Bill Gates Gives His Best Advice - Motivational
Summary
TLDRBill Gates reflects on key moments in Microsoft's history, like betting on Windows and graphical interfaces despite initial doubts, and recognizing the importance of embracing the internet. He emphasizes the need to keep innovating, hiring smart people, and learning from customer feedback. Though proud of successes, Gates says Microsoft wakes up every day thinking about what they're missing and how to keep improving products. He concludes by asserting that this mindset of constant innovation is what has kept Microsoft at the forefront of technology.
Takeaways
- 😊 Bill Gates talks about how Microsoft bet the company on Windows and graphical interface, which took over 4 years to take off but now is ubiquitous
- 💡 Bill discusses how Microsoft is now betting big on the internet and developing tools and content plays there
- ⏰ Bill spends his time meeting with customers, responding to emails, thinking deeply about the future during 'think weeks', and spending time with his family
- 📈 Bill explains how competition spurs innovation, using browsers and operating systems as an example
- 😎 Bill highlights the importance of design and marketing in creating phenomenal, intuitive products with broad appeal
- 👩💻 Bill stresses the importance of working with very smart, innovative people and always pushing to do more
- 🤔 Bill says Microsoft has to continually think about what they are missing and how they can keep innovating
- 🔁 Bill explains how Microsoft has had to tear up plans and rethink strategy in light of developments like the internet
- ✅ Bill talks about enjoying the process of working on new problems with smart people each day
- 😤 Bill emphasizes the need to hire the very best talent and maintain a culture of innovation
Q & A
When did Microsoft first come up with the Windows concept?
-Microsoft first came up with the Windows concept back in 1983.
What does Bill Gates say led to the quick adoption of Microsoft applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint?
-He says it's because they switched into the Windows environment, which made it easier for people to use those applications.
Who does Bill Gates say has now also come out with Windows applications?
-He says that even companies like WordPerfect and Lotus have now come out with Windows applications.
What does Bill Gates say is attracting all the innovation in the industry?
-He says the Windows environment is attracting all the innovation in the industry.
What does Bill Gates say that Netscape wanted to turn the browser into?
-He says Netscape looked at turning the browser into an operating system.
What approach did Microsoft take instead?
-Microsoft looked at taking their operating system and building the browser in an integrated fashion.
What does Bill Gates say is the kind of competition that spurs innovation?
-He says the competition between companies like Microsoft and Netscape is the kind of competition that spurs innovation.
What does Bill Gates say helps drive Microsoft forward?
-He says their focus on hiring the very best people and making sure they keep innovating at a rapid pace helps drive them forward.
What does Bill Gates say happened every time Microsoft has had a bit of success?
-He says they're very careful not to dwell on any success. Instead they wake up thinking about what they might be missing and how they can keep innovating.
What does Bill Gates say is a great example of how Microsoft has had to embrace innovation?
-He says the internet is a great example, where Microsoft has had to tear up their plans and fully embrace all that's good about the internet.
Outlines
😊 Early Days of Microsoft and Windows
Paragraph 1 describes the early days of Microsoft and the development of Windows. It talks about how Windows took over 4 years to develop before becoming popular. Bill Gates discusses betting the company on Windows despite doubts and lack of initial support.
😃 Gates' Leadership Style and Contributions
Paragraph 2 discusses Bill Gates' leadership qualities and contributions to Microsoft's success. It describes his sense of design and aesthetic, engineering background, intuitive understanding of marketing, and ability to reinvent the company to stay ahead.
💡 Need for Constant Innovation
Paragraph 3 talks about the need for constant innovation and not dwelling on past successes. It uses examples like graphical interface and integrated browser to illustrate how Microsoft has continued innovating.
😀 Enjoying the Work, Focusing on Hiring
Paragraph 4 describes Bill Gates' enjoyment for his work and Microsoft's focus on hiring the best talent and maintaining a culture of innovation to stay ahead.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Microsoft Windows
💡graphical user interface
💡innovation
💡internet
💡smart people
💡technology change
💡customer feedback
💡marketing
💡operating system
💡research
Highlights
Bet entire company on Windows graphical interface, took 4+ years to gain popularity
Spends nights and weekends responding to emails and thinking about the future
Travels 25% of time to meet with customers and check priorities
Believes in the power of design and intuitive marketing
Focused on continually attacking new frontiers instead of dwelling on successes
Saw opportunity in integrating browser into operating system
Predicted growth of Windows environment long ago
Powerful Microsoft apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint quickly adopted on Windows
Even competitors like WordPerfect and Lotus moved to offer Windows apps
Industry innovation focused on Windows platform
Careful not to dwell on success, wake up focused on what's missing
Obsess over hiring the very best people
Tore up plans to embrace what's best about the internet
Recognized shortcomings of internet and aimed to lead the way
Focused on innovating at a very high pace
Transcripts
you find an idea that requires three or
four years of improvement and patience
I'm really sticking with it that we're
very good at that take Windows which we
BET our company on everybody who doubted
that would succeed IBM did not support
us in that it took longer than we
expected over four years before finally
graphical interface got popular and now
people take it for granted it's part of
every personal computer and you just you
just expect it to be there that was one
of the grand successes of the company in
the same way we're betting on the
internet that our tools there will be
popular and that a few of these content
plays that we've decided to get involved
in that the scale and and the users will
make those into great businesses my
calendar gets very full with those and
then at night after the kids have gone
to bed on on email a great deal I get
get messages during the day that's my
chance to give long responses and then
over the weekend I I send a lot of mails
as well as well I take two weeks a year
to just go off and read and think where
I'm not interrupted by work or anything
else I'm just solidly trying to think
about the future and people get to send
me things to read as part of that
so-called think week so it's a nice mix
of things about 25 percent of the time
that I'm out uh traveling around meeting
with customers Europe Asia and that sort
of helps me think okay do we have the
right priorities what what are people
responding well to and what would they
they like to see us do better sense of
design that everything had to fit a
certain aesthetic the fact that he
this little engineering background as he
had and it shows that design can lead
you in a good direction and so
phenomenal products came out of it he
knew about brand I mean in in the in
very positive sense he he understood he
had an intuitive sense for marketing
that was uh
amazing can't just keep doing the same
old thing you were doing before you have
to take your skills and attack the New
Frontiers now for example graphical
interface used to be outside the
operating system and so there were many
people doing those systems uh Windows
came out ahead there and now it comes
with the operating system likewise the
the browser is something that Netscape
looked at turning the browser into an
operating system and we looked at taking
our operating system and and building
the browser in an integrated fashion and
so that was a good example of the kind
of competition that Spurs this bill
I'm Bill Gates chairman of Microsoft
in this video you're going to see the
future
windows
Microsoft first came up with the windows
concept back in 1983.
and today the leading software users
have switched into the windows
environment
it's really incredible how quickly our
powerful applications like Word and
Excel and PowerPoint have been adopted
it's not just Microsoft applications
even companies like word perfect and
Lotus have now come out with Windows
applications and every week we see new
Innovative work
it's really attracting all the
innovation in the industry
we predicted this a long time ago
and now it's the future gotta enjoy what
you do every day and for me that's
working with very smart people it's
working on new problems you know every
time we think hey we've had a little bit
of success we're pretty careful not to
dwell on it we wake every day knowing
that in the business of Technology you
have to think about what are you missing
what is the research or customer
feedback that you should be paying more
attention to and how do you keep that
pace of innovation very very high how do
you make sure you're hiring the very
best people and that kind of focus is
has helped drive us forward through all
the Milestones the company has had
certainly the internet is is a great
example of that we had to tear up our
our plans and and step back and say well
how do we how do we really embrace all
that's good about the internet and
recognize some of the shortcomings and
make sure we're leading the way
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