including AOL (American Online) and Microsoft. In his last year at Phillips he was recruited by Microsoft and AOL for a project.

When the school went on to college gi ting the two should be separated. D'Angelo entered Caltech while Zuckerberg entered Harvard. In this Harvard Zuckerberg found the idea of ​​making books online student directory because the university did not share the face book (a book containing photographs and student in the university's student ID) at the new student as a forum of friendship between them. But every time he volunteered to make the directory, Harvard refused. "They said they have reason not to collect information (student)," said Zuckerberg then.

Although he rejected always looking for ways to make it happen. "I wanted to show that it can be done," he continued stubborn about making the directory.
His first project was CourseMatch (www.coursematch.com) that allows classmates to communicate with each other on the website. One night in his second year at Harvard, Harvard student Zuckerberg sabotage of data and put it into a website he created called Facemash. Some photos fellow student posted there. Not to forget he put a sentence that asks pengun jungnya determine which of these pictures are the most "hot". Pancingannya hit. Within four hours since he launched the webiste it recorded 450 people visited by 22,000 photos Facemash and they're open. Harvard parties know it and the internet connection was disconnected. Sued Zuckerberg for stealing data. This curly-haired young man also apologized to colleagues whose pictures go on Facemash. But he did not regret it Tinda. "I think such information should be available (online)," he said.

Rather than give up he instead create a new website by the name of Facebook (www.thefacebook.com). This website he launched in February 2004. Facebook is a refinement of Facemash. The goal remains as a meeting fellow Harvard students. In the explanation on its website today mentioned that Facebook is a social tool to help people communicate more efficiently berko with colleagues, family, or coworkers. Facebook offers easy navigation for its users. Each account holder has space to display photos, friends, network, and do other things like being able to send messages and so forth.

The number of applications that can be used by the members making up digan drungi many people. It is said that up to now has over 20,000 apps included in Facebook that can be used by members. At least 140 new applications added to Facebook every day and 95% of owners have attempted to use nWill Facebook account at least one application.

Inclusion of many of these applications makes Facebook different from previous social networking websites such as MySpace. Then people flocked to his website and sign up to be members. Within two weeks after launch, half of Harvard students already have an account on Facebook. Harvard student was not only interested, several campuses around Harvard had asked be included in the network Facebook. It makes Zuckerberg overwhelmed. He then requested the help of two friends to join Facebook tential develop. Within four months Facebook has been able to encompass 30 campuses. By the end of 2004 the number of Facebook users has reached one million.

Facebook users continues to increase. In fact there are some people who are no longer a student or are still in school wants to join. The high pressure makes Zuckerberg and his friends decided Facebook open network for high school students (high school here) on Sep tember 2005. Soon they also open networking office workers. This incredible busyness makes Zuckerberg had decided to leave Harvard. "What I want is at hand. I do not want to have a diploma later work. In my opinion, the work is only for people who are weak, "he told the magazine Current.

Zuckerberg and his friends then Facebook develops further. In September 2006 Facebook opened registration to the general network condition have email. Since then the number of Facebook members bolted.
Currently, the number reached 70 million active members worldwide. Networks dihimpunnya six million network (the group of friends) covers 55,000 networks based on demographics, employment, school, collegial, and so on. Every day there are 14 million photos are uploaded (put up). And in terms of the amount of traffic accessed Facebook become the sixth most active website in the world and become the second largest social networking website camScore version.

Selling Stocks So Rich, The number of Facebook which millions or ang was a gold mine giurkan Meng. Zuckerberg and his friends had caught a great business opportunity. Therefore, when the number of users exceeded one million they took Accel Part ners, venture capital companies, to finance its development. Invested capital is U.S. $ 12.7 million. This is the second investment into Facebook after the previous (June 2004) and of the founders of PayPal gain of U.S. $ 500,000. Settling first with additional capital, it is by clicking change his domain from www. Thefacebook. www.facebook.com corn being in August 2005. After that, coverage was expanded to an international membership. As of December 2005 the number of members has reached 5.5 million.

Although the number of users have increased sharply in 2005 mentioned Facebook Menga lami losses of up to U.S. $ 3.63 million. Facebook then get a funding of U.S. $ 25 million from Greylock Partners and Meritech Capi tal Partners. The funds were used to launch its mobile version.

In September 2007 Microsoft approaches and offered to buy 5% stake worth about U.S. $ 300 million to U.S. $ 500 million. If it is approved then the value of Facebook capitalization reached U.S. $ 6 billion to U.S. $ 10 billion, or around Rp 54 trillion to Rp 90 trillion. However, Microsoft has finally announced just bought a 1.6% stake in Facebook with a value of U.S. $ 240 million in October 2007. This transaction demonstrates the value of Facebook was higher capitalization of around U.S. $ 15 billion (approximately U.S. $ 135 billion).
After that the number of offers surround Facebook. Li Ka-shing touted join menginvestasinya approximately U.S. $ 60 million in November 2007. Then there is the news that says Viacom, Yahoo, Google, etc. also make a bid to buy Facebook. So far Zackerberg me tell Facebook not be sold.

Facebook makes business boom Zackerberg menampuk tremendous wealth. Forbes magazine says Zackerberg own wealth reached U.S. $ 1.5 billion, or around Rp 13.5 trillion. Let alone for Zackerberg age children, for adults as much as it would any treasure unusually large amount. So naturally, if the magazine was crowned as 'The Youngest Self-made' billionaire on the planet.

Achievements Zackerberg not really smooth. A number case he got in connection with Facebook. Including from colleagues at Harvard that mention Facebook design is actually a clone of ConnectU. However Zackerberg budge that Facebook is the result of his work. Although ConnectU lost the first trial, the company registered a new lawsuit in March 2008.

The controversy also came from countries like Myanmar, Bhutan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran and so on which mentions that Facebook promotes attacks on government authority so that access to Facebook in the country were closed.

Amid some controversy, the name of Facebook and Mark Zackerberg still digan drungi many people. Zackerberg himself in the middle of his name popularity and the amount of wealth he has, he remains modest. He still lives in a rented apartment and his room is only available in a table and chairs. Mattress placed on the floor. Kala came to his office in Palo Alto, Zackerberg often walk or ride a bicycle. There appears to be a millionaire (in U.S. $ dol lar, of course) or squillionaires (in rupiah).


Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Founder of Google
Google was born of an accidental meeting of Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University. In January 1996 Lary and Sergey began to collaborate in the manufacture Search Enggine named backrub. 1998 Technology Search Enggine it keeps on polishing, they began looking for investors to develop the technological sophistication of their search engine.

So, they get a cash injection from Andy Bechtolsheim college friend and founder of Sun Microsystems. A check for $ 100 thousand dollars, which is unique in the check was written on behalf of Google that even when it has not been established by Sergey and Larry.

Larry and Sergey had previously been offered the possibility to Alta Vista, but was rejected on the grounds that the parent company Alta Vista Digital Equipment Corp does not like to rely on people from outside the company.

Investors in Silicon Valley, Michael Moritz (Sequa Capital) and John DOER (Kleiner Perkins) who competed at last be convinced to inject capital worth 12.5 million U.S. dollars to the company Google which was established December 7, 1998.

His first office was a room their friend's garage in Menlo Park, California. In 1999, Google moved into offices at 165 University Ace Palo Alto California before moving to the Googleplex at the end of the year.

Larry and Sergey continued to run Google's search engine until 2001. After that they hired Eric E. Schdimt to become chairman and CEO of Google.
Google has become the most influential companies in the Internet, including because they have captured Blogger.com.

Googleplex a workplace that is very convenient, as it comes complete facilities and infrastructure such as swimming pool, bar, billiard room, indoor soccer, beach volleyball, free food, free health drinks, and snacks are abundant. What's more, a relaxed atmosphere for google employees are allowed to wear only a T-shirt and jeans, so when when we come to the Googleplex and saw a man dressed in formal wear, suits and so on, most likely he was Guest.

One more interesting, Google implemented the system, employees are given 20% of their working time to be free to do what is in the interest of his - about a day in the first week. So the creativity of employees increased, and was born as eg google earth etc.. With so google very concentrated on human resources they have.

An article written by a reporter from Fortune, Freg Vogelstein, entitled "Why Google Scares Bill Gates" explains Google's rivalry with Microsoft conduction. This proves how great google today, so giants like Microsoft who are aged more than 25 years, applying a variety of strategies to compete with google. It looks real, with the planned acquisition by Microsoft Yahoo.com recently, although it eventually foundered.

Beyond that, I also do philanthropic work (social) by establishing Google.org. The mission of the organization is to help the campaign about climate change, global warming, as well as health and global poverty. Director of Google.org is Dr. Larry Brilliant.
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft

    If you hear this name, people will instantly remember two things, namely Microsoft and wealth. Well, it can not be denied, people familiar with the company's founder Bill Gates as the world's largest software. Moreover, the wealth he earned from the company had made him the richest man in the world several years in a row, without ever slipped to second place though. That said, his wealth reached 71% of the value of our state budget, which is more than Rp500 trillion. It was fantastic!

    But, all of that is certainly long process. It all started with a dream when I was young Bill Gates. At that time, around the 70's, he who like tinkering with a computer program dreamed could bring computers into homes. Something that is considered to be difficult to realize at the time. Because, in the year that the computer is still very large and is only used for certain things.

    The birth of the couple a Seattle attorney and employee of this bank is known for ambitious enough. While still in elementary school, which tends troubling spirit in the association makes his parents moved the school to a special school boys featured at Lakeside School. At school that he first became acquainted with the world that lead to his talents in the field of programming. At that time he knew teletype machine, a kind of typewriter that could be a simple program. Of the machine, and then he began to master the BASIC programming language well. He was then met by the fan community programs and often spent hours on the hobby.

    Father of three children later developed his talent while studying at Harvard University. However, while studying at elite universities in America, again making it more ambition Bill Gates chose to pursue his dream, rather than having to complete a study. He chose to drop out and are strongly committed to realize his ambition.

    The commitment was realized with persistence, patience, and perseverance, so slowly but surely making his hobby into a business program has been an increasingly lucrative. He later also met with Paul Allen, co-partner who then helped him realize a dream to bring computers into homes. Duet menghasilnya their many flagship programs, one of which MS-DOS which was then widely used as software on various computers.

    Various innovations do not stop. The result? As seen by many people today. Bill Gates's dream has come true. Almost every home has a computer now. And, incredibly, most operating systems using Microsoft products. This is what makes purse continues to expand.

    Now, with his wealth, Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, and then founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Formation Gates Foundation is used for various social activities. Starting from distributing scholarships to minorities, fight against diseases such as AIDS and other diseases, to fight hunger and poverty. Unmitigated, the couple donated more than U.S. $ 5 billion for the benefit of the foundation. A site donation ever given to a charity.

    A dream, if accompanied by a strong belief and hard work, and commitment based on the endless struggle, will provide powerful results. Bill Gates is living proof that dreams were once thought impossible, is now capable of realization. Values ​​and beliefs that we can fight this is an example in our lives. In addition, Bill Gates to share their concerns can also be an example of that success would be more meaningful if we can share.

Soichiro Honda
The founder of Honda

Soichiro Honda: "See My Failure"

When Soichiro Honda's pioneering businesses are doomed to failure. He
had fallen ill, ran out of money, expelled from college. But he
keep on dreaming and dreaming ...

Try to observe the vehicle across the highway. Sure, your eyes
always hit the Honda, either car or motorcycle.
This vehicle brands crowding density of traffic, so
worth dubbed "king of the road".

However, did you ever know, the founder of the "kingdom" Honda - Soichiro
Honda doomed to failure. He also holds an engineering degree,
more-more like Professor B.J. Habibie, the former President.
He was not a brilliant student who has a brain. In class, no seat
ever before, always out of sight of teachers.

"Ugly my grades in school. But I was not sad, because my world
around machinery, motorcycles and bicycles, "said this man, who died
at the age of 84 years, after being treated at Juntendo Hospital, Tokyo, due to
mengindap lever.

His love of the machine, maybe 'inherited' from his father who opened
farm repair shop, in the hamlet of Kamyo, district Shizuko, Japan
Middle, ctempat birth Soichiro Honda. In the workshop, her father gave
cathut (older brother) to pull out the nail. He also used to play in
saw mills where the diesel engine motors
driving.

There, men born in 17 November 1906, can be silent
hours. At the age of 8 years, he pedaled as far as 10 miles away, just
like to watch airplanes.

Apparently, his interest in the machine, not in vain. When he was 12 years old,
Honda managed to create a model bicycle pancal footbrake.
But his mind did not dream of becoming entrepreneurs automotive. He realized
come from poor families. Moreover, physically weak, not handsome,
thus making it inferior.

At the age of 15 years, Honda moved to Japan, working Hart Shokai Company.
His boss, Saka Kibara, very pleased to see how it works. Honda meticulous
and nimble in terms of the machine. Every sound suspicious, every
oil leak, did not escape his attention. Six years of work
there, adding insights on machinery. Finally, at the age of 21
years, her boss suggested opening a branch office in Hamamatsu.
This offer is not ditampiknya.

Hamamatsu keep improving his performance. He always received
reparations are rejected by another garage. It works even faster
improve customer car so walking back. Therefore, the clock
work late at night, and sometimes until dawn. Brain genius remains
creative.

At that time, the radius of the car is made of wood, up to no good
dampen shock. He had the idea to replace the trellis-trellis that
with metal. The results are extraordinary. Metal trellis trellis-sells, and
exported to all over the world. At age 30, Honda signed a patent
the first.

After creating a trellis, Honda wanted to break away from his boss,
make own garage business. He began to think, what specialist
chosen?

His brain is drawn to manufacture Ring Pinston, produced by
own workshop in 1938. Unfortunately, his work was rejected by the
Toyota, because they do not meet the standards. Ring poorly made
flexible, and will not sell. He recalled the reaction of his friends to
failure. They deplored himself out of the garage.

Lecture Due to the failure, Honda fell ill seriously enough. Two months
then, his health recovered. He returned to lead the workshop.
But, about the Ring Pinston it, yet there is also a solution. In search of
answer, he went back to school to increase their knowledge about the machine.
During the day, after returning college - early morning, he went straight to the garage,
practice newly acquired knowledge. After two years
a student, he was eventually released because it is rarely followed
college.

"I feel like dying, because when hunger is not fed,
but crammed with wordy explanations about food laws and
influence,

"Said Honda, who infatuated race car. To the Rector,
he explain what that means college is not seeking a diploma.

Rather knowledge. This explanation is regarded as an insult.

Thanks to his hard work, his design Ring Pinston accepted. Toyota Parties
awarded the contract, so that Honda intends to set up factories. Eh
unfortunately, intentions foundered. Japan, as ready for war, not
provide funding. He was not desperate to raise capital from
group of people to set up factories. Again musibahdatang.
After the war broke out, the factory burned twice.

However, Honda is not discouraged. He was rushed to gather
employees. They were ordered to take out the remaining cans of benzene
disposed of by the United States ship, used as a set up
factory. Unexpectedly, the earthquake broke out destroying the factory,
so it was decided to sell the plant to the Toyota Pinstonnya Ring. After
, Honda tried several other businesses. Unfortunately all else fails.

Finally, in 1947, after the war Japan's shortage of gasoline. Here
Japanese economy in ruins. To the extent that Honda can not be
sold his car to buy food for his family. In an
pressed, he installed a small motor on the bike. Who would have thought, "bike
motor "led to the creation of Honda cars - was enthused by the
neighbors.

They flocked to book, so that Honda out of stock.
Here, re-established the Honda motorcycle factory. Since then,
success never out of his hand. Honda Motor following
mobinya, became "king" street world, including Indonesia.

For Honda, do not see success in the industry wrestle
automotive. But look at the failures experienced. "People
I see the success of just one percent. But, they do not see
99% failure ", he said. He gives advice when you
failure, ie start dreaming new dreams mimpikanlah.

The story of Honda's, is an example that could be achieved by one's critical success
with a minimum investment, not smart at school, or derived from
poor families.

5 Honda's recipe for success:
1. Always ambitious and youthful.
2. Respect sound theory, discover new ideas, specialize time
improve production.
3. Senangilah your work and try to make your working conditions
comfortable as possible.
4. Look for smooth working rhythm and harmony.
5. Always remember the importance of research and collaboration.