Bill Gates explains the keys to his success during Microsoft's early years [Fortune]
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In an interview with CNBC's Make It published on Wednesday, the tech billionaire revealed that his definition of success included his software and its global impact. “Back then, it was just: Is my code really good? Does it work? And can this company show the world that these microcomputers are big?” Gates said. His view also spoke to his evangelism about the potential of personal computers to transform business and society. While the PC's impact is clear now, it wasn't obvious to everyone four decades ago, even to some of the early innovators. In 1981, IBM launched its PC and famously estimated that it would only sell 241,683 units over a five-year period. Instead, it sold about 3 million in that time and hundreds of millions over a decade. Of course, all those PCs needed software, and that's where Gates saw an opportunity, applying a relentless single-mindedness to it. “It was the magic of software,” he told CNBC. “And I was willing to focus my life, in my 20s, just on sof
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