Essays Tagged: "Paul Allen"

The Gates Bill

.In the fall of 1968, Bill Gates was entering the 8th grade at lakeside School, and his best friend Paul Allen, entered the 10th grade. Lakeside invested $3,000 into a Teletype machine which could con ...

(4 pages) 150 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

An analysis and description of the life of Bill Gates and the beginnings of Microsoft Corporation

e instance of their lives is as great as any other moment. At MITS corporate locale in Albuquerque, Paul Allen loaded the team's code onto the Altair. On the second try, the system booted and worked a ... 's code onto the Altair. On the second try, the system booted and worked as planned. Bill Gates and Paul Allen moved to Albuquerque to help MITS with the Altar. In April, 1975, Gates and Allen founded ...

(2 pages) 102 0 3.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

The history of Microsoft and Bill Gates

xcellence in his studies his parents enrolled him in lakeside prep school where he made fiends with Paul Allen. Here he was also first introduced to computers.Computer at the time were large and very ... d were eventually banned from the computers.A few weeks later to Gates surprise, him and his friend Paul Allen were hired by the computer company, that was permitting the school use their computers, t ...

(3 pages) 237 1 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Psychoanalysis of Bill Gates. Includes Freudian theory and Humanistic theory, Also includes biography. 2,543 words.

red his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13" (Mirick, 1996)."Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and a few other Lakeside students (many of whom were the first programmers hired at Micr ... mputer Center Corporation banned them from the system for several weeks" (Mirck, 1996)."Bill Gates, Paul Allen and, two other hackers from Lakeside formed the Lakeside Programmers Group in late 1968. ...

(10 pages) 250 0 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Bill Gates.

other company in a majorconsumer industry" (Electric 1). Exactly how did Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen gettheir company to such a big height? The history of Microsoft is a very interesting pas ... ry interesting past fullof enterprise and excitement. The Dawning of a great company Bill Gates and Paul Allenare the co-founders of Microsoft. The start of their great success started in high school ...

(5 pages) 111 0 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Bill Gates.

ew very fond of computers, and their, his life would change for ever. Bill and his long time friend Paul Allen worked side by side learning about the computers.The computers of today would be nothing ... omputers.The computers of today would be nothing if it was not for Bill Gates and his school friend Paul Allen. There would be big and bulky computer too expensive to buy. William and his school frien ...

(2 pages) 79 2 3.4 Aug/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Bill gates biography.

to computers.In the seventh grade he met his soon to be best friend and business partner for life, Paul Allen. At the age of 13 in the eighth grade, Gates was first introduced to computers and the pr ... time, the school was one of the few that provided the students with access to a computer. Bill and Paul were immediately hooked and within a week, they had already acquired more knowledge than their ...

(7 pages) 152 1 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Bill Gates-story of...

ank. His parents placed him in Lakeside, an academic and rigorous private school in Seattle. He met Paul Allen in high school. Gates was fascinated with computers since the age of 12 and has been prog ... ess by building Windows.VALUESGates' values are mostly teamwork and communication. He has been with Paul Allen and has worked with him ever since he went to high school. He needed to use a great deal ...

(2 pages) 68 2 3.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Book: Bill Gates Author: Adam Woog

ded to send him to Lakeside, an all-boys school, to straighten him out.At Lakeside School, Bill met Paul Allen. The two of them became introduced to the teletypewriter, which in turn introduced them t ... Bill would skip classes to work on the teletypewriter.During his senior year at Lakeside, Bill and Paul decided to build their computer around a new chip. Bill and Paul bought a chip for $360 and got ...

(3 pages) 24 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bill Gates

rvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop an ... rried on Jan. 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. They have three children.Age 13 1968 Bill Gates and Paul Allen (his classmate) formed a programming group. Age 14 1969 - Bill Gates & Paul Allen mak ...

(3 pages) 38 0 3.0 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Bill Gates: The Inspirational Leader.

of thirteen, wrote his first software program, which played tic-tac-toe. And also there, Gates and Paul Allen got acquainted and their shared interests in computer programming bonded their friendship ...

(2 pages) 88 0 1.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Large Companies and the Possibility of Real Innovation.

of how an unfulfilled need in the market was met using already existing technology. Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the founders of Microsoft, were in the right place at the right time, and were ready to ... f its Altair kit computer, a letter was on its way to MITS company headquarters from Bill Gates and Paul Allen, two young Harvard students. The letter read:"We have available a BASIC language interpre ...

(11 pages) 103 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Bill Gates before Microsoft

computer time for a year, but he used it up in a week. He was addicted.He became good friends with Paul Allen, another computer whiz. Pretty soon, they became very good programmers. To learn more abo ... ter companies to find programmers' old notes.Finally, he got a job working out computer bugs. Soon, Paul and he also organized a company called the Traf-o-data; it recorded traffic data for his town a ...

(4 pages) 87 0 4.6 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Bill Gates

introduction of Windows changed all that dramatically. Bill Gates introduced Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen 2) Computers, which no body wanted to buy suddenly, became a big hit with in the ...

(3 pages) 19 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Bill Gates

was thirteen years old. It was for playing tic-tac-toe"(Gates 1). It was at Lakeside that Gates met Paul Allen, who later became cofounder with Gates of Microsoft. There they became friends and "began ...

(7 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Microsoft's Diversity Action Plan

sociated challenges" (University of Phoenix, 2008).William (Bill) H. Gates and his long-term friend Paul Allen founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975. Gates had a vision that in the years to come compu ...

(13 pages) 103 1 5.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Company Motivational Profile

ccessful computer technology corporation in existence.Co-founded on April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft has surpassed the competition in a now unbeatable race. Dominating the technol ... sful over the last decade. When Bill Gates "dropped out of Harvard University, and" teamed up "with Paul Allen," no one ever would have imagined that Microsoft would become what it has today (Answers. ...

(8 pages) 76 0 5.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Swot Analysis of Microsoft Corporation

Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft became the most powerful force in today's software industry, earning a signifi ...

(3 pages) 54 0 5.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur

ving a degree in law, but then after deciding in 1975 that he wanted to start his own business with Paul allen, co-founder of Microsoft, he dropped out of Harvard to pursue his dream: computers. Micro ... he is now; therefore, making him one of the richest people in the world.Bill Gates, and his friend Paul Allen created one of the biggest software companies in the world according to Barber Verberne. ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Dec/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

My Favorite Personality

of Cascade Investment and holds the highest position as the Chairman of Corbis. He and his partner, Paul Allen built the world's largest software business.Due to his excellence software invention and ...

(2 pages) 3 0 0.0 Mar/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies