Entrepreneurial Profile Pirates of Silicon Valley Andrea Odunze 2nd April 2013 Entrepreneurial Profile Pirates of Silicon Valley Andrea Odunze 2nd April 2013 Bill Gates Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates the third on the 28th of October ‚1955 to his parents Mary Gates‚ who was a professor and businesswoman and William Gates II‚ who was a prominent lawyer of his time (Summers). Bill was enrolled in the prestigious Lakeside School of Seattle in 1967 because he showed
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APPLE I N 2 0 0 8 INTRODUCTION In 1997‚ Apple Computer was in deep trouble. The company that had pioneered the personal computer (PC) market with its easy-to-use Apple II in 1978 and introduced the first graphical user interface (GUI) with the Macintosh in 1984 was bleeding red ink. Apple’s worldwide market share‚ which had been fluctuating between 7% and 9% since 1984‚ had sunk to 4%. Sales were declining. Apple was on track to lose $378 million on revenues of $7 billion‚ on top of a $740 million
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the Macintosh that was called “digital hub” that isa popular model of computer introduced in 1984‚ that features a graphical user interface ( GUI) that utilizes windows‚ icons‚ and a mouse to make it relatively easy for novices to use the computer productively. Rather than learning a complex set of commands‚ that wasonly need point to a selection on a menu and click a mouse button. Moreover‚ the GUI is embedded into the operating system. This means that all application that run on a Macintosh computer
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Childhood abuse is a major issue in the world today we all know or have heard of unfortunate events dealing with children. “Abuse changes your life…Fight Back and change the life of your abusers by Breaking Your Silence on Abuse!” (Patty Rase Hopson Adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse). I believe there are long term affects to child abuse and adults or parents should be sent to jail. Childhood abuse is positively related to adult depression‚ aggression‚ hostility‚ anger‚ fear‚ anxiety disorders
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owing to the holiday season‚ "Apple shipped 2‚319‚000 Macintosh® computers‚ representing 44 percent unit growth and 47 percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 22‚121‚000 iPods during the quarter‚ representing five percent unit growth and 17 percent revenue growth over the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhone™ sales were 2‚315‚000." For the first quarter of 2007 (one year ago quarter)‚ Apple "shipped 1‚517‚000 Macintosh® computers and 10‚549‚000 iPods during the quarter‚
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introduced the Lisa. Lisa was to be the successor of the Apple II and was the first computer to widely introduce the concept of windows‚ menus‚ icons‚ and a mouse to the mainstream. The Lisa computer was phased out by 1985 and sur-passed by the Macintosh in 1984. Macintosh was faster‚ smaller‚ and less costly than the Lisa; it retailed for around $2‚500 and was packaged as a user-friendly machine that was economical
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Jobs’ Job The Excellence of Steve Jobs Steve Jobs displays arête in many ways‚ for one‚ being the most prolific icon in the tech industry‚ and two‚ for becoming so while fighting a terminal cancer. Steve Jobs was born on February 24th‚ 1955‚ in San Francisco‚ and was put into adoption. He went to high school in Cupertino‚ California‚ which is not the headquarters of Job’s billion-dollar corporation‚ Apple. While Jobs was in Cupertino‚ he attended after-school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard
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[pic] Apple‚ Inc. Team Industry Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction & Mission Statement. a. Description of overall operating activities b. Main resources of company 2. Analysis of Actual General Economic Activities a. Sales growth and Income growth b. Competition‚ investment opportunities and regulations 3. Analysis and description of main competitor – Microsoft a. Brief analysis and description 4. Annual Reports
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"mean" people. These virus programs are placed into a commonly used program so that program will run the attached virus program as it boots‚ therefore‚ it is said that the virus "infects" the executable file or program. Executable files include Macintosh "system files" [such as system extensions‚ INITs and control panels] and application programs [such as word processing programs and spreadsheet programs.] Viruses work the same ways in Windows or DOS machines by infecting zip or exe files. A virus
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Unit 1 Assignment 1: Voice vs. Data Cell phones: A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone‚ cell phone‚ and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator‚ allowing access to the public telephone network. By contrast‚ a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single‚ private base station. In addition to telephony
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