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In his new book, Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates discusses how technology can help run businesses better today and how it will transform the nature of business in the near future. Gates stresses the need for managers to view technology not as overhead but as a strategic asset, and offers detailed examples from Microsoft, GM, Dell, and many other successful companies. Companion Web site.
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Customers find the book is well-written and informative. They say it provides useful insights into business growth and building from the ground up. The hard copy is helpful for referencing certain points. However, some customers feel the case studies are slightly outdated, but still relevant today.

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Customers find the book easy to read and engaging. They say it's well-written, clear, and quick to understand. The pages are intact. It's a good read for IT professionals and business leaders.

"..."Diagnosing Your Digital Nervous System" questions alone are worth picking up the book...." Read more

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Customers find the book informative and relevant. They say it provides useful insights for business owners and managers. The hard copy is useful for referencing certain points, especially the diagnostic. The content is well-structured and varied across business, healthcare, and government.

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  • Richard Jansen
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a blueprint for how to build a billion-dollar company
    Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2013
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    This is a business strategy book, for business leaders. Bill Gates' value-per-hour is too high for idle commentary on tech trends; rather, he focuses on WHY those trends matter from the business leader's perspective, and HOW to get dominance in your industry with information flow as your competitive edge.

    Bill Gates' focus in Business @ The Speed of Thought is teaching us how to build a "digital nervous system" -- a real-time and complete information flow. Gates is famous for valuing "information smarts," where the only statements allowed in a discussion are based on actionable facts; going-nowhere drivel has no place in Microsoft meetings, and now, at his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

    Here are Bill Gates' steps to building a digital nervous system, which is at the heart of the success of Microsoft and the Foundation:

    1) Think hard and write down, What facts are actionable for my company?
    2) What are questions to which the answers change my company's actions?
    3) Build an information system that answers these questions.
    4) If my current business information system does not answer these questions, build one that does.

    The book in detail, always with data and examples to back each statement, goes into how to build this information system, and why. Each chapter ends with "Business Lessons" -- a summary of chapter key points -- and "Diagnosing Your Digital Nervous System" -- a set of questions for improving your information system. The "Diagnosing Your Digital Nervous System" questions alone are worth picking up the book.

    I found the book dense with facts and examples (relevant at least as much now in 2013, if not more so, than when the book was written in 1998). I recommend you listen to the audiobook of Business @ The Speed of Thought to get through the content, and buy the hard copy, which is useful for referencing certain points, especially the diagnostic sections ending each chapter, and the appendix.

    Don't pass up an opportunity to learn from someone who has achieved so much.
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  • Lao54
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book will change your life
    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2024
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    This book is recommended to all fans of the author and business people who want to know about their own business experiences using technology and data from every business perspective. 10/10
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  • Debra A. Berry
    4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this; so might you.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2009
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    This book has been out for quite a while, so I was not expecting to hear any new developments in technology or commerce. I was expecting to hear Bill Gates' perspectives on business, so I got exactly what I was looking for. If I was looking for insights into the purely technological; then the Woz or Paul Allen would be my "go-to-guys". Bill Gates is just not the computer wizard that the Microsoft PR machine would have everybody believe. I've always believed that he is an extremely intelligent businessman, but far from being one of the greatest programmers. His strong suits are business and philanthropy; I appreciate all he has done in those areas.

    If you're expecting any earth-shattering or even informative new developments, then you probably won't like this book. If you're interested in an overview of the basics or how companies have solved past problems, then I think this book is worth a look. I liked how examples ranging from McDonalds to Coca-Cola and from Boeing to Jiffy Lube were used to demonstrate how the same concepts can be applied to every kind of business. Some have wondered whether or not Chairman Bill used ghostwriters. It's possible because he did have people help with research, so it would not be surprising if people also helped him with writing. Either way, I enjoyed this book and definitely recommend it.
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  • Graybeard
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2013
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    This book's intended audience is managers who are interested in how computers and networks can improve business processes. This book is not a Microsoft infomercial. Instead, it poses questions for managers to think about. Here are some examples: (1) "Do you have the information flow that enables managers to get the data they need to make decisions?" (2) "Can employees get access to important data on a daily basis?" (3) "Make a list of the most actionable questions about your business. Does your information system have the data to answer them and the means to distribute it?" (4) "Do your systems let you work seamlessly with professionals such as lawyers and accountants who are 'outside' the corporate walls?" The book also offers helpful platform-agnostic insights. This is an intelligently and clearly written book. I included 25-30 quotations from it in my PowerPoint slide decks for undergraduate business and IT classes.
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  • Alex Yew
    5.0 out of 5 stars Still a good read!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2022
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    Good to understand the way to build businesses from the ground up and how to accelerate growth.
    This may be a different century now from the time the book was written but still very relevant in today’s fast paced world.

    “How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.”
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  • Dwayne McClellan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewing Busness at the Speed of Thought
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2012
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    This book was great! It gives IT staff a window into how management works. This is a blueprint for the C-suite to fully intergrate the CIO and the IT team. IT isn't 21st blue/gray collar workforce. Business is has one mantra for IT : "IT must align to the needs of the business they serve." Here is a blueprint: using this book, the C-suite could implement a BYOT/BYOD polices and cloup computing with compromising control and security.

    With the edition of tablet computing and mobile communication,and unified commuication ability theis book can be a guide to implement these new devices. The problem with tablets is how do you grow a wi-fi enviroment and make sure its secure.
    a possible solution would be to use a disposable token system that would expire in a specified period of time
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  • halley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Profeta del nostro tempo.
    Reviewed in Italy on February 17, 2024
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    A distanza di qualche anno dalla uscita di questo libro ,io come chiunque altro ,può constatare che la percentuale delle previsioni qui enunciate è praticamente del cento per cento. E questo la dice lunga sulla qualità del contenuto qui espresso. Molto belle anche le descrizioni delle strategie economiche dietro le quinte.
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  • achin kansal
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect read from a perfect Man
    Reviewed in India on May 14, 2021
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    I have read this book in physical form about 15 yrs back and was totally amazed by the content and now I have switched to kindle books so purchased this as a part of my collection
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  • zdravko
    5.0 out of 5 stars for every entrepreneurs and those who wants to became one
    Reviewed in Germany on January 10, 2021
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    if you wanted to know from a first hand how to manage company in new modern times, when speed and quick action means or success or failure, get that book and learn great techniques, for example how to be competitive, how to investigate your new and existing marketplace, how to organize your company with fast information flow and much much more...
    big thanks to Bill and his team for sharing this with us :)
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  • Baby Monkfish
    5.0 out of 5 stars Essential business building book
    Reviewed in Singapore on November 22, 2022
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    Though it's written in 1999, explaining about rise of Internet but the concepts and advice are timeless. Must read and apply!
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  • Harry Smalls
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book and a great man
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2016
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    Great book and a great man, there's so much you can learn not only as a businessman but also as a person from reading his books.
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