Entrepreneurs

Amazing Entrepreneurs provides virtual interviews with people who built successful organizations.

Some of their names, such as Ford and Ritz live on as major corporate brands. Other like Carnegie may not be as well known, but each one of them made amazing contributions. They created employment opportunities as well as wealth for themselves and their shareholders.

Some of them gave away a major part of their fortune to the less privileged.

New Teamwork Interview with Dr Charles Margerison

New Teamwork Interview with Dr Charles Margerison

Posted by in Education, Entrepreneurs, Life Stories, Self Development on 22. Mar, 2013 | 0 Comments

Recently, I was at a conference and asked my views on teamwork and how people can work together effectively. I said it starts by each individual understanding their talents and how they use their time. There are eight main areas, as shown in the model on this page. Using the Team Management Profile Questionnaire. it [...]

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Dollars from Apples

Dollars from Apples

Posted by in Entrepreneurs, Inventors on 12. Apr, 2012 | 1 Comment

Some days are more significant than others. On this day in 1976, a little known company launched a computer called Apple 1. The two whizz kid founders were helped in the  formation of  their company by a colleague. They gave him 10% of the shares, but it is said that he later returned them for about [...]

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Curiousity – How Much Do You Have?

Curiousity – How Much Do You Have?

Posted by in Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Scientists, Self Development on 18. Mar, 2012 | 1 Comment

It is said that curiousity killed the cat. It has also been the factor that has led people to create new inventions, explore new places and develop new ideas. In the process, some people have become millionaires because they were curious. People like Thomas Edison, who founded the enormous General Electric Company was always curious. [...]

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Self Development via Action Learning

Self Development via Action Learning

Posted by in Careers, Entrepreneurs, Self Development on 12. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment

  What do Henry Ford, Coco Chanel, Thomas Edison and Helena Rubinstein have in common? They all became multi – millionaires without going to a University or a Business School. So did Richard Branson and Steve Jobs. Bill Gates had the opportunity to do the courses at Harvard, but chose get into business action and [...]

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Amazing Millionaires

Amazing Millionaires

Posted by in Entrepreneurs, Life Stories on 10. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments

              Henry Ford did it. Andrew Carnegie also. Helena Rubinstein achieved it. So did Coco Chanel. Thomas Edison summed it up as one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration. They all had one thing in common. They started in relative poverty and all became multi millionaires. Therefore, I [...]

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Entrepreneurs Quiz

Entrepreneurs Quiz

Posted by in Careers, Entrepreneurs, Life Stories, Self Development on 25. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments

This is an opportunity to test your knowledge of the people who created major organizations. If you can successfully name 7 or more then you have a very good knowledge of business entrepreneurs. The people mentioned below are part of a book called Amazing Entrepreneurs that provides an insight into the personal lives of people [...]

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    I created the AmazingPeople series of BioViews books and audios based on my research and experience into famous people and places. This blog gives an insight into the writing, people and places I have visited along the way on this exciting journey with amazing people at my side.