TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

                               Walt Disney .......... " If you can dream it, you can do it ." - Walter Elias Disney Few individuals have had a greater impact on both the  entertainment  industry and the popular culture of the 20th century than Walter Elias Disney. His many innovations include the first cartoons with synchronized sound, the first full-length animated feature film and, of course, the theme park. His most famous creation, Mickey Mouse, is a universally recognized cultural icon. And his numerous films celebrating the triumph of the little guy and the simple charms of small-town life captured the imaginations and fueled the dreams of six generations. But while wholesomeness and nostalgic sentimentality were Disney's trademarks, the forces that shaped this maverick movie mogul and his empire were much darker and more complex. Walt Disney's childhood was anything but idyllic. His father ...

                                                   Steve Jobs Steve Jobs , in full  Steven Paul Jobs , (born February 24, 1955,  San Francisco ,  California , U.S.—died October 5, 2011,  Palo Alto , California), cofounder of Apple Computer, Inc. (now  Apple Inc. ), and a  charismatic  pioneer of the  personal computer  era. Founding Of Apple Jobs was raised by adoptive parents in Cupertino, California, located in what is now known as  Silicon Valley . Though he was interested in engineering, his passions of youth varied. He dropped out of  Reed College , in  Portland ,  Oregon , took a job at Atari Corporation as a  video game  designer in early 1974, and saved enough money for a pilgrimage to  India  to experience  Buddhism . Back in Silicon Valley in the autumn of 1974...

  Bill Gates Bill Gates Co-founder of  Microsoft  Corp. Founded: 1975   "Ultimately, the PC will be a window to everything people are interested in-and everything we need to know."- Bill Gates Some see him as an innovative visionary who sparked a computer revolution. Others see him as a modern-day robber baron whose predatory practices have stifled competition in the software industry. Regardless of what his supporters and detractors may think, few can argue that  Bill Gates  is one of, if not the most successful entrepreneur of the 20th century. In just 25 years, he built a two-man operation into a multibillion-dollar colossus and made himself the richest man in the world. Yet he accomplished this feat not by inventing new technology, but by taking existing technology, adapting it to a specific market, and then dominating that market through innovative promotion and cunning business savvy. Gates' first exposure to computers came while he was attending the ...