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keshavdahiya
January 24th, 2006, 12:14 AM
What follows is a transcript of the speech delivered by Larry Ellison at
Yale University(aabout five years ago):
"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 good look around you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right. Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 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 prestigious institutions?

I'll tell you why. Because I, Lawrence "Larry" Ellison, second richest man then on the planet, am a college dropout, and you are not. Because Bill Gates,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.
Hmm ... 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've 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 in 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 drop out, and so you will never be among the
richest people in the world.
Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to #10 or #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 referringto the mortarboards 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 checks will be signed by former
classmates 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 come back. 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 this stage are keeping me dow..."

(At this point The Oracle CEO was ushered off stage.)

fool4love
January 24th, 2006, 01:57 AM
soch lee.. keshav dude.. kyu MBA mai apni isi tisi kara raha see... he he he:D ... ibe bi kime na bigra saii...ke dhara sai 26 ale paper mai.. he he!!
aapne Dhirubhai.. bhi to college drop out saii!!
yaar.. itta rich/successful hone ke liye.. u need to have ryt attitude n apptitude.. which no univ can teach !!
good stuff bro!

baliyan83
January 24th, 2006, 01:29 PM
this is 100% true ,i have seen even the debates on this speech on bbc
this thing is 100% true

keshavdahiya
January 24th, 2006, 01:32 PM
This is a hoax and not true :) .. I work for Oracle :)
Bhai Anuj may be u r rite but this was 6 years back in case u didnt notice your boss was second richest man then:D:D
anyway still if its HOAX.......but its a motivation for people like me;)
baaki manne beera se marre yaar tu oracle mein se u cant say anything in favour of that:p

U seems to be from campus school (Rohtak) if I m not wrong????

lucky
January 24th, 2006, 01:44 PM
This is a hoax and not true :) .. I work for Oracle :)
there is bit confussion u say he is not college pass out or u say this story is hoax. well ellison back history does shows he can say anything like that.:D
well no dout u work for oracle but it is true that yr owner is a college drop out. read his biogr. and even bill gates.and ya dhirobhai made a company and his kelloges graduate sons spitted it. wowwwwwww wht a MBA . poor dhirobhai. he worked so hard so see this day .:rolleyes:

Ellison is living proof that business is not something learned through academic textbooks, but rather an innate gift. A college dropout, Ellison is renowned for his impeccable business sense, drive and ambition.
http://www.askmen.com/men/may00/24c_larry_ellison.html
this is site from were i extracted these above lines:rolleyes:

keshavdahiya
January 25th, 2006, 01:29 AM
jats thanx but no thanx
well this speech does not show we dont have to go to college
even though top 10 ba$%#*^$ are colege drop outs.
thats was on the liter side just to see the response
keep on pouring:D:D

onlyjat
January 27th, 2006, 08:21 AM
This is a true speech and incidence Even I have seen the debates on this :)