The CEO's role in raising a company's corporate IQ is to establish an atmosphere that promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We are always saying to ourself.. we have to innovate. We got to come up with that breakthrough... we're only paid for… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Why do people benefit in inverse proportion to their need? Well, market incentives make that happen. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Every day were saying, 'How can we keep this customer happy?' How can we get ahead in innovation by doing this, because… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Certainly, we are trying to preserve all of that culture, and get the advantages of being a large company with a broad… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy - even beyond the market… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends, And no investment on the street pays larger dividends, For… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
About three million computers get sold every year in China, but people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. As… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Nobody has a guaranteed position in computer technologies business. We've done some good work, but all of these products become obsolete so… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Well, it's taken time to get this going, but he was right. If you give people a chance to associate themselves with… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It's not just that the personal computer has come along as… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I'm an investor in a number of biotech companies, partly because of my incredible enthusiasm for the great innovations they will bring. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Microsoft has had many, many successful products. I'm committed to one company. This is the industry I've decided to work in. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
[We in Microsoft] are not the only software company but we are a great software company doing some unique work. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There's only one trick in software, and that is using a piece of software that's already been written. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Only a few businesses will succeed by having the lowest price, so most will need a strategy that includes customer services. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The returns from investing in poor people are just as great as the returns from investing in the business world... and have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The most important 'speed' issue is often not technical but cultural. It's convincing everyone that the company's survival depends on everyone moving… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Intermittency [in availability for wind and solar] changes the economics, particularly this requirement that the power company at all times be able… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Like a human being, a company has to have an internal communication mechanism, a "nervous system", to coordinate its actions. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The only big companies that succeed will be those that obsolete their own products before somebody else does. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Every new change forces all the companies in an industry to adapt their strategies to that change. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I realized about 10 years ago that my wealth has to go back to society. A fortune, the size of which is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I'm truly saddened to learn of Steve Jobs' death. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In a system of capitalism, as people's wealth rises, the financial incentive to serve them rises. As their wealth falls, the financial… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We bet the company on Windows and we deserve to benefit. It was a risk that's paid off immensely. In retrospect, committing… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I have a company that is not Microsoft, called Corbis. Corbis is the operation that merged with Bettman Archives. It has nothing… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software, that's something we… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you believe that every life has equal value, it’s revolting to learn that some lives are seen as worth saving and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If we [Microsoft Corporation] weren't still hiring great people and pushing ahead at full speed, it would be easy to fall behind… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I never would have predicted it. I didn't set out to achieve some level of wealth or size of company. I remember… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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