I generally find anything like this to be very cheesy, but that genuinely moved me. Thanks for sharing.
Business tips from a billionaire
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#12I'm going to pay myself on Friday. Unfortunately, my salary ,now, is 0$ for week. Hard times for italian startupper.
Errata corrige: s/italian/every
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#13again. do not listen to outliers. they are outliers. if you want success in a field, listen to the stories of the average successful person in that field.
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#14"The book is brimming with interesting stories and business lessons. He relates in one how Bill Gates, in the early days of Microsoft, made a personal visit to his home to convince him to use MS-DOS as the operating system in Amstrad’s PC’s."
I knew a lot about Alan Sugar but didn't know that.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well if you are a 'internet' start up aimed at the consumer market the correct answer would be "EVERYONE, is going to pay me on Friday"
...the correct answer would be "EVERYONE might pay me on a Friday in 2013" ;)
Or "Google or Facebook might pay me if I get traction"...
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#16"The book is brimming with interesting stories and business lessons. He relates in one how Bill Gates, in the early days of Microsoft, made a personal visit to his home to convince him to use MS-DOS as the operating system in Amstrad’s PC’s." I knew a lot about Alan Sugar but didn't know that.
I'm sure I remember the Amstrads running CP/M, a competitor to DOS. I wonder if that choice was made before or after Bill's visit.
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#17"The book is brimming with interesting stories and business lessons. He relates in one how Bill Gates, in the early days of Microsoft, made a personal visit to his home to convince him to use MS-DOS as the operating system in Amstrad’s PC’s." I knew a lot about Alan Sugar but didn't know that.
I'm sure I remember the Amstrads running CP/M, a competitor to DOS. I wonder if that choice was made before or after Bill's visit.
Depending on the model line, some ran CP/M (PCW line, option for CPC line), some ran 'AMSDOS' (CPC line), and they also had a line of traditional 'IBM compatible' PCs that ran MS-DOS.
The CPC and PCW machines were Z80-based, I doubt they'd've been suitable for MS-DOS