Business @ the Speed of Thought

Succeeding in the Digital Economy

De: Bill Gates

Narrado por: Jonathan Mayrose

In his new book, Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates discusses how technology can help run businesses better today and how it will transform the nature of business in the near future. Gates stresses the need for managers to view technology not as overhead but as a strategic asset, and offers detailed examples from Microsoft, GM, Dell, and many other successful companies. Companion Web site.©1999 by William H. Gates, III, All Rights Reserved; (P)1999 by William H. Gates, III; ©1999 Time Warner AudioBooks (Packaging Elements Only), A Division of Time Warner Trade Publishing

Retrospect is why I decided to listen to this -

Did I gain Energy from it? YES
Good book and it did provide a retrospect "was it done list". The predictions can be divided into 3 categories (came true, came true within 20 years, came true because of the pandemic). Bill Gates sold the PC as the enabler to the future and is also where Microsoft made the most money. Another good point was how the "Internet was not important to Microsoft back in the day and for Bill Gates it was all about corporate America getting wired into MS". Either way, the book spoke about some of the same problems we have today. We still have a hard time getting people to change and use new tech. I wish Bill Gates spoke more about the internet punch to Micorsoft's Gut. Why? Today most of us would still be working in the office if it was not for the pandemic( the tech has been here for 10+ years). I would also like to understand more about the “Big Risks pay Big Rewards” mentioned by the CEO of Boeing and how I could I apply these principles to AI, Satellite 5G, google in the brain and Drug advancements.

Intriguing

Very interesting to hear about how Microsoft automated their own company. Learning about FalconView was fasinating!

Great info. Narration was lacking.

I've heard my Google assistant have more influx and emotion than this narrator. The information sounds solid though and I will be applying it to my entrepreneurial journey.

if you read in 1990's that would be a great book.

this book is about many many future predictions that are already happened.


the narrator did a great job.

Loved it.

Great book. Very informative and a fun look back at the history of technology. Well worth it.