Awal 1992, Fadil Fuad Basymeleh, masih berusia 20 tahun tatkala memutuskan masuk dunia wirausaha. Kala itu, dia masih kuliah semester III di Jurusan Teknik Fisika Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). Namun karena ingin segera menikah maka harus bisa mencari nafkah sendiri.
"Waktu itu saya bilang ke orang tua bahwa saya ingin menikah. Orang tua saya menjawab, anak isterimu nanti mau dikasih makan apa? Wah, saya tertantang dan saya yakin kalau mau berusaha pasti Tuhan akan membantu," kata Fadil mengenang. Bisnis Indonesia
Monday, May 24, 2004
Transkrip pidato Larry Ellison, CEO dari ORACLE
Transkrip pidato Larry Ellison, CEO dari ORACLE, di sebuah acara wisuda sarjana di Universitas Yale.
"Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take a go look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on the right. Now, consider this: Five years from now, ten years, even thirty years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser.
The person on your right,meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? What can you expect?
Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude.
In fact, as I look out before me today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers. You're upset. That's understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence'Larry'
Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation's most pretigious institutions?
I'll tell you why .. Because I, Lawrence 'Larry'
Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college dropout, and you are not.Because Bill gates, the richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a college dropout, and you are not.Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not. And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No.9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.
Hmmm. you're very upset. That's understandable. So let me stroke your egos for a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not attained in vain. Most of you, I imagine, have spent four to five years here, and in many ways what you have learned and endured will serve you well in the years ahead. You've established good work habits. You've established a network of people that will help you down the road. And you've established what will be lifelong relationships with the word 'therapy'.
All that of is good. For truth, you will need that network. You will need those strong work habits. You will need that therapy. You will need them because you didn't dropout, and so you will never be among the richest people in the world. Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to No.10 or No.11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I don't have to tell you who he really works for, do I?
And for the record, he dropped out of grad school.
Bit of a late bloomer.
Finally, I realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, are wondering, "Is there anything I can do? Is there any hope for me at all?" Actually, no. It's too late. You've absorbed too much, think you know too much. You're not 19 anymore. You have a built-in cap, and I'm not referring to the mortar boards on your heads. Hmm. you're really very upset.
That's understandable. So perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you, Class of '00. You are a write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic $ 200,000-a-year jobs, where your check will be signed by former classmate who dropped out two years ago.
Instead, I want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. I say to you, and I can't stress this enough:
leave. Pack your things and your ideas and don't comeback. Drop out. Start up. For I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you down just as surely as these security guards dragging me off."
(by way of RJP/itb)
"Graduates of Yale University, I apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want you to do something for me. Please, take a go look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on the right. Now, consider this: Five years from now, ten years, even thirty years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be a loser.
The person on your right,meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the middle? What can you expect?
Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum Laude.
In fact, as I look out before me today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a thousand losers. You're upset. That's understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence'Larry'
Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one of the nation's most pretigious institutions?
I'll tell you why .. Because I, Lawrence 'Larry'
Ellison, second richest man on the planet, am a college dropout, and you are not.Because Bill gates, the richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a college dropout, and you are not.Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not. And for good measure, because Michael Dell, No.9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet again, are not.
Hmmm. you're very upset. That's understandable. So let me stroke your egos for a moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not attained in vain. Most of you, I imagine, have spent four to five years here, and in many ways what you have learned and endured will serve you well in the years ahead. You've established good work habits. You've established a network of people that will help you down the road. And you've established what will be lifelong relationships with the word 'therapy'.
All that of is good. For truth, you will need that network. You will need those strong work habits. You will need that therapy. You will need them because you didn't dropout, and so you will never be among the richest people in the world. Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to No.10 or No.11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I don't have to tell you who he really works for, do I?
And for the record, he dropped out of grad school.
Bit of a late bloomer.
Finally, I realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most of you, are wondering, "Is there anything I can do? Is there any hope for me at all?" Actually, no. It's too late. You've absorbed too much, think you know too much. You're not 19 anymore. You have a built-in cap, and I'm not referring to the mortar boards on your heads. Hmm. you're really very upset.
That's understandable. So perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the silver lining. Not for you, Class of '00. You are a write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic $ 200,000-a-year jobs, where your check will be signed by former classmate who dropped out two years ago.
Instead, I want to give hope to any underclassmen here today. I say to you, and I can't stress this enough:
leave. Pack your things and your ideas and don't comeback. Drop out. Start up. For I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you down just as surely as these security guards dragging me off."
(by way of RJP/itb)
KOMPAS EKSEKUTIF - Selasa, 27 April 2004
DI tengah hiruk-pikuk dan pesimisme sebagian orang mengenai kampanye pemilihan umum di Tanah Air, ada pengusaha Indonesia justru optimistis dan memilih mencari peluang ke luar negeri. Itulah Fadil Fuad Basymeleh (32), Presiden Direktur PT Senayan Abadi Computer (SAC). Ia mengibarkan bendera produknya, Zahir Accounting, di pameran teknologi internasional terbesar dunia, CEBIT 2004 di Hannover, Jerman, akhir Maret 2004. Pameran itu diikuti 7.200 perusahaan dari 150 negara serta dikunjungi 600.000 pengunjung. Fadil merupakan pencipta sekaligus pemegang merek software Zahir Accounting, sebuah sistem akuntansi, terutama untuk usaha kecil menengah (UKM). KOMPAS EKSEKUTIF - Selasa, 27 April 2004
Tawakal Kunci Sukses
''Siapa yang bertakwa kepada Allah, niscaya Allah pasti membukakan jalan keluar dari segala macam kesulitan dan menganugrahinya rezeki dari pintu yang tidak terduga-duga.'' Demikianlah salah satu janji Allah SWT dalam Alquran. Dan Allah tak pernah bohong dengan janji-Nya. Hal itu sudah dibuktikan oleh Fadil Fuad Basymeleh. Lelaki kelahiran Surabaya, 6 November 1971 itu berkali-kali mendapatkan anugrah dari pintu yang tak disangka-sangka .... (Koran Republika)
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
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