4 College and Career Readiness What might Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Paul Allen, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and you have in common? Entrepreneurship. They are all entrepreneurs, and you may be an entrepreneur, too. Each of these entrepreneurs sat where you are now sitting at one point in his or her life—thinking about becoming an entrepreneur. Oprah began her career by learning to perform at age three and entered broadcasting at age 17. By age 12, Steven Spielberg had created his first movie and charged admission to showings of it. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen began programming computers when he was 15. Larry Page loved working with computers by the time he had reached the age of six. In college, he met Sergey Brin and together they created Google. What will you do? Reading Prep. Review the table of contents for this text. Trace the development of the content that is being presented from simple to complex ideas. 1 Entrepreneurial Careers “I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!” —Madam C.J. Walker, creator of a popular line of African-American hair-care products and America’s fi rst African-American female millionaire 1.1 Your Career 1.2 Becoming an Entrepreneur CHAPTER