Bill Gates Quotes

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Our internal tools have two goals: to use software to handle routine tasks, eliminating wasted time and energy for our knowledge workers; and to free people to do more difficult work and handle exceptions.
Bill Gates

It’s just common sense that knowledge workers who are not distracted or burdened by routine matters will do better work.
Bill Gates

The predictions that we’d have paperless offices were right – just premature by several decades.
Bill Gates

The Internet changes everything.
Bill Gates

I’m going to ask you whether you believe each of them will happen. Never mind for now how quickly, just tell me whether you believe they’re ever going to occur. If you don’t believe they will, then you shouldn’t change what you’re doing with technology. But if you believe they’re going to happen, and it’s only a matter of time, then you should start to prepare for that change today.
Bill Gates

[In 1999] Do you… believe that one day computers will be as common in homes as telephones or TVs?
Bill Gates

Customer service will become the primary value-added function in every business.
Bill Gates

Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.
Bill Gates

Businesses that are out there early are not just getting ahead on the learning curve. They are also rushing to redefine business boundaries.
Bill Gates

Once you have customers interacting with you, you have an incredible ability to build on that relationship to offer a broader set of products.



On the edge of the twenty-first century, a fundamental new rule of business is that the Internet changes everything.
Bill Gates

Merchants are setting prices according to an individual’s willingness to pay. This idea may sound radical, but it’s as old as progressive taxation.
Bill Gates

Eliminating brick-and-mortar expenses… is only a tactic, not a strategy.
Bill Gates

Only a few companies in any market will be the high-volume players…
Bill Gates

One billion dollars is a pretty big bet on the future.
Bill Gates

Informed clients ask better questions.
Bill Gates

The important issue is to know whether you’re paying for transactions or advice and to be sure that you get what you pay for.
Bill Gates

Word of mouth is the most powerful means by which any product or company builds a reputation…
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[In 1999] Computer buyers clearly like the friction-free purchasing environment of the Web.
Bill Gates

The Internet doesn’t replace people. It makes them more efficient.
Bill Gates



[In 1999] Instead of having eighty days of inventory, as indirect sellers have, Dell keeps only eight days of inventory, and much of that is in parts such as chips and hard drives.
Bill Gates

A dynamic Web site creates more bookings and more business.
Bill Gates

You need to be sure to rigorously test anything you put up on the Web for consumers.
Bill Gates

A good Web site can help turn salespeople into consultants.
Bill Gates

[In 1999] People in developed countries take their electrical devices for granted; we just use them. But people who are now in their fifties can remember when just a few families had TVs.
Bill Gates

[In 1999] Within a decade most Americans and many other people around the world will be living the Web lifestyle.
Bill Gates

Students are the ultimate knowledge workers.
Bill Gates

People underestimate the degree to which the hardware and software will improve.
Bill Gates

[In 1999] Speech synthesis will improve dramatically from the robot-sounding voices you hear today.
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[In 1999] The most important step for a country to achieve a high-bandwidth infrastructure is to encourage competition in telecommunications.
Bill Gates



Scientists all over the world are exploring new technologies. And old ones.
Bill Gates

The Internet reaches a global audience, yet definitions of objectionable content vary from country to country.
Bill Gates

One of the most powerful socializing aspects of the Web is its ability to connect groups of like-minded people independent of geography or time zones.
Bill Gates

[In 1999] The Web will make a lot of things more efficient than they used to be.
Bill Gates

[In 1999] The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
Bill Gates

Companies need to excel in consistent in-house execution of their core competencies.
Bill Gates

When a company outsources, jobs move.
Bill Gates

One benefit of self-employment is diversification – you’re less likely to be out of work if you have several employers than if you have one.
Bill Gates

Most companies, including Microsoft, work hard to make it attractive for good employees to stay long-term.
Bill Gates

[In 1999] Many knowledge workers will live where they want to live and structure the way they want it and still make major contributions to the businesses they work for or with.
Bill Gates



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