Love them or hate them, these figures have changed, created, and re-booted the software industry we all live and breath in. Bill made it profitable, Steve made it sexy, Larry gave us Larry, Google boys made it searchable, and Marc killed the desktop. The one common denominator between all of these visionaries is extremely clear. Passion!
There is something to be learned from every one of them!
Bill Gates – Co-Founder and Chairman – Microsoft |
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“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.” |
Steve Jobs – Co-Founder and CEO – Apple |
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Larry Ellison – Founder and CEO – Oracle |
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“You have to act, and act now!”
“When you innovate, you’ve got to be prepared for everyone telling you you’re nuts. “
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Larry Page – Co-Founder – Google |
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“We have a mantra: don’t be evil, which is to do the best things we know how for our users, for our customers, for everyone. So I think if we were known for that, it would be a wonderful thing.” “If you have a product that’s really gaining a lot of usage, then it’s probably a good idea.” |
Sergey Brin – Co-Founder – Google |
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“We believed we could build a better search. We had a simple idea, that not all pages are created equal. Some are more important.” |
Marc Benioff – Founder and CEO – Salesforce.com |
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“Always pitch the bigger picture. Salesforce.com was about “the end of software,” not customer relationship management software or software as a service.” |
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