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# Steven Sinofsky

(1965)   Entrepreneur

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Steven Sinofsky is an entrepreneur, best known for *Hardcore Software*.

## Quick Facts About Steven Sinofsky

Born October 6, 1965

Profession Entrepreneur

Notable works Hardcore Software

## About Steven Sinofsky

Steven Jay Sinofsky is an American businessman, investor and software engineer. He was president of the Windows Division at Microsoft from July 2009 until his resignation in November 2012.

##  Quotes by Steven Sinofsky

> [Nothing called the "Gang Of Four" ends well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/nothing-called-the-gang-of-four-ends-well/)

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> [It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/it-s-not-cool-to-have-your-name-in-print-when-it-s-not-the-truth/)

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> [Data is great, but strategy is better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/data-is-great-but-strategy-is-better/)

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> [A mouse has the precision that your finger can't approach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/a-mouse-has-the-precision-that-your-finger-can-t-approach/)

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[Approach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/approach/)

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> [Assuming a specific resource is high cost is often a path to disruption when someone makes a different assumption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/assuming-a-specific-resource-is-high-cost-is-often-a-path-to/)

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> [Groups tend to believe their work is harder, more strategic, or just more valuable while underestimating those contributions from other groups.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/groups-tend-to-believe-their-work-is-harder-more-strategic-or-just/)

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> [While my friends were busy listening to the Talking Heads, Police, and B-52s, I was busy teaching myself to program on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/while-my-friends-were-busy-listening-to-the-talking-heads-police-and/)

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[Atari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atari/)

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> [When faced with something complex, spend the time to think about some structure, write down sentences, think about it some more, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/when-faced-with-something-complex-spend-the-time-to-think-about-some/)

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> [A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that moment is entirely hindsight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/a-moment-of-disruption-is-where-the-conversation-about-disruption/)

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> [From a product development perspective, choosing whether a technology is disruptive at a potential moment is key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/from-a-product-development-perspective-choosing-whether-a-technology/)

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> [Despite demand, the BlackBerry avoided offering generalized web browsing support.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/despite-demand-the-blackberry-avoided-offering-generalized-web/)

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> [If the work requires smart, talented, creative people, then more than anything, you want to enable folks on the team to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/if-the-work-requires-smart-talented-creative-people-then-more-than/)

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> [Knowledge created a new culture of business derived from the information gathering and analysis capabilities of first the mainframe and then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/knowledge-created-a-new-culture-of-business-derived-from-the/)

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[Analysis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/analysis/)

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> [With the general availability of Windows 8/RT and Surface, I have decided it is time for me to take a step back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/with-the-general-availability-of-windows-8-rt-and-surface-i-have/)

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> [I like a good cliche because it reminds you that much of management practice boils down to things you need to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/i-like-a-good-cliche-because-it-reminds-you-that-much-of-management/)

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> [Innovation and disruption are the hallmarks of the technology world, and hardly a moment passes when we are not thinking, doing, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/innovation-and-disruption-are-the-hallmarks-of-the-technology-world/)

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> [When you build a product, you make a lot of assumptions about the state of the art of technology, the best business…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/when-you-build-a-product-you-make-a-lot-of-assumptions-about-the/)

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> [Macintosh felt like a system. As I learned more, I felt like I was able to guess how new things would work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/macintosh-felt-like-a-system-as-i-learned-more-i-felt-like-i-was-able/)

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> [People love to play expectations games, and that is always bad for collaboration internal to a team, with your manager, or externally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/people-love-to-play-expectations-games-and-that-is-always-bad-for/)

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> [As much as we think of performance management as numeric and thus perfectly quantifiable, it is as much a product of context…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/as-much-as-we-think-of-performance-management-as-numeric-and-thus/)

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> [The best work for creative folks on the team is when the problem is big and the solution escapes everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/the-best-work-for-creative-folks-on-the-team-is-when-the-problem-is/)

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> [No matter how you look at it, one person cannot be evaluated and paid in isolation of budgets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/no-matter-how-you-look-at-it-one-person-cannot-be-evaluated-and-paid/)

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[Budgets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budgets/)

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> [When you delegate work to the member of the team, your job is to clearly frame success and describe the objectives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/when-you-delegate-work-to-the-member-of-the-team-your-job-is-to/)

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> [I've always advocated using the break between product cycles as an opportunity to reflect and to look ahead, and that applies to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/i-ve-always-advocated-using-the-break-between-product-cycles-as-an/)

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> [Management, at every level, is about the effort to frame challenges, define end states, and allocate resources to navigate between them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/management-at-every-level-is-about-the-effort-to-frame-challenges/)

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> [At some point, a group of people working towards similar goals will exhibit a distribution of performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/at-some-point-a-group-of-people-working-towards-similar-goals-will/)

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> [I always feel great. I get to come to work every day and see the build from the night before, and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/i-always-feel-great-i-get-to-come-to-work-every-day-and-see-the-build/)

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> [Things will absolutely go wrong. In a healthy team, as soon as things go wrong, that information should be surfaced. Trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/things-will-absolutely-go-wrong-in-a-healthy-team-as-soon-as-things/)

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> [The industrial revolution that defined the first half of the 20 century marked the start of modern business, typified by high-volume, large-scale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/the-industrial-revolution-that-defined-the-first-half-of-the-20/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [The cloud-powered smartphone and tablet, as productivity tools, are transforming the world around us along with the implied changes in how we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/the-cloud-powered-smartphone-and-tablet-as-productivity-tools-are/)

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> [My father, an entrepreneur but hardly a technologist, was looking to buy a computer to 'automate' our family business. In 1981, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/my-father-an-entrepreneur-but-hardly-a-technologist-was-looking-to/)

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> [Continuous productivity manifests itself as an environment where the evolving tools and culture make it possible to innovate more and faster than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/continuous-productivity-manifests-itself-as-an-environment-where-the/)

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> [It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/it-is-impossible-to-count-the-blessings-i-have-received-over-my-years/)

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> [Disruption is a critical element of the evolution of technology - from the positive and negative aspects of disruption a typical pattern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/disruption-is-a-critical-element-of-the-evolution-of-technology-from/)

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> [After more than 23 years working on a wide range of Microsoft products, I have decided to leave the company to seek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/after-more-than-23-years-working-on-a-wide-range-of-microsoft/)

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> [BlackBerry required tethering for some routine operations, and for many, the only way to integrate corporate mail was to keep a PC…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-sinofsky/blackberry-required-tethering-for-some-routine-operations-and-for/)

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