1.1: Company Background and History On April 1st, 1976 Apple was discovered by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to sell the Apple I personal computer kit. Steve Jobs owned 45% of the company, Steve Wozniak with 45% and Wayne with the remaining 10%. Apple Inc. is an American corporation that designs and manufactures computer hardware, software and other consumer electronics. The company is best known for their Macintosh personal computer line, Mac OS X, extremely loyal user-base, iTunes media application and the iPod personal music player. Apple’s headquarters is in Cupertino, California, CEO and co-founder is Steve Jobs and the company boasts 284 retail locations spanning 10 different countries.
In the 70’s the creator of the first language in that era was Niklaus Wirth. His language was called “Pascal.” It was named after a mathematician named Blaise Pascal. The language was aimed to ease the building of compilers, and to lead teaching by forcing to a structured programming. However, one of the more popular programming languages in the 70’s was called “C.” It was created in 1973 by Dennis Ritchie. It was firstly destinated to program the UNIX operating system.
More than describing his reasons, he hopes that many other people identify with his ideas, so he don’t feel as the only one who degrades computers’ function. Berry’s article draws attention of the audience because we live in a society that barely looks up for reasons for not buying not only computers, but also any other technological advance. We live on a pro technology world. Past generations might always seem technology as an enemy because it is hard for them to catch up with technology. Berry’s intention to persuade readers depends whether the reader agrees or disagrees with his reasons.
Roy Lee is a really good friend to the boys. The characteristic of Roy Lee as a good friend shows in the book often. From the beginning to the end, he always yielded and gave the great chance to the one who dreamed of it and who really need the opportunity they were given. [2] Whether he didn’t really know how to help the boys, he didn’t give up and produced ideas that would be of a help to the group, Rocket Boys. Roy Lee takes big role in encouraging Sonny that they should win in the Science Fair even though he was one of the people that saw no hope and thought it was impossible to win in the science fair.
E. opportunities and threats. Answer Key: C Question 2 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Fernando had taken on a turn-around assignment for his business unit. It was in a high-growth market, but not doing well compared to competitors. He knew it would require a lot of resources and a lot of attention. Then he found out that his company had hired consultants to conduct a BCG portfolio analysis.
A weakness of Blitz committing to a large scale expansion is the fact that their current business plan seems to be working just fine because they have made their first link of chain the training camp for their new hires. With a larger expansion this training set up may not be possible for their new hire which could mean some new hires do not get that quality training as they would if they had been trained by the first link. I believe that one of the essential in making this chain so successful is the quality of training each hire received that allows then to be empowered to satisfy each customer. From the opportunity stand point Dalman and Lei committing to a large scale expansion is that they would
A blog is a special space on the World Wide Web to share a topic, opinions, knowledge, etc where readers can make comments about the topic posted. Balter’s idea of blogging could have gone good or bad, depending on the use of the agents, but he took the risk to deliver truth and transparency. When Beelog was launched it had a great engagement with the agents, employees and etc, but as it went over its course, the bond was lost because the readers don’t feel transparency since the blogs seems to be too clever. As mentioned on the reading there are about 175,000 new blogs created daily, so to maintain the readers’ attention and engagement is extremely difficult. A dynamic Beelog could be a solution, where the blog’s author can add
As part of his vision for the business, he focused on re-allocating resources and activities for key positions. He wanted for the employees to concentrate in activities that could transmit advantages that the company could offer to their customers by working and growing together. One of the key positions is the Account Manager; they were responsible to build relationships with software developers and vendors but also to work very close with customers and helping and encouraging them to create value together. Li is a promising account manager and even though he’s been in the company for a short period, his performance on creating relationships with top management had been so far very productive. He has recently been working very hard on a project to help software developers to help them run their business but overtime this project has become more and more complex.
If the idea of the whole thing does not get presented in the correct way, the business itself can fall rather quickly. An entrepreneur may see their business as a great idea, but if the idea is not conveyed people will not come. Another challenge would be simply finding the correct location for the business. Urban Outfitters had a great location when they chose to open their stores near colleges. The store itself was selling items that a college student might find interesting, causing it to be a big hit in the areas it was located.
But most will tell you they are fuelled by a passion for their product or service, by the opportunity to solve a problem and make life easier, better, cheaper. Self-belief is a big one for Mark because he took many risks, he was 100% sure that his product would hit big time and since he took that risk it did. Actions that demonstrate Mark’s leadership ability Mark dreamt big, showed commitment and stayed focus. He focused on his dream, and by doing that he had to stay committed, the outcome of that made him a great leader in the business world. People look up to him every day by gaining what he has, which is mostly money and power.