How to think like Bill Gates PDF
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By the same author: How to Think Like Sherlock How to Think Like Steve Jobs How to Think Like Mandela How to Think Like Einstein How to Think Like Churchill For Mum First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Michael O’Mara Books Limited 9 Lion Yard Tremadoc Road London SW4 7NQ Copyright © Michael O’Mara Books Limited 2015 All rights reserved. You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital, optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-1-78243-373-6 in hardback print format ISBN: 978-1-78243-375-0 in paperback print format ISBN: 978-1-78243-374-3 in e-book format Designed and typeset by Envy Design Ltd www.mombooks.com Contents Introduction Landmarks in a Remarkable Life Engage Your Brain Gates’s Heroes Friend and Role Model Find Your True Calling The Birth of the Microcomputer Age Embrace Your Inner Geek Keep an Eye on the Big Chance Find Your Comrades-in-Arms Profile: Paul Allen Profile: Steve Ballmer Profiles: Charles Simonyi, Nathan Myhrvold and Kazuhiko Nishi Employ the Best Sleep is for Wimps Dare to Dream Microsoft’s Big Deal Innovate, Innovate, Innovate Stress-Test Your Ideas Gates and Intellectual Property Lead from the Front Learn from Your Mistakes The Internet: The One That Nearly Got Away Keep Track of the Competition Microsoft vs. Apple Business is Business Microsoft and Monopolies Realize That No Man is an Island Profile: Melinda Gates Enjoy the Trappings of Your Success The Richest Man in the World Take Time to Reboot Read Like Bill Gates Gates’s Favourite Business Book Give Something Back Redefining Philanthropy The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Creative Capitalism Bring Your Celebrity to Bear Philanthropic Aims: Providing Education and Equality of Opportunity Philanthropic Aims: Combating Disease The Fight Against Polio Gates and God The Gates Legacy Selected Bibliography
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