Bill Gates’ entrepreneurial journey

1. In 1968, Bill Gates used an instruction manual to start learning Basic programming. Soon after, Bill Gates and classmate Paul Allen signed an agreement with Computer Center Corporation.

2. In 1971, Bill Gates wrote programs for Lakeside Middle School, including a timetable scheduling software. ,

3. In 1972, Bill Gates sold his first computer programming work-a time table system.

4. In 1973, Bill Gates was admitted to Harvard University.

5. In 1975, Gates and Allen wrote a program that could run on the Altair 8800 and sold it.

6. In 1976, Gates and Allen registered the "Microsoft" trademark.

7. In 1979, Gates moved Microsoft's headquarters to Belleville, Washington.

8. In 1980, Gates signed a contract with IBM and agreed to develop an operating system for IBM's PCs.

9. In 1982, during its first year on the market, Gates licensed the MS-DOS operating system to 50 hardware manufacturers.

10. In 1994, the William Gates Foundation was founded.

11. In 2005, the American "Forbes" magazine announced the ranking of the world's richest people, and Bill Gates was the richest man in the world.

Lessons from Bill Gates

1. For society full of inequities, don’t try to reform it, you can only adapt to it first.

2. Don’t complain when you are in trouble, learn lessons silently and cheer yourself up.

3. Establish lofty ambitions and work hard for them.

4. There is nothing wrong with celebrating success, but it is more important to learn from failures.

5. Love your job.