American - Businessman | March 24, 1956 -
When you're running a company, you have employees - lots of them - that can interrupt your schedule. You have customers that can interrupt your schedule. You have a certain obligation to wave the flag because people expect to get out and wave the flag. The number of ways that others can command your time is high.
Steve Ballmer
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I loved every minute of my time at Microsoft, but I had always envisioned having another phase of life just because I thought that would be interesting. It had never been my plan to work until I literally didn't want to do anything and then hang it up.
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As a businessman, if you ask me what I'm proud of, I'm proud of the fact that I made $250 billion under my watch as CEO.
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One capability every business is expected to have is the capability to make money. It requires a certain kind of discipline, a certain kind of mindset.
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I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.
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The NBA has made it clear they want fan bases to be able to keep their teams.
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The Clippers are more valuable in Los Angeles. It's a phenomenal city, a phenomenal market, phenomenal everything.
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I love Los Angeles. I love Seattle, too, which is where we have our home. But the notion of spending a lot of time in Los Angeles has been exciting to me for years. The community down there is great.
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In the case of music, Apple got out early. They were the first to really recognize that you couldn't just think about the device and all the pieces separately. Bravo.
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The truth is that you can't really tell how anybody's doing in the tech business for at least five or 10 years.
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Apple is a failure because they missed social? Nobody would say that, because they are having great success.
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The Clippers are the L.A. Clippers, and they will remain the L.A. Clippers. There is no question about that. I live in Seattle. I will continue to live in Seattle.
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