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Microsoft exec reveals how Bill Gates works | Steven Sinofsky Aarthi and Sriram Good Time Show #26

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This week's special guest is Steven Sinofsky, one of our favorite techno-optimists responsible for shipping Windows and Office products at Microsoft used by billions of people. He is also the author of one of the most popular Substack books - https://hardcoresoftware.learningbysh... Chapters: 00:00 - Trailer 00:50 - Intro 03:30- How does Steven write so well 12:20 - Messaging apps vs email 16:10 - Bill Gates and Steven’s memo and the history of internet at Microsoft 37:00 - On open source software 42:50 - Dominance and what could have Microsoft done differently? 49:30 - Leading the Office team 55:00 - Microsoft’s culture of being aggressive 1:00:15 - Startups today vs Microsoft then 1:04:50 - How to set the right culture for your startup 1:09:00 - Windows Vista and the history 1:21:00 - Steven taking over Windows 1:29:00 - Mac vs PC ads by Apple 1:31:30 - Shipping Windows 7 1:39:30 - State of desktop and laptop computing 1:44: …...more
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Trailer

0:00

Intro

0:50

How does Steven write so well

3:30

Messaging apps vs email

12:20

Bill Gates and Steven’s memo and the history of internet at Microsoft

16:10

On open source software

37:00

Dominance and what could have Microsoft done differently?

42:50

Leading the Office team

49:30

Microsoft’s culture of being aggressive

55:00

Startups today vs Microsoft then

1:00:15

How to set the right culture for your startup

1:04:50

Windows Vista and the history

1:09:00

Steven taking over Windows

1:21:00

Mac vs PC ads by Apple

1:29:00

Shipping Windows 7

1:31:30

State of desktop and laptop computing

1:39:30

Are we at the end of smartphone innovation cycle?

1:44:50

Bill Gates as a leader and traits of a good leader

1:49:00

Check out Steven’s substack

1:54:50
Microsoft exec reveals how Bill Gates works | Steven Sinofsky Aarthi and Sriram Good Time Show #26
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2022Dec 17
This week's special guest is Steven Sinofsky, one of our favorite techno-optimists responsible for shipping Windows and Office products at Microsoft used by billions of people. He is also the author of one of the most popular Substack books - https://hardcoresoftware.learningbysh... Chapters: 00:00 - Trailer 00:50 - Intro 03:30- How does Steven write so well 12:20 - Messaging apps vs email 16:10 - Bill Gates and Steven’s memo and the history of internet at Microsoft 37:00 - On open source software 42:50 - Dominance and what could have Microsoft done differently? 49:30 - Leading the Office team 55:00 - Microsoft’s culture of being aggressive 1:00:15 - Startups today vs Microsoft then 1:04:50 - How to set the right culture for your startup 1:09:00 - Windows Vista and the history 1:21:00 - Steven taking over Windows 1:29:00 - Mac vs PC ads by Apple 1:31:30 - Shipping Windows 7 1:39:30 - State of desktop and laptop computing 1:44:50 - Are we at the end of smartphone innovation cycle? 1:49:00 - Bill Gates as a leader and traits of a good leader 1:54:50 - Check out Steven’s substack - https://hardcoresoftware.learningbysh... Subscribe to our Substack: https://aarthisriramshow.substack.com... Subscribe To Our Show On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Subscribe To Our Show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CuAlPd... For more conversations with creators, builders and thinkers, subscribe to Aarthi and Sriram's Good Time Show -    / thegoodtimeshowaarthisriram   Check out Aarthi and Sriram:   / aarthir     / sriramk  
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