People S Sayings about bill Gates
If you give people tools, [and they use] their natural ability and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected.
Bill GatesThe people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways...are available thanks to technology.
Bill GatesIf we weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind and become a mediocre company.
Bill GatesThe key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.
Bill GatesThe opportunity to engage people who are very far away from each other and yet might have interesting information is better here than has ever been possible.
Bill GatesWhen the PC was launched, people knew it was important.
Bill GatesPeople everywhere love Windows.
Bill GatesAs we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
Bill GatesTelevision is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Bill GatesHere at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.
Bill GatesGreat organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved.
Bill GatesSuccess is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Bill GatesThere's a lot that can be done for people who are using technology in a better way.
Bill GatesLet's drive not just breakthroughs in new products, but new ways to give more and more people access to these inventions and their benefits. This is a broad and important mission, and I believe we all have a part to play in it.
Bill GatesI see if people are around, see what they put up on the walls. I want a little sense of what the feeling is, how lively, how much people personalize things. They put industry articles up on the walls, ones that are particularly rude to us or particularly nice to us. They put up their progress, their number of bugs or new things that work. And you run into people. Even on a Friday night there'll be a bunch of people here, and I'll get a chance to ask what they're thinking.
Bill GatesYou've got to give great tools to small teams. Pick good people, use small teams, give them excellent tools...so that they are very productive in terms of what they are doing. Make it very clear what they can do to change the spec. Make them feel like they are very much in control of it.
Bill GatesThere are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.
Bill GatesOne thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products.
Bill GatesI like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things. I like the fact that if people really try they can figure out how to invent things that actually have an impact.
Bill GatesIn most companies, you don't get too much mail where people are saying, 'Hey, we lost this account.' But that's what you really need to know about, because it might change what you're doing. You need to know about competitive activity. You need to know about customer feedback that says things should be better.
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