How to Be Successful Without College Education (Real Examples)
December 4, 2009
Michael Dell is a billionaire, but he dropped out of college. He actually took apart and put together again a computer when he was only 15. With just $1,000 as capital he started building and selling computers via his company, PC’s Ltd. A person could order a computer according to his or her own specifications.
The computer eventually became Dell Inc. and is now one of the largest sellers of computers. A customer can still order a computer according to his requirements. Michael turned $1,000 into a company worth more than $100 billion.
As a child Debbi Fields loved making cookies. She got married when she was 19, did not go to college and found that she was ‘just’ a housewife. She then decided to do something and that was opening a cookie shop, when she was only 20.
In the beginning she found the going tough. She started with chocolate chip cookies and later changed the name of the company to Mrs. Fields Cookies which turned into a $450 million business with more than 600 company owned and franchise stores in the US and abroad.
In 1990 she started her franchise business and finally sold out to private investors in 1993. She also
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