Famous Bill Gates Quotes #3
Strategic Business Advice for Young Entrepreneurs
from Strategic Business Stream.com 7/13 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4biz 3/14
23. “Reward-worthy failure is only Experimentation.”
24. “In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.”
25. “Sometimes, I think my most important job is to listen for bad news. If you don’t act on it, your people will eventually stop bringing bad news to your attention and that is the beginning of the end.”
26. “Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.”
27. “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
28. “Know your numbers’ is a fundamental precept of business.”
29. “Teams should be able to act with the same unity of purpose and focus as a well motivated individual.”
30. “I think it’s fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we have ever created on earth. They are tools of communication, tools of creativity and they can be shaped by their users.”
31. “In business as well as the military, he who has the shortest procurement and deployment cycle wins.”
32. “Every company can choose whether to lead or follow the emerging digital trends.”
33. “I regret being the richest man in the world, because that position attracts undeserved publicity.”
34. “Capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people; it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in the area of diseases of the world at large, it has really let us down.”
35. “I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions; they will be moved to act.”
36. “I do think this next century hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you just don’t think, yes my country is doing well but you think about the world at large.”
37. “I have $100 billion. You realize I could spend $3 million a day, everyday for the next hundred 100 years? And that’s if I don’t make another dime.”
38. “To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.”
39. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
40. “The browser space that we are in, we have about 90%. Sure, Firefox has come along and the press love the idea of that. Our commitment is to keep our browser that competes with Firefox to be the best browser; best in security and best in features.”
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