Steve Ballmer speech: together with Bill Gates venture

    
Stevemobile dvr Ballmer is the world's leading developer of personal and business software--Microsoft's CEO. Mr Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980, he was the first business manager hired Bill Gates. Steve Ballmer's most striking feature is the "easily excited." When excited, Ballmer stressed to be anything three times, he was born to be a star and sales speaker, stood on the podium will be difficult to curb the surging vitality. Ballmer grew up in Detroit, his father is a former manager of Ford Motor Company. He graduated from Harvard University, and obtained a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics. Following is Steve Ballmer's speech.

About 30 years ago, I joined Microsoft, originally had intended to talk about my personal business experience. Behind the man on the picture is me, then I just left Stanford. As you can see, and then himself, I still wears her head now.

Awareness of the Bill and I are in the Harvard, a sophomore, I became good friends. Then there is Bill's high school classmates, they started in high school will have an own company, developed software that can analyze traffic data. I do not know when driving, whether noted that sometimes extends across the rubber tube in the center of the road. In the past, when you're driven through a rubber tube, it will be against the horse playing the last hole on the side of a box of tapes. Bill and Paul took note of such a device called Intel4004, after which they set out to develop software that record for Washington.

Bill admitted to Harvard after, but they were still keen on microprocessor research. Paul hope to be able to set up a dedicated computer with microprocessor companies, but the Bill did not agree to do so. He said to Paul: "Paul, I know what we really are good at doing, thatcar dvr software, so it is not a good idea. ”

A sophomore that year, of the mass electronic (PopularElectronics) had appeared in the cover of a magazine photo, shows the first microprocessor computer called the Altair. At that time, Bill and Paul decided to develop all possible for this machine applied to software. Obviously they didn't do, but also has the computer Institute developed several key software programs, then they set up their own company and began to formally put into operation. Until 1980, when I joined, the company a total of 30 people, and all of them are programmers, neither is the commercial origin. Naturally, I became responsible for a business that got the people, although even I don't know what it means to locate. To be honest, I really do nothing more than recruitment interviews, such as marketing, that she really is not an eligible employee. Stanford freshman read when I started to learn the financial statements, it is important in my life. The measly little company then, so the contents of the report is also not much. In any case, beginning that experience is also very important.

After that, the company in constant development forward in the run-in, really is an innovation it takes nine minutes to build. Just now, I have talked with several venture capitalists with an hour of time. They asked me if I would talk about entrepreneurs. I said, what I will talk about entrepreneurs, like you learn from start-up stage to what the problem was. Their idea is simple, it is to hire excellent staff. By contrast, at the beginning of our business and do not have very good performers. Needless to say, the Bill I quite outstanding, in addition there are four or five good people. Joined the company in about a month, I went to Bill's Office and told him we need to hire 18 people. He said, Steve, you should know that our people are not very good, why do we need to hire 18 people? don't you want not everyone of us bankruptcy? unless you can do much better than it is now, otherwise your Stanford continue to study or to do something else, don't stay here. Since then, we have started in the recruiting efforts, trying to find really good smart talent.

In fact, you know those successful people, their talent are very difficult and tortuous journey distance. Just take those early Microsoft programmers, they arevehicle dvr followed by Bill together towards success. Initially, we selected from among those familiar with the University staff, and invited them to join Microsoft, since these people are familiar with and trust. For fledgling businesses, first you need talent, second is enough patience. There may be is a fast and easy development of entrepreneurs, believes that success is 90% of innovation coupled with of the efforts. That was not the case. Successful do need a great idea, but needs a lot of energy, and you pay on time, maybe 1 year, 2 years, or even 10 years. Many things tend to need 10 years before the real recognition of the time. After reading the popular press you may not believe this, but it is true, is a true fact. Development of Windows so, SQL databases. Similarly, Google's success is hard to pay only after several years of implementation. In this process, maybe there is a bit of expectation, but more of a break-in. And this is exactly what Microsoft's early history.

We make a number of products, but we are also a little-known small businesses. When I decided to abandon academic at Stanford University business school and joined the research and development of small software companies, my parents think I must be crazy. I said to them at that time, Dad, MOM, we do is develop software for the PC, so I decided to leave Stanford. And my father did not understand. He questioned me, software is what the hell? my mother also said that others know why computers? here, had to remind everyone that we are talking about here is a thing of the last century 80 's, now and then life is clearly different. But my parents raised these issues is also reflected, when the external environment was not very good, put in front of us there are many difficulties and obstacles.

For now, you may be asked whether the technology development of those good old days are over? this is those budding business people would often ask me a question. In their view, over the past 5 years, in 10, 15, even 20 years, great changes have taken place in the field of science and technology, it also means that the industry is saturated, then not others put it? my answer is. No! and never! in fact, just look at the technology industry now, it is easy to realize that this is full of companies of various sizes, ranging from several big businesses, some medium-scale corporations and many small businesses. And the profession of the dynamic forces among the enterprises depend on the characteristics of this shift has been happening. At the same time, new are constantly springing up. As we speak now, chip operations might have been undergoing great changes. Therefore, every one of us has the opportunity to make their own development and growth.

Before I come to this rostrum, I haven't noticed it. You see, it's just a piece of plastic, and its obviously knows nothing about it. I could touch it but not attempt to control it, it does not recognize me and said, Steve, don't touch me. It did not see or speak, not to speak to me. I'm not sure if there is a song about the song, however, I believe that in the future there will be, which is development trend of science and technology.

Today, you learn to speak computer language. To write a program, you also have to learn to use a computer language to write. To run the program, find the file, open, copy, and paste. But current computer instruction is not yet ready for my trip to Stanford, but my Secretary can take care of this all. I believe that the directive such as this can be achieved in the next few years.

You don't even have to develop our interest in the field of science and technology, software development is bound to bring a wave of radical changes to many industry. It will change the tentacles included energy, environmental science fields. It is true that software will also influence more widely evident. For which I have great enthusiasm and anticipation. In addition, the business development will no doubt be subjected to huge impact. Presence in this era of rapid development of the Internet, I believe that all are undergoing changes. People will say that the Internet was born 15, all kinds of things being created. Just around the corner, the entire world is experiencing a transformation as change. Technology is accompanied by the emergence and development of the computer, and the technology itself has now meant that computers, smart TV. If there is no Internet, TV and telephone, computers wouldn'tmobile dvr have changed today. At the same time, if not the future of computer, telephone and television, believe that the Internet would not have today's achievements. Therefore, I believe in the future, these software development to bring more surprises and changes in these areas.

Since my joining Microsoft, only the basic paradigm of writing software has a number of changes occurred. There is also the customer's server, PCs, the Internet, and we are now committed to Web2.0 and Web3.0. current new and emerging smart phones, smart computers, smart TV, also for the change and development of this business area has created unlimited opportunities.

Many people have raised this question, whether the market will continue to demand smart phone, smart computers do? the answer is Yes. Indeed, everyone hopes for the best, and these things are so cheap. As Bill said at the beginning of the create Microsoft, the hardware only represented the freedom of intelligent forms, we also need software to make it work. As a consumer, you need to unify the world. On the phone side you are an identity on the Internet is another one; is one you at work, at home and another for you. You may want to distinguish the identity of all kinds are up, but not willing to deal with at the moment unfortunately encountered. And, for example, when you want to move, or changing a phone number, how many things you have to replace. Or do you want to go where. And so many other things that are just waiting for you to handle.