I hope corporations will dedicate a percentage of their top innovators' time to issues that could help people left out of the global economy. This kind of contribution is even more powerful than giving cash or offering employees' time off to volunteer. It is a focused use of what your company does best. It is a great form of creative capitalism, because it takes the brainpower and makes life better for the richest, and dedicates some of it to improving the lives of everyone else.

Microsoft is a company that manages imagination.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down.

Internet TV and the move to the digital approach is quite revolutionary. TV has historically has been a broadcast medium with everybody picking from a very finite number of channels.

Finding information is either a software question or a question of how much information is online.

If you're too focused on your current business, it's hard to change and concentrate on innovating.