Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Our vision, which has not changed since the day the company was founded. — 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
The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have… — 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
The inventory, the value of my company, walks out the door every evening. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
How fast a company can respond in an emergency is a measure of its corporate reflexes. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld. — 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
Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back to the company. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Someone in the society has to deal with the reality that there are finite resources and we're making trade-offs, and be explicit… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
One thing people underestimate is how markets don't allow anyone to do anything except make better and better products. There's not much… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I am not topper in my university but all toppers are working in my microsoft company. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
A company's ability to respond to an unplanned event, good or bad is a prime indicator of its ability to compete. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
A company needs to have good business reflexes, to be able to marshal its forces in a crisis or in response to… — 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
I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could help people left out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Government investment unlocks a huge amount of private sector activity, but the basic research that we put into IT work that led… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Good developers like seeing their products sell in large quantities. They enjoy the competition of doing a better job than the other… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
To get a big company moving fast, especially on a many-headed opportunity like the Internet, you have to have hundreds of people… — 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
Bringing together the right information with the right people will dramatically improve a company's ability to develop and act on strategic business… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I'm invested in a lot of battery companies - and there's a lot that exists I'm not in. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, is to do an outstanding job with information. — 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