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12. In 14 years, he tripled
Microsoft’s sales to
x3 $78BILLION
13. But if the purpose of the company is its
LONG-TERM SURVIVAL
23. It wasn’t that Microsoft
didn’t have smart engineers
and those projects
24. The problem was that
Ballmer organized the
company around
execution of its
current strengths
Windows & Office
Businesses
28. One of the strengths of
visionary CEOs is that they build
WORLD-CLASS OPERATING EXECUTIVES
33. When visionary founders depart …
The operating executives
start to run the company
With the blessing
of the ex-CEO
39. They hire more process people,
which in turn forces out the
remaining creative talent
40. By 2016, Tim Cook has doubled Apple’s revenues to
$200 billion
41. Yet in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 …
The iPhone continues its
4S 5 5S 5C 6 6 plus 6s 6s plus 7 7 plus
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
45. But Google and Amazon are betting
that the next of wave will be …
AI-DIRECTED
SERVICES
46. It’s not that Apple doesn’t
have exciting things going
on in their labs
56. Yet these two talents are not the same
FORWORLD-CLASS
OPERATION
EXECUTIVES PASSIONFORPRODUCTAND
MARKETINSIGHT