Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (ESBM)

Entrepreneurship and small
business management
P-7

INTRODUCTION
• In the following presentation, an attempt has been made to determine the
importance and influence of background and experience of an individual in
fostering or hindering entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial journey of Bill Gates
and Mark Zuckerberg are being analysed in the following presentation.

Examples of how background and experience can
hinder or foster entrepreneurship
• Mark Zuckerberg was born in White Plains, New York on May 14, 1984 into a
family of well-educated members. Zuckerberg became famous and gained
popularity as an innovative entrepreneur when he developed Facebook which
became the culture of the decade.

Continue…
• Bill Gates was born into an upper-middle class family on October 28, 1955 in
Seattle, Washington. Bill Gates become one of the most successful entrepreneur
when he co-founded the world’s largest software business, Microsoft.

CONCLUSION
• On the basis of this presentation, it can be concluded that experience and
background of an individual has a very important role to play in fostering or
hindering entrepreneurship at an early stage.
• Both Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg had a keen interest in computers since
their childhood which influenced and provided direction to their future
entrepreneurial endeavours.

REFERENCES
• Mark Zuckerberg Biography. 2018. [Online]. Available
thru<https://www.biography.com/business-figure/mark-zuckerberg>
• Bill Gates Biography. 2018. [Online]. Available
thru<https://www.biography.com/business-figure/bill-gates>