Titans in American history are legends who not only revolutionized the country’s enterprise industry but heavily enriched themselves as well. How they achieved what is credited to them is not easy to explain and many may term it as crude and unscrupulous. The famous seven are automaker Henry Ford, Robert Noyce of Intel, Andrew Carnegie of steel, George Eastman of Kodak, and Charles Revson of Revlon alongside Thomas Watson of IBM. What they had with them seems extraordinary and asking present entrepreneurs to enumerate them may seem impossible, perhaps owing to the challenges in the business world these individuals had to equip themselves with skills and strategies to protect their fortunes as well as ensure the well being of their investments.
Other than their being unscrupulous a lot can be copied from them to enhance and perhaps see the best of the enterprise industry in America today. Among the best of their attributes that can be used to transform businesses today include; the courage they had on betting on their vision, their ability to shape their vision of the available market into the mission of their companies alongside the concern they held for their customers, employees not forgetting their investors. It’s evident that they struggled to deliver far beyond their promises and were very dedicated to their companies to the extent that they took full responsibility for their positions including their failures, never at any one time did they seem to look back These famous seven held a clear vision and mission statement and were very committed to attaining their set goals (Tedlow).
Titans held unique intelligence that may be lacking in many of the entrepreneurs of today, no wonder they achieved what they did that may never be attained easily by any other. Individual attributes of each of the household names included leading through the inspiration for Noyce and his counterpart Eastman contrary to Watson and Carnegie whose leadership was mainly via intimidation. Revson is known for being pessimistic. Intel’s future success was achieved through Noyce who worked in close association with Andy Groove and Gordon Moore who were equally achievers in entrepreneurship. The aging of Henry Ford made him vindictive to the verge of ruining the company.
These men who happened to be Caucasian could figure out what appeared impossible and what was impossible an element that enabled them to stop at nothing in their ventures in business. The fact that all the titans of the time were male does not imply that it is impossible in any way to have great female achievers, it is in fact a challenge to women entrepreneurs and they are agued to strive for the same excellence (Harvard business review, 70-79)
The legendary seven may have been different in personality but their achievements and strategies seem to bear some resemblance. They took advantage of the available opportunities and made the best for themselves and their companies. A close examination of the personalities reveals some negative aspects that if asked to enumerate, some people will strongly oppose, but the impact of their success is worth having them as role models in the highly competitive business world.
The American economy is at risk and traits of such icons may help to rejuvenate the economy. Businessmen and women of today are under no obligation being what exactly these titans were as it may never happen and they might ruin their best trying to embrace what they can not make of themselves. This does not mean that it’s not worth trying to enumerate titans in today’s enterprise world but the fact that titans were exemplary unique should not be forgotten. One is at liberty to pick a few of their attributes that can contribute to success in the business world.
Works cited
Tedlow, Richard. What titans can teach us, Harvard business review, 2001, Web.
Harvard business review. What titans can teach us, vol.79 no 12(2001) 70-79. Web.