{"id":45235,"date":"2023-10-20T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/why-microsoft-chief-satya-nadella-was-always-bothered-by-bill-gates-original-vision-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:42:03","slug":"why-microsoft-chief-satya-nadella-was-always-bothered-by-bill-gates-original-vision-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/why-microsoft-chief-satya-nadella-was-always-bothered-by-bill-gates-original-vision-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Microsoft chief Satya Nadella was \u201calways bothered\u201d by Bill Gates\u2019 original vision &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Satya-Nadella-640x332.jpg\" alt=\"Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft\" title=\"Satya Nadella\"><\/div>\n<p>In the early days of Microsoft, Bill Gates had ambitious goals for his budding technology company, one of which was outlined clearly from the company\u2019s very inception.<\/p>\n<p>The goal? \u201cA computer on every desk and in every home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, in an interview with <em>USA Today<\/em>, Microsoft\u2019s current chief executive Satya Nadella said that vision had \u201calways bothered\u201d him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I joined the company in 1992, we used to talk about our mission as putting a PC in every home, and by the end of the decade we have done that, at least in the developed world,\u201d Nadella said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt always bothered me that we confused an enduring mission with a temporal goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gates\u2019 goal was one with an easily identifiable end point, which didn\u2019t foresee the direction the company would take once every home had a computer in it, Nadella said.<\/p>\n<p>Since being at the helm, Nadella says he has tried to view Microsoft\u2019s new ventures with a culture focus, telling <em>USA Today<\/em>, \u201cany decision about a new product or a new hire, I\u2019m always thinking about that sense of purpose and culture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on why all businesses should be thinking digital<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, he says he didn\u2019t take on the role with a mission for drastic change but rather to foster a sense of purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t start this (CEO) journey with a very explicit goal of change. I\u2019m not an outsider. In fact, I\u2019m the consummate insider. But I also have a worldview, a sense of purpose for this company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Dreamforce in 2015, Nadella told attendees he didn\u2019t believe any one device would be the be all and end all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think about any one device as the be all and end all of computers,\u201d Nadella said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think about mobility being centered on the mobility of human experience across all devices instead of the mobility of one device.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally published on SmartCompany.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow StartupSmart on<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Facebook,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Twitter,&nbsp;LinkedIn&nbsp;and iTunes.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early days of Microsoft, Bill Gates had ambitious goals for his budding technology company, one of which was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}