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Steve Ballmer Quotes

As a global company, our future growth and success requires that we constantly look at ways to improve our ability to serve customers worldwide Picture Quote #1

As a shareholder I have expressed my frustration with not getting more information about revenue and margins from the cloud Picture Quote #1

Getting the big things right that make all the money, that’s long cycle, really executing in a way that allows you to do it, that’s short cycle Picture Quote #1

I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There’s vision, patience, and execution Picture Quote #1

Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world Picture Quote #1

I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What’s a PC? Picture Quote #1

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Not only because the product wasn’t a great product, but remember it took us five or six years to ship it. Then we had to sort of fix it. That was what I might call Windows 7 Picture Quote #1

There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance Picture Quote #1

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We’ll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I’m very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish Picture Quote #1

We’ve grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good Picture Quote #1

We’re going to think big, we’re going to bet big Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me Picture Quote #1

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I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life Picture Quote #1

Google’s not a real company. It’s a house of cards Picture Quote #1

I have four words for you: I love this company, yeah! Picture Quote #1

Ford shared this vision. We are inviting more players to join in Picture Quote #1

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders Picture Quote #1

Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders Picture Quote #1

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Only our company and a handful of others are poised to write the future Picture Quote #1

Computer science is the operating system for all innovation Picture Quote #1

I don’t really know that anybody’s proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value Picture Quote #1

I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more successful Picture Quote #1

All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get the right leaders, the right team, the right people to be fast acting, and fast moving in the marketplace. We’ve got great leaders, and we continue to attract and promote great new leaders Picture Quote #1

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that Picture Quote #1

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I’m not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety of reasons, and that may or may not be representative Picture Quote #1

I’m very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There’s so much opportunity. Let’s just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it Picture Quote #1

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches Picture Quote #1

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we’ve had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you’re really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have Picture Quote #1

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential Picture Quote #1

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we’re in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There’s no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either Picture Quote #1

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As a global company, our future growth and success requires that we constantly look at ways to improve our ability to serve customers worldwide. (Steve Ballmer Quotes) As a shareholder I have expressed my frustration with not getting more information about revenue and margins from the cloud. (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Getting the big things right that make all the money, that’s long cycle, really executing in a way that allows you to do it, that’s short cycle. (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There’s vision, patience, and execution. (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world. (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What’s a PC? (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Not only because the product wasn’t a great product, but remember it took us five or six years to ship it. Then we had to sort of fix it. That was what I might call Windows 7 (Steve Ballmer Quotes) There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We’ll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I’m very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish. (Steve Ballmer Quotes) We’ve grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good (Steve Ballmer Quotes) We’re going to think big, we’re going to bet big (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I don’t know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Google’s not a real company. It’s a house of cards (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I have four words for you: I love this company, yeah! (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Ford shared this vision. We are inviting more players to join in (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Great companies with the way they work, first start with great leaders (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Only our company and a handful of others are poised to write the future (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Computer science is the operating system for all innovation (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I don’t really know that anybody’s proven that a random collection of people doing their own thing actually creates value (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more successful (Steve Ballmer Quotes) All companies of any size have to continue to push to make sure you get the right leaders, the right team, the right people to be fast acting, and fast moving in the marketplace. We’ve got great leaders, and we continue to attract and promote great new leaders (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I’m not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety of reasons, and that may or may not be representative (Steve Ballmer Quotes) I’m very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There’s so much opportunity. Let’s just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches (Steve Ballmer Quotes) Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we’ve had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you’re really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have (Steve Ballmer Quotes) The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential (Steve Ballmer Quotes) We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we’re in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There’s no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either (Steve Ballmer Quotes)

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