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Bill Gates Harvard Commencement Speech

Posted on October 30th, 2007 in Leadership by pradosh

One of my colleagues at work emailed me Bill Gates’ Harvard commencement speech. I thought it was a great speech with an important message for all of us:”I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: “Dad, I always told you I’d come back and get my degree.” I want to thank Harvard for this timely honor. I’ll be changing my job next year … and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume.

I applaud the graduates today for taking a much more direct route to your degrees. For my part, I’m just happy that the Crimson has called me “Harvard’s most successful dropout.” I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class … I did the best of everyone who failed”…………………..>> click here for the full text of the speech

Secrets Of The Self-Made 2007

Posted on October 4th, 2007 in General by pradosh

Here is a fascinating article from Forbes.

Secrets Of The Self-Made 2007

Their secrets, that is. We played 20 questions with 21 self-made members of the Forbes 400. Result: an exclusive, introspective and often playful peek into their best days, worst qualities, guiltiest pleasures and hardest lessons (among other things). You can search the list two ways: Read each titan’s responses to all 20 questions, or peruse the entire group’s answers to each of the 10 most thought-provoking ones.

Click here to see the slideshow