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?
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Customer service will become the primary value-added function in every business.
Bill Gates
Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.
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Businesses that are out there early are not just getting ahead on the learning curve. They are also rushing to redefine business boundaries.
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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…
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One billion dollars is a pretty big bet on the future.
Bill Gates
Informed clients ask better questions.
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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.
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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.
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[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.
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Scientists all over the world are exploring new technologies. And old ones.
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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.
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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.
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Most companies, including Microsoft, work hard to make it attractive for good employees to stay long-term.
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[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.
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