Founder of Google and founder of IBM

The two founders of Google, Larry Page on the left and sergey brin on the right. Back to 1998, the internet boom reached its peak and the network was in an "information explosion" state. The only problem is how to find the information. At the moment, two unknown young graduate students majoring in computer science often spend the night in the dormitory of Stanford University. They are Larry Page and sergey brin. They figured out a way to find information on the Internet and decided to give up their studies and commercialize their ideas. 1September 1998, Brin successfully obtained the first investment of a Stanford alumnus: 65,438+million dollars. Relying on this $654.38 million+fund, Brin and Page started the journey of Google in a friend's garage.

Thomas? John? Watson

Name (English) Thomas? j？ Watson

Organization and position: founder of IBM

Date of birth: 1874 February 17-1956 June 19.

Country and place of birth: new york, USA.

Education: Graduated from Myra Business School in Huel.

Occupational background: 1956 died.

1924, (CTR Company) changed its name to IBM Company and became the founder and CEO of IBM.

19 14, joined CTR as the company manager.

From 65438 to 0896, I joined the national cashier company as a salesman.

Watson 1874 February 17 was born in a poor peasant family in upstate New York, USA, and his parents were Scottish immigrants. Watson grew up in such a family. He inherited the excellent qualities of American farmers from his parents, such as integrity, practicality, seriousness, optimism and advocating personal struggle. Watson didn't go to school for a few days, and 17 started his career as a salesman. Later, he took the helm of IBM, which laid a solid foundation for IBM's computer career and was known as the "father of computers".

Famous saying (book): "Think"

Thomas? Watson's life experience gives us a typical "American dream". The son of a Scottish immigrant, relying on his own intelligence, gradually changed from a humble salesman to an entrepreneur, and finally founded the famous IBM company. Under his leadership, IBM not only grew from a medium-sized company to one of the largest enterprises in the world, but also introduced IBM from mechanical tabulators into the computer field, and dominated this field for a while. Little Thomas? On the basis of his father, Watson made IBM grow into a real IT giant through his own efforts. Over the years, IBM has been leading the development of global information industry with advanced technology, excellent management and unique products.

IBM founder Thomas? John? Watson is an out-and-out American, born in February 1874 in a poor peasant family in northern new york. My father is an immigrant from England. He lives by logging and farming. Although the family is very poor, they have always been optimistic about life and believe that as long as they work hard, they will be rewarded. Watson grew up in such a family. He inherited many excellent qualities of American farmers from his parents: integrity, sureness, seriousness, optimism and advocating personal struggle. Because his family was poor, education was not very popular at that time, and Watson didn't go to school for a few days. In order to reduce the burden on his parents, 17 began to enter the society. Selling sewing machines for the hardware store owner became his first job. At that time, sales promotion was not taken seriously by many people, so little Watson received a lot of dirty eyes, but it was the experience of sales promotion that tempered him. Later, when Watson talked about his hard work in his early years, he said, "Everything starts with sales. Without sales, there would be no American business. " At first, he was quite satisfied with the salary of $0/2 per week paid by his boss. Later, he learned from another salesman that he was actually fooled by his boss, because other salesmen usually get commission instead of salary. If calculated according to commission, he should get 65 yuan a week. So he resigned in a rage, and from then on, he never agreed to the payment method of "dead salary" when looking for a job. From 1895 to 10, Watson, who was in trouble, turned his attention to the "National Cashier Company" because the monthly salary here averaged 400 dollars and the income was considerable. The boss Patterson was a famous "sales genius" at that time. Under his leadership, many simple and diligent young people have grown into first-class sales talents. He went to visit Mr. Lanci, the manager of the company branch, but was refused, but no matter how he was hit, Watson always smiled at Lanci. Touched by his tenacity, Ranch decided to give Watson a chance to try. However, the first marketing experience was a fiasco. Watson was scolded by Lanci, who was at a loss, flushed and ashamed. As far as ordinary people are concerned, he has long gone, but Watson showed amazing patience in humiliation and learned from absolute obedience. Because this is vocational training for sales promotion. Lanci was Patterson's excellent apprentice, and Watson became the best disciple. Watson learned a lot from Lanci. Later, at IBM, Watson often introduced how Lanci used examples to sell products and sell himself. In fact, compared with Mr. Watson, shine on you is better than Lan. A year later, he became the most successful salesman in the East. At the age of 25, he replaced the ranch. 1899, Watson was promoted to branch manager. By 19 10, he has become the second person in the company after Patterson. But after that, bad luck came to him again. Patterson is an arrogant and rude person. He exchanged generous treatment for the loyalty and obedience of his employees. However, he is also a suspicious person. When Chalmers, the general manager, couldn't bear to resist him, he immediately fired him and replaced him with Watson. So Watson is also very nervous in the company. Patterson was very nervous when he was here. If the boss is away, he can play freely. 1909 with the help of Chalmers, the state court sued the national cash register company for monopoly. In the end, Watson was released on bail, while Patterson was jailed for one year. It was in this gloomy day that Watson met his lifelong partner Janet and won "the most successful sales promotion in his life" with his skills. Before long, his son was born. At Watson's happiest moment, Patterson, who was suspicious by nature, thought Watson secretly cultivated cronies and formed gangs. Although Watson tried to defend himself, he failed and resigned angrily in April of the following year. Vowing revenge, when he walked out of the company office building, he turned to a friend and said, "I helped build all the buildings here." Now I want to start another enterprise, which must be bigger than Patterson's! "However, it is difficult to start a new career. Although Patterson gave him a $50,000 breakup fee, Watson lost his livelihood, lost his job and was almost 40 years old. He had to take his new wife and a hungry son to new york.