When we talk about entrepreneurship, there is no bigger example than Bill Gates and his brainchild Microsoft Corporation. The Microsoft back in 1975 was a far cry from what it is now. It was a desperate move to a better life by a college dropout. Bill Gates, along with childhood friend Paul Allen, essentially started it off as a garage business, and did not look back ever since.

From what started off as a risky venture, Microsoft bloomed to a multi-billion dollar industry in the later years, elevating both its founders amongst the status of billionaires. With a more user friendly interface, it took the technology market by storm and exploited a market – the home computer market – which was previously deemed worthless. With cheaper computers for the home, it became a popular household name. Its operating system, Windows won high accolades. Later Microsoft also branched off into other markets like the console market  with xbox and the smartphone market with zune.

I think this is a great example of entrepreneurship because this business started from dust, implementing innovation in the best of ways and made the risks taken by the owners worth it, bringing them an abundant supply of benjamins.