Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates IIIis an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 October 1955
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
In business, the idea of measuring what you are doing, picking the measurements that count like customer satisfaction and performance... you thrive on that.
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.
If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
If i will start all over again I would chose network marketing.
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
My parents are very successful, and I went to the nicest private school in the Seattle area. I was lucky. But I never had any trust funds of any kind, though my dad did pay my tuition at Harvard, which was quite expensive.
Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in.
Anything you do, you better enjoy it for its value. Because people are going to second-guess everything you do.
Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.