1. Entrepreneurship:

2. Entrepreneur
A person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
Examples: Duck Commander, Orange County Choppers, Microsoft, Ford etc.

4. The Idea Phil Robertson spent many years teaching
Felt time, talents better spent in woods
Not satisfied with calls on market

5. The Start Began experimenting with call making
First Duck Commander call made in 1972
Became incorporated in 1973
Home became his factory

6. Getting off the ground Commercial fishing kept family fed
Phil traveled store to store in early days

7. Now All four of Phil’s sons have worked for company at some point
Multinational business
Calls still being “built, blown, packaged, & shipped” in the Robertson’s home

8. Uncle Si Louisiana Tech Univ. dropout Drafted into Army during Vietnam
Retired from Army in 1993

9. Willie CEO of Duck Commander Founder of Buck Commander
Business degree from Univ. of Louisiana Monroe

10. Jase Started hunting at age 8 Runs manufacturing at Duck Commander
Makes sure each call is hand-tuned

11. Jep
Cameraman and editor for Duckmen hunting videos

12. http://dsc. discovery. com/tv-shows/american-chopper/videos/season-6

13. Paul Teutul Jr.
Co-Founder of OCC Founder of Paul Jr. Designs (2010) Started building motorcycles at 12

14. Paul Teutul Sr.
Founder of Orange County Iron Works and Orange County Choppers (1999)

15. Pre-Choppers Senior served in merchant marine
Started Orange County Iron Works
Welding and fabrication jobs

16. The Early Days
1974: Paul Teutul, Sr. customizes superglide in his basement (Sunshine)
Builds True Blue: first original bike
Gaines national attention at Daytona and Laconia

18. American Chopper
TLC and Discovery Channel send documentary crews to film OCC
Senior and Junior reluctant to make a show
Became one of the most popular on tv

19. Today 50 employees at OCC Build over 100 custom bikes per year
2008: Opened new head quarters and café

22. The Start April 4, 1975: Founded in Albuquerque, NM
Started by Bill Gates & Paul Allen
January 1979: Moved to Bellevue, WA

23. Bill Gates Seattle, WA Scored a 1590/1600 on the SAT
Dropped out of Harvard in 1974
Stepped down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000
Worth $97.4 billion

24. Paul Allen Seattle, WA Attended Lakeside School with Bill Gates
Left Microsoft in 1982 due to illness
Resigned from board in 2000, remained a consultant

25. Windows & Office Windows: Released Nov. 20, 1985
Office: 1990: Word & Excel released
Windows 95: Office bundle with an internet browser

26. X-Box and Beyond 2001: Enter the video gaming world with X-Box
Phones
Stores