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Running head: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONEntrepreneurship and InnovationName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s noteExecutive Summary

1ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONThe purpose of this assignment is to understand and evaluate the leadership and entrepreneurshipskills and attributes of a popular leader. The leader that has been chosen to study is Bill Gates.The assignments not only discusses the attributes and the personality traits of Gates but alsodiscussed the company and its process from the initial time. The challenges the entrepreneur hadto face in the process have also been discussed in the assignment.

2ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Brief history.....................................................................................................................................3Main Attributes of entrepreneurship that helped Bill Gates achieve success..................................4Personality traits and personal approach.........................................................................................6About the company..........................................................................................................................7Identification of the process.............................................................................................................8Challenges and barriers faced by Bill Gates....................................................................................8Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9Reference list.................................................................................................................................10Appendix........................................................................................................................................11

3ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONIntroductionRegarded as one of the wealthiest man alive, Bill Gates has been an important leader,motivator, philanthropist and a significant business entity of the present times Bill Gatesestablished the world's largest software business enterprise, Microsoft with partner Paul Allen,and today his net worth is around $91.6 B. they founded the company in 1975 and subsequentlybecame one of the most successful business venture of the current times. Bill Gates has steppeddown from his management position of the company in 2008 to concentrate the focus tocharitable work the Bill andMelinda Gates Foundation and in 2014 he stepped down aschairman as well (Forbes.com, 2018). Bill Gates along with his friend Paul Allen had droppedout of Harvard to create this venture In March 1986, Microsoft was listed for initial publicoffering (IPO) for $21 per share, and this step of taking the company public made him amillionaire when he was just 31 years old. At this time the worth of the company was $520million and Gates held 45 percent of the company's share. He had gained recognition as aremarkable leader and exceptional. He has inspired a lot of people to dream big and achieveheights in life. In this assignment the leadership and entrepreneur traits of Bill Gates are going tobe discussed (Forbes.com, 2018). Brief historyBill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle to a culturally and financially rich family; he wasalways an ambitious young man who was hard working and far-sighted. He was enrolled inHarvard law school where he dropped out in order to develop Microsoft; his vision was to createa solution software that was compatible to be used for universal purposes. He was passionateabout computer systems and information technology; he used to hack servers easily of the

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