Learning Become Entrepreneurs from Soichiro Honda

By M. Suyanto

We can learn to be entrepreneurs from the Soichiro Honda. Starting from his expertise as a mechanic, eventually succeed Soichiro Honda. Soichiro Honda's first job at the Tokyo auto mechanic in 1922 after leaving school. He only attended for eight years. Children's new 15-year-old from a small town, be proud of the 10 car repair at crowded. He was appointed as an assistant mechanic, but his work sometimes as a "baby-sitter" the boy is the owner of the shop. Honda dream to become a car mechanic and he never got the chance .. He was frustrated, then packed his bags and quit his job and left the big city. Six months later, the shop needed, he was called to help fix the car, finally tebuka opportunity for him to achieve his dream.

Like other countries, Japan was hit by a large depression in the 1930s. In 1938, Soichiro Honda was a student, when he started to open the workshop and developed the concept of ring-shaped piston. He plans to offer the idea to Toyota was working day and night, often sleeping in the garage. He always believes that he can refine the design and produce a useful product. To start a business using the capital of jewelry from his wife. When the draft was made sempel and offered to Toyota, the piston does not meet the standards. The technicians laugh at his design. Despite the failure, he remained firm to his guns. After two years redesigning survive and, eventually won a contract from Toyota. Then Soichiro Honda built a factory to meet demand for Toyota. But in the bomb factory twice during the war to become messy. He remains determined to fulfill his dream to build a factory, but once again the factory was destroyed by a massive earthquake.

After the war finished, there is a shortage of fuel, forcing people to walk or use bicycles. Honda makes small engines and can be installed on the bike, but the difficulty of material, so that does not meet the demand. Honda wrote a letter to 18,000 bicycle shop owner, but the results just get a little money. However, with these makeshift money, he makes small engines for bicycles. In the first model, takes place in order to work properly, so he developed and adapted continuously until eventually produce a small engine. 'The Super Cub "into reality and success. Success in Japan, Honda began exporting to Europe and America

In the 1970s, fuel scarcity, then in the United States shifted from large vehicles to smaller vehicles. Honda quickly capture this trend. Now, Honda Corporation has a staff of more than 100,000 people in the United States and Japan, in charge of 43 companies in 28 countries, which is one of the largest car company in the world and the company ranked 26 of the most amazing world in 2003. In 2008, the 6th largest car manufacturer in the world, capable of producing more than 14 million engines per year.