Jack Dorsey

From hashtags and likes to tweets and retweets, social networking giant Twitter has now grown to become the tenth most visited website in the world. Born on 19 November 1976, Jack Dorsey grew up in what many would consider the typical American family in St. Louis. Having grown up with a speech impediment, Dorsey generally avoided communicating verbally with others, preferring to keep to himself. As he got older, Dorsey slowly began to take an interest in coding, and was able to teach himself to code in C through watching programmers on Internet Relay Chat (Max). After attending Bishop DuBourg Catholic High School, Dorsey quickly enrolled himself in the University of Missouri-Rolla, majoring in computer science and math only to transfer to New

One main idea is that entering a life of entrepreneurship is definitely not easy and will involve many ups and downs throughout the process. Dorsey was able to overcome this by taking chances and gambling on his luck, hoping for the best. In fact, his entire professional career that has made him the success that he is now was all because of a series of fortunate events! If it wasn’t for the fact that his Web-based dispatch company failed, his decision to take on fashion design in San Francisco, his lucky encounter with Internet entrepreneur Evan Williams, and Dorsey’s lucky break that Williams needed coders in his company, Dorsey would have never came up with the idea of Twitter or have had the funding to create Square, Inc. This clearly shows that taking risks and betting on chances is an important part in entrepreneurship. I also learned that it requires a variety of different behaviours and attitudes to make a successful entrepreneur; using a different behaviour or attitude to face different scenarios. In Dorsey’s case, despite being “deeply hurt” (Max) by Williams decision to replace him as CEO of Twitter, he used a mature behaviour to assess the situation and a positive attitude to look towards the future. After realizing that Square, Inc. was competing against major companies such as Apple and PayPal,

Some of these skills include my ability to make decisions, my adaptability, and my initiative. All entrepreneurs need to make decisions, it is the only way that they are going to achieve anything in their venture; they cannot rely on others all the time to make decisions for them. As a member of many leadership clubs and councils within the school community, I am often tasked with making decisions through the process of listening to everyone’s opinions, reasoning with others, and going with gut decisions. This was seen specifically in the Yearbook Committee, where tough decisions were constantly being made by me—such as whether or not content should be included in the yearbook or whether or not specific pages should be published—that have certainly led to a better outcome. Adaptability is also one of the most important skills that an entrepreneur should possess; nothing in life is ever perfect and entrepreneurs should be able to adapt on the fly without losing faith or perseverance. I show adaptability by always keeping a flexible schedule in life and ensuring that I have a high tolerance for the events that happen in my life. By having a flexible schedule, I can prepare for change at any time, allowing others to work well with me. By having a high tolerance, it allows me to be accepting of other people’s opinions and willing to move away from