Bill Gates
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates IIIis an American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and programmer. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored several books...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 October 1955
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
It shouldn't be the case that it's not equal ... It's a good field for everybody. Absolutely, a ton needs to be done.
Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.
You need to understand things in order to invent beyond them.
Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.
We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.
We need to look at less obvious paths, things like the wind in the jet stream, which is very high up. The material science of what type of kite string you would need to connect up to that. That's still at the basic research level.
The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.
The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.
Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.
Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.
I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue with the government.
Only a few businesses will succeed by having the lowest price, so most will need a strategy that includes customer services.
The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.