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style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot; typeof=&quot;schema:WebPage&quot;&gt;&lt;header style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;/header&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;node__content clearfix&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;div property=&quot;schema:text&quot; style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Generating new business by growing your customer base is important to your business success. However, it can sometimes be very challenging.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Here are some practical tips to help you grow your customer base.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;1. Get to know your customers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Understand your customer&#39;s needs and develop products and services that meet those needs. You can gain insight into your customers by personalising your services and encouraging them to provide you with feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;2. Offer great customer service&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Ensure your customer service is exceptional and go the extra mile when you can. Your customers will not only remember great service they will also be more likely to refer other people to you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;3. Nurture existing customers and look for new opportunities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Have strategies in place to nurture existing customers, such as staying in contact with them via an e-newsletter or letting them know about promotional events ahead of time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;At the same time, look for opportunities to get more work and build your customer base. Make sure you find the right balance between nurturing customers and finding new ones.&lt;br style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;If you own or operate an Aboriginal business you can also promote your business by taking advantage of a free listing on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abdwa.com.au/home.asp?cmd=&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1em; outline: 0px;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aboriginal Business Directory Western Australia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(ABDWA). An increasing number of State Government and private organisations are looking to work with Aboriginal businesses and use the directory to search for relevant suppliers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;4. Use social media&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Social media is a powerful tool to promote your business to potential customers and gain valuable insight through ‘social listening’. Through social listening you can find out what customers are saying about you, gain insight into their behaviour, identify keywords and trends that appeal to your target market and so improve your customer service. Social media can help you to build your business profile and attract new customers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;5. Attend networking events&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Invest time to build your networks – it’s not what you know but who you know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Networking allows you to build relationships with other people and encourage them to refer customers to you through word of mouth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;6. Host events&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Hosting your own event can be a great way to get to know your customers and build relationships. Invite some of your best existing customers and encourage them to bring their friends.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;7. Give back to your community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;Building brand awareness in your local community is a great way to attract new business. Consider sponsorship or participating in a community event to raise your business profile.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; color: #437991; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.7rem;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;8. Measure what works and refine your approach as you go&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;border: 0px solid rgb(222, 222, 222); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 1.4rem;&quot;&gt;You should monitor where your customers are coming from in order to measure whether your marketing activities are successful or not. Don’t be afraid to experiment. 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Even so, stories about the middle boy began to be told early.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Like the time a saleswoman came asking to speak to&quot; Mr.Michael Dell&quot; about his getting a high-school equivalency diploma. Moments later, eight-year-old Michael was explaining that he thought it might be a good idea to get high school out of the way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; A few years later Michael had another good idea,to trade stamps by advertising in stamp magazines. With the $2000 he made, he bought his first personal computer. Then he took it apart to figure out how it worked.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;In high school Michael had a job selling newspaper subscriptions. Newlyweds, he figured , were the best prospects , so he hired to copy the names and addresses of recent recipients of marriage licences. These he entered into his computer, then sent a personalised letter offering each couple a free two-week subscription.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; This time Dell made $18,000 and bought an expensive BMW car. The car salesman was&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;flabbergasted&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;when the 17-year-old paid cash.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The next year Dell enrolled at the University of Texas. Like most five year students, he needed to earn spending money. Just above everyone on campus was talking about personal computers. At the time,anyone who didn&#39;t have a PC wanted one, but dealers were selling them at a&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;hefty mark-up&lt;/span&gt;. people wanted low-cost machines&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;custom-made&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;to their needs, and these were not readily available.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Why should dealers get such a big mark-up for so little added value&lt;/i&gt;? Dell&amp;nbsp; wondered.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Why not sell from the manufacturer directly to the end user&lt;/i&gt;?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dell knew that IBM required its dealers to take a monthly quota of PCs, in most cases more than they could sell. He also knew that holding excess&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;inventory&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;was costly . So he bought dealers&#39; surplus stock at cost. Back in his&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;dormitory&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;room, he added features to improve performance. The improved models found eager buyers. Seeing the hungry market, Dell placed local advertisements offering his customized computers at 15 percent off retail price. Soon he was selling to businesses, doctors&#39; offices and law firms. The trunk of his car was his store; his room took on the appearance of a small factory.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;During a holiday break, Dell&#39;s parents told him they were concerned about his grades.&quot; If you want to start a business, do it after you get your degree,&quot;his father pleaded.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dell agreed, but back in college he felt the opportunity of a lifetime was passing him by. &quot;I couldn&#39;t bear to miss this chance,&quot;he says. After one month he started selling computers again -&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;with a vengeance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The quarter he shared with two roommates was in chaos-boxes piled high, computer board and tools scattered around. One day his roommates heaped all his equipment into a pile, preventing Dell from entering his room. It was time to&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;come to grips&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;magnitude&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;of what he had created. The business was now grossing more than $ 50,000 a month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Dell confessed to his parents that he was still in the computer business. They wanted to know how classes are going.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &quot;I have to quit college,&quot;he replied. &quot;I want to start my own company.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &quot;What exactly is it that you want to do?&quot; asked his father.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &quot;Compete with IBM,&quot; he answered simply.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Now his parents were really worried. But no matter what they said, Dell insisted. So they made a deal: over summer vacation he would try to launch a computer company. If he didn&#39;t succeed, it would be back to university.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Dell risked all his savings and&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;incorporated&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Dell Computer Corp on May 3,1984. He was 19.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Under a deadline, his pace was&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;frantic&lt;/span&gt;. He rented a one-room office on a month-to-month lease and hired his first employee, a 28-year-old manager to handle finance and administration. For advertising, he&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;grabbed&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;an empty box and on the back sketched the first ad for Dell Computer. A friend copied it onto paper and took it to the newspaper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dell still specialized in direct marketing of&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;stripped-down&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;IBM PCs to which he added custom features. As orders came in, Dell rushed around gathering up the right parts to assemble each order. First-month sales topped $180,000; the second, $265,000. Dell barely noticed when the new college year arrived.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Within a year, he was selling 1000 PCs a month. To keep pace, Dell moved to larger quarters and hired more staff. Customers phoned orders, and then the staff assembled the units. Parts were ordered only as needed, keeping inventory and overheads low. Trucks picked up daily that day&#39;s production for delivery. It was very efficient--and very profitable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Just when it seemed the sky was the limit, and sales had topped $3 million, the manager that Dell had hired quit. But, as Dell always told himself,&quot;Every time you have a crisis, something good comes out of it.&quot; From necessity, he learned accounting basics--experience that would prove invaluable in the years ahead. Unlike other manufacturers, Dell gave his customers money-back guarantees. He also realized that when a computer is down, the customer wants it back up in working&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;right away&lt;/span&gt;.So Dell guaranteed next-day on-site service for his products, and introduced a 24-hour-a-day phone service for customers to talk directly with computer technicians. Ninety percent of computer technical problems, according to Dell, can be solved over the phone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Constant telephone contact with customers kept the company close to the market. Customers let Dell Computer know directly what they liked or didn&#39;t like about a particular model. &quot;My competitors were developing products and then telling customers what they should want, instead of finding out what the market really wanted and then developing products,&quot;Dell says.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;By the day Michael Dell would have graduated from college, his company was selling $70 million worth of computer a year. Dell quit dealing in his improved versions of other companies&#39;&amp;nbsp; products, and started designing, assembling and marketing his own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Today Dell Computer has wholly owned&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;subsidiaries&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 16 countries, including Japan. The company has revenues of over $2 billion, employs some 5500 persons, and Dell&#39;s personal fortune is between $250 million and $300 million. To encourage even greater productivity, Dell Computer gives its employees awards for ideas worth trying, even if they don&#39;t work out. &quot;Our success has forced the giants to become more competitive,&quot; Dell says. &quot;That&#39;s good for the consumer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dell, his wife and their two-year-old daughter lead a pretty normal life. His charity is generous but quite. He also regularly lectures on entrepreneurship MBA students at the University of Texas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Back when his firm was two people in one room, Dell told his friends his dream was to become the world&#39;s largest personal-computer maker. He was unrealistic, they said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &quot;Why would anyone want to be second or third or tenth?&quot; he replied. His message to us all: why not at least try to realize your dream, what deep down you would truly love to achieve?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/feeds/6202086717812103271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-two-billion-dollar-dream_20.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7992760275838697749/posts/default/6202086717812103271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7992760275838697749/posts/default/6202086717812103271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-two-billion-dollar-dream_20.html' title='A two billion dollar dream'/><author><name>preeFe`</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01045724674465942542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C1Z_NTGQ-Uc/Xu76iwWpRfI/AAAAAAAABzA/LdMeVWfyCG8-_A1kPR6rJLoC8yW-z75mQCK4BGAsYHg/s72-c/gettyimages-91855836-612x612.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992760275838697749.post-1306150708335630837</id><published>2020-06-20T12:18:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2020-06-20T12:18:18.876+05:30</updated><title type='text'>A TWO BILLION-DOLLAR DREAM </title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Py-OzQkzZ1c/Xu2uoLK4fJI/AAAAAAAAByg/0Ddv5Ydk1ckbOI8Zzib64XVnELQzQUmbQCK4BGAsYHg/s660/123.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;440&quot; data-original-width=&quot;660&quot; height=&quot;213&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Py-OzQkzZ1c/Xu2uoLK4fJI/AAAAAAAAByg/0Ddv5Ydk1ckbOI8Zzib64XVnELQzQUmbQCK4BGAsYHg/w320-h213/123.jpg&quot; title=&quot;part -1&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;One afternoon in 1977, as his parents and two brothers fished in the Gulf Of Mexico, 12-year-old Michael Dell sat on the beach,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;painstakingly&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;putting together a&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;trotline&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;- a&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;maze&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;of ropes to which several fish hooks could be attached. &quot;You&#39;re wasting your time,&quot; the rest of the family called to Michael,as they pulled in fish.&quot;Grab a pole and join in the fun.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Michael kept working. It was dinner time when he finished, and everyone was ready to call it a day. Still, the youngster cast the trotline far into the water, anchoring it to a stick that he&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;plunged&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;deep in the sand.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #494949; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Over dinner his family teased young Michael about coming away empty-handed. But afterwards Michael reeled in his trotline, and on the hooks were more fish than the others had caught all together!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;color: #494949; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Michael Dell has always been fond of saying,&quot;If you think you have a good idea ,try it!&quot; And today, at 29, he has discovered the power of another good idea that has helped him rise in just&amp;nbsp; a few years from teen to&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;tycoon&lt;/span&gt;. He has become the fourth-largest manufacturer of personal computers in America and the youngest man ever to head&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;Fortune 500&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;corporation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#494949&quot; face=&quot;helvetica, arial, sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Part-1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/feeds/1306150708335630837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-two-billion-dollar-dream.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7992760275838697749/posts/default/1306150708335630837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7992760275838697749/posts/default/1306150708335630837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/2020/06/a-two-billion-dollar-dream.html' title='A TWO BILLION-DOLLAR DREAM '/><author><name>preeFe`</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01045724674465942542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7992760275838697749.post-2659810997783399233</id><published>2020-06-19T10:20:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2020-06-19T10:20:17.594+05:30</updated><title type='text'>BUSINESS </title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FFKDvme7jbw/XuxD8a0bVII/AAAAAAAABxs/Ke8Kon-rNiMe9gmOqLnVd3lPbTJh5vSWwCK4BGAsYHg/s1079/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-06-19%2Bat%2B10.14.44%2BAM.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1068&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1079&quot; src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FFKDvme7jbw/XuxD8a0bVII/AAAAAAAABxs/Ke8Kon-rNiMe9gmOqLnVd3lPbTJh5vSWwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-06-19%2Bat%2B10.14.44%2BAM.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/feeds/2659810997783399233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/2020/06/business.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7992760275838697749/posts/default/2659810997783399233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/7992760275838697749/posts/default/2659810997783399233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://preefebusiness.blogspot.com/2020/06/business.html' title='BUSINESS '/><author><name>preeFe`</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01045724674465942542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FFKDvme7jbw/XuxD8a0bVII/AAAAAAAABxs/Ke8Kon-rNiMe9gmOqLnVd3lPbTJh5vSWwCK4BGAsYHg/s72-c/WhatsApp%2BImage%2B2020-06-19%2Bat%2B10.14.44%2BAM.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>