A short YouTube excerpt in which Bill Gates reflects that his best business decisions were about choosing people—specifically partnering with Paul Allen and hiring Steve Ballmer—and explains how trusted, committed partners with complementary skills helped spark ideas, provide checks, and contribute to Microsoft’s success.
My best business decisions really have to do with picking people. Deciding to go into partnership with Paul Allen is probably at the top of the list. And then hiring a friend, Steve Ballmer, and having somebody who you totally trust, who's totally committed, who shares your vision, and yet has a little bit different set of skills and also acts as a check on you. Some of the ideas you come up with, you run by them because you know they're going to say, hey, wait a minute, have you thought about this? And that the benefit of sparking off of somebody who's got that kind of brilliance, it's not only made it fun, but it's really led to a lot of success.
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