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“The initial start-up capital came primarily from my parents, and they invested a large fraction of their life savings in what became Amazon.com,” Bezos says. “That was a very bold and trusting thing for them to do.”
Jeff Bezos • Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson
“Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which is why I think he’s more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology,” Jobs said, unfairly. “He just shamelessly ripped off other people’s ideas.”
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
protect themselves from the storms that are getting more violent, shore up storm-water drainage systems, and raise wharves so they stay above rising tides.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Despite its scale, Microsoft is one of the most overlooked companies in tech.It is not a beloved consumer brand like Apple, Facebook, Amazon, or Google.It was not a venture capital success story: Microsoft was too profitable to raise real VC money, so the founders owned 70% at IPO.It is the oldest of FAMGA, hidden away in a different state.
John Luttig • Don’t Forget Microsoft - By John Luttig
To bring our planet back from the brink of disaster, we need to get our greenhouse gas emissions to zero.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Random House Large Print)
Microsoft is a good example of a brand that’s never told its story well. It’s a huge consumer product software platform, a mega conglomerate, and there’s no love there. There’s no emotional story to rally around. The Bill Gates story is such an incredible story, but it’s never really been expressed by the brand.
Debbie Millman • Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
To put that in perspective, spread out over a decade, it’s about 0.2 percent of the world’s GDP, with a nearly…
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