If the CEO doesn’t see the playing field, nobody else can. The team may need to see it too, but the CEO really needs to be able to see the entire competitive space. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
"There's no CEO for the government." But if you were CEO for a day at the government, would you have tools and reports and wherewithal to look at government the way a business would look at its lines of business,… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What's a PC? — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
There's a lot of Google fascination out there and we share it, and we're going to compete, we're going to compete very, very hard. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to surface that… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs improvement." I… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same time to… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
At Microsoft I had many years of experience and history and seeing connections. With my direct reports, the job at Microsoft was to delegate… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. ... If you want to reach more people than that, you… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
This is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making. — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll love the… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
I don't think there is one size that fits all [] I've been to too many meetings with journalists who spent the first 10… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
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