Are there any articles with examples of celebrities who are struggling to start a business?

first, the entrepreneurial story of Li Ka-shing

Li Ka-shing lived a hard life in his childhood. At the age of 14 (194), during the war in China, he went with his parents and fled to Hong Kong to take refuge in his uncle Zhuang Jingan, whose family was rich. Unfortunately, his father died of illness soon.

As the eldest son, Li Ka-shing decided to drop out of school in order to support his family and not depend on others. He first worked in a watch company and then worked as a salesman in a plastic factory. Because of his diligence and outstanding performance, he was appreciated by his boss and promoted to general manager in only two years. At that time, he was only 18 years old.

in the summer of p>195, Li Ka-shing was determined to start a business. He borrowed 5, Hong Kong dollars from his relatives and friends, and with all his savings of 7, yuan, rented a factory in Shau Kei Wan, and formally established the "Changjiang Plastic Factory".

However, Li Ka-shing doesn't expect the business of plastic flowers to be prosperous forever, and he believes that the extremes meet. So I retired and switched to producing plastic toys. Sure enough, two years later, plastic flower products were badly unsalable, but "Yangtze River" has already displayed its talents in the international toy market, with an annual export volume of US$ 1 million, ranking first in Hong Kong's plastic toy export industry.

In February, 1965, a serious bank credit crisis occurred in Hong Kong, which made people panic. Investors and citizens sold their properties and left Hong Kong. Real estate prices in Hong Kong plummeted and real estate companies closed down one after another. In 1967, anti-British riots broke out in Hong Kong, which further put the real estate market in a dead silence.

However, Li Ka-shing is optimistic about the industrial and commercial prospects of Hong Kong, believing that Hong Kong, a colony full of business opportunities, will not be chaotic for long. He did the opposite, buying a lot of land and old buildings when people sold their properties at low prices. Within three years, the storm subsided, Hong Kong's society returned to normal, the economy recovered, and a large number of businesses that left Hong Kong in those years returned in succession, and property prices soared immediately. Li Ka-shing took the opportunity to sell the property acquired cheaply at a high price for profit, and to buy buildings and land with development potential. In the early 197s, he had a building area of 6.3 million square feet.

In the 197s, the four largest British-funded foreign firms, Jardine Matheson, Swire, HSBC and Hutchison, were powerful in absolute monarch in many unemployed businesses. Li Ka-shing decided to use the abundant capital of Cheung Kong to acquire some powerful listed companies in Hong Kong, and the first goal was to point directly at the main flagship of Jardine Matheson, Wharf.

In p>1978, Li Ka-shing took another surprise tactic to acquire another old British company, Green Island Yingni, and became the chairman of the board of directors of the company. However, the most memorable victory for Li Ka-shing was its successful control of Hutchison Whampoa, a veteran British consortium.

Changjiang Industry in Li Ka-shing, with assets of HK$ 693 million, controls Hutchison Whampoa, an old British consortium with a value of over HK$ 5 billion, which is really a miracle of "small snake swallowing elephant"; Li Ka-shing became the first Chinese to join a British-funded consortium.

after 198s, the territory of Li Ka-shing has undergone a series of expansions. In addition to real estate, it also operates shipping services, power supply, container terminals and retail, forming an indestructible large-scale comprehensive consortium that plays an important role in Hong Kong.

after p>199, Li Ka-shing began to develop the telecommunications industry in the UK, and set up Orange Telecom Company, which was listed in the UK with a total investment of HK$ 8.4 billion. By April 2, more than 4% of his shares in Orange were sold to Deutsche Telekom Group at a price of HK$ 113 billion, setting a record for the most profitable transaction in Hong Kong's history. Orange was listed in the UK in 1996. In other words, Li Ka-shing made a profit of over HK$ 1 billion in just three years, which doubled his assets.

In 2, Li Ka-shing made the list of the world's top 1 richest people twice with his personal assets of US$ 12.6 billion (HK$ 98.3 billion), and he was also the first Chinese to make the list for two consecutive years. Li Ka-shing has been awarded many outstanding entrepreneurs from all over the world, and has been awarded honorary doctor's degree by famous international universities for five times.

after more than 2 years of "opening up the territory", Li Ka-shing has four blue-chip companies with a market value of HK$ 781 billion, including Cheung Kong Industries, Hutchison Whampoa, Hongkong Electric and Cheung Kong Infrastructure, accounting for 2% of the Hang Seng Index. With over 31, employees, the Group is the fourth largest employer in Hong Kong. In 1999, the group's profit was as high as HK$ 117.3 billion.

Li Ka-shing must read new books for half an hour before going to bed at night to get to know the cutting-edge ideas, theories and science and technology. According to himself, he reads books on literature, history, philosophy, science and technology, and economics except novels. This is actually a habit he has maintained for decades.

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Li Kaifu's first entrepreneurial experience in high school

In p>1977, I participated in the course of "High School Students' Entrepreneurial Attempt" organized by Junior Achievement(JA) in the United States for the first time. Under the guidance of business volunteers, students will set up a student company, sell stocks, hold shareholders' meetings, run for managers, produce and sell products, register financial affairs, conduct evaluation and liquidate the company. Through study and practice, we can learn the way of business operation and understand the structure of market economy system and the benefits it brings.

In this course, students will serve as employees and elect a president, who will set the company name, product launch and target customers. At that time, I was elected as the vice president in charge of marketing, responsible for sales.

At that time, every weekend, many students were concentrated in the factory to carve flowers. In the process of promotion, I suggest that parents of students buy them, although they don't really need them. Finally, although the company is profitable, these products are almost digested internally. With this personal participation, at the age of 15, I suddenly realized that the really good products are not bought by people, but must have market demand. The really good products are that someone will hold your hand and beg you, and our enterprise is not only a labor-intensive enterprise, but also begging relatives to give face to buy, which is obviously not a successful attempt. However, this has fully laid the foundation for the next success.

in mid-1979, I knew the whole procedure of establishing a company like the back of my hand. I wrote the company's financial report for the first time, including not only the statement of earning, the balance sheet, but also the liquidation report. For the first time, I knew that the company's operation needed smooth cash flow, and we knew wholesalers. I also know for the first time that when we sell goods to companies outside Tennessee, the tax rate in Tennessee is not applicable. When writing the financial report, we were pleasantly surprised to find that each shareholder got a return of $64.9, which created the company with the highest rate of return in our high school history. I am even more proud that this company won the first place in Junior Achievement in the United States in 1978 and became the "Company of the Year" that year.

This small success brought me not only money, but also a belief that I can succeed.

Third, the founder of KFC who was rejected for 19 times

All the property owned by Colonel Sanders after his retirement is just a small restaurant near the highway. Although the hotel is small, it is quite distinctive and unique. But the most popular and favorite dish for guests is the crispy and delicious fried chicken he invented and cooked, which brought him a considerable wealth. For years, his guests have been praising the fried chicken he cooked. But what he never expected was that due to the diversion of expressway, the business of the hotel suddenly plummeted and finally had to close down. Forced, Colonel Sanders decided to sell his recipe for fried chicken to other restaurants in exchange for a meager return.

In the process of sales promotion, no restaurant is willing to buy his recipe and laugh at him from time to time. It is not pleasant for a person to be laughed at at at any age, let alone at retirement age, which is even more unacceptable. And that's exactly what happened to Colonel Sanders. He was not only laughed at but also rejected one after another, which shows how great these experiences have influenced him. But he never gave up. Before he found a buyer, he drove all over the country, eating and living in the car. After being rejected by others for 19 times, someone finally agreed to adopt his idea and buy his formula. Since then, his chain stores have spread all over the world; It has also been recorded in the history of business. This is the origin of KFC.

In order to commemorate this Colonel Sanders, people set up a statue of him in front of all KFC stores as the image brand of KFC. As the saying goes: "A sharpshooter is shot with one shot!" Lack of perseverance or thinking that you can't get what you want are the key reasons that prevent most people from being brave enough to change. If you can hold on to your goals and persevere, you will soon surpass most people. Remember, you control your life. If you are bent on achieving a goal, there will be a way to succeed.

IV. Bill Gates gave up Harvard to found Microsoft

Bill Gates is the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft is a global leader in personal computing and business computing software, services and Internet technology. In the last fiscal year ending in June 28, Microsoft's revenue reached $62 billion, and it operated in 78 countries and regions, with more than 91, employees worldwide.

Gates was born on October 28th, 1955 and grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H.Gat es II, is a lawyer in Seattle. Gates' late mother, Mary Gates, was a school teacher, a director of Washington University and the president of United Way International.

Gates studied in a public elementary school in Seattle and a private lakeside middle school. There, he discovered his interest in software and started computer programming at the age of 13.

In p>1973, Gates was admitted to Harvard University. Now I have made good friends with steve ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the BASIC programming language for the first microcomputer -MITS Alt air.

In his junior year in college, Gates left Harvard and devoted all his energy to Microsoft, which he and his childhood friend Paul Allen founded in 1975. Guided by the belief that computers will become the most important tool in every family and office, they began to develop software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his foresight in personal computers have become the key to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Under the leadership of Gates, Microsoft continues to develop and improve software technology, making software easier to use, more economical and more fun.

V. The Story of Henry Fok's Entrepreneurship

Among the billionaires in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Henry Fok's popularity can be said to be the highest. This is not only because his personal assets are about HK$ 13 billion, and he was elected as the vice chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1993! However, Henry Fok's background may be the most bitter among billionaires!

Fok Ying-tung's parents rely on a small barge to do lighterage business in Hong Kong, that is, they unload the goods from a big freighter that can't dock and transport them to the shore dock. When Henry Fok was seven years old, his father was drowned in a typhoon because of capsizing.

Just over 5 days later, the Huo family's boat capsized in the sea again, and the two brothers were buried in the belly of the fish, and even the bodies were not recovered! Mother clung to a plank desperately, but was saved by a passing fishing boat. At that time, Henry Fok escaped the disaster because he was looking for wild oysters at the seaside and was not on the boat.

Henry fok got his first job as a coal miner on an old ferry. However, his body is so thin that he can't shovel coal and open the oven door. He was fired as soon as he took up his post. In those years, Henry fok was just like the saying goes, "unlucky people have toothache when they drink water." However, the hardships and setbacks in his early years did not defeat Fok Ying-tung. He gained experience in constant failures, accumulated strength and waited for opportunities. He firmly believed that he would rise one day!

Earn the first big money

After the end of World War II, Henry Fok finally caught a chance to make a fortune with keen eyes. After the Japanese invaders surrendered, they left a lot of machinery and equipment, which were very cheap, but they could be used with a little repair and sold at a good price. Henry fok wanted to do this kind of business, so he became a newspaper fan, paying special attention to the news of the auction of Japanese surplus materials in the newspaper, rushing to the scene in time, picking out those valuable ones with the eyes of the industry, buying them in large quantities, repairing them quickly and selling them.

due to lack of funds, it is difficult for him to go all out. On one occasion, he spotted a batch of machines and won the bid with HK$ 18,. A factory owner also took a fancy to the goods and was willing to pay HK$ 4, to buy them from him. Fok Ying-tung made a net profit of HK$ 22,, which was the most he earned in those years. A large sum of money, accumulated the initial capital for him.

The Land Lord of Hong Kong

After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Henry Fok predicted that the prosperity of Hong Kong's shipping industry would inevitably bring about the development of finance and trade, which in turn would promote the development of commercial and residential buildings. So he first shifted his business focus to real estate development. In December 1954, Henry Fok took out his own HK$ 1.2 million and borrowed another HK$ 1.6 million from the bank to buy his first building in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, and founded Lixin Construction Real Estate Co., Ltd.. At first, like others, he bought old buildings with his own money, and after demolition, he built new buildings and sold them floor by floor. This can certainly make money safely, but because of the lack of funds, the development is relatively slow.

an accidental incident inspired Henry fok, who decided to build a new house by pre-selling real estate and using the deposit of prospective buyers! This pioneering work made Fok Ying-tung's real estate business prosper greatly immediately, and broke the highest record of Hong Kong's real estate business in one fell swoop. When other builders also learn to implement this method, Henry fok has made great wealth. He became the president of the Hong Kong Real Estate Developers Association, which has 3 members and owns 7% of the construction business in Hong Kong. So some people call Henry Fok the "Land Lord" of Hong Kong!

VI. Wang Yongqing who started from a small matter

Wang Yongqing had to go into business in his early years because his family was too poor to afford books. 16-year-old Wang Yongqing came to Chiayi from his hometown to open a rice shop. At that time, there were nearly 3 rice shops in the small Chiayi, and the competition was fierce. At that time, Wang Yongqing, who only had funds from 2 yuan, had to rent a small pavement in a remote alley. His rice shop is the latest and the smallest, not to mention its popularity, and it has no advantage. In the newly opened days, business was deserted and there were no doors.

At first, Wang Yongqing went door-to-door with rice on his back. At the end of the day, people were not only exhausted, but also had little effect.