Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning 'bit' always switched on.

Our first-party devices will light up digital work and life. Surface Pro 3 is a great example -- it is the world's best productivity tablet. In addition, we will build first-party hardware to stimulate more demand for the entire Windows ecosystem. That means at times we'll develop new categories like we did with Surface. It also means we will responsibly make the market for Windows Phone, which is our goal with the Nokia devices and services acquisition.

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you're successful, sometimes your not, but it's the average that counts.

This is a software-powered world.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation.