September 25, 2007
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After a very successful climb of Mt Kilimanjaro, of which you can read more about below, the latest additions to Fresh Thinking Business are two biographies of inspirational entrepreneurs from both the past and present. This month's biographies are:
Henry Ford
Maker of the Model T Ford car, Businessman and American Philanthropist. Ford was the founder of the still popular Ford Motor Company and revolutionized the way cars were designed and built.
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Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon.com, one of the most used and successful online marketplaces online. He has been listed on the Forbes Wealthiest people in the world list since 1999 with a multi billion dollar net worth.
Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro
On the September 3rd myself and 7 of my work colleagues climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. At 19,340 feet (5,895m), Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the largest freestanding mountain in the world. It took 5 day hike to reach the summit, and 2 days for the descent.
It was probably one of the hardest things I have done, both physically and mentally. On the final day of climbing, when we reached the top of the 'Roof of Africa', there were many times when we just wanted to stop and turn back but we pushed on and all 8 of us successfully reached the top.
Headaches and nausea from the altitude sickness were a daily companion which had to be pushed aside as we walked across a wide range of environments from rainforests, to alpine deserts to the glacier capped summit. But it was an amazing experience that we will all remember, even if we didn't have the hindreds of photos we took aling the way!
All of this was in aid of Amani Children's Home, a children's home in Tanzania that looks after and schools street children. For almost a year know I have been helping organize and taking part in a number of fundraising events to raise money for the wonderful charity
You can read about my other fundraising activities and more about Amani Children's Home at my fundraising page here
Also if you would like to make a donation towards my fundraising then you can do so here: http://www.justgiving.com/dougplatts
Thanks for all your support.
Good luck with your business plans and success. See you next month
All the best
Doug Platts
Founder of Fresh Thinking Business
www.freshthinkingbusiness.com
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