Comments on: leadership summit: conference recap http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/ life. beauty. truth. generosity Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: monts http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-34034 monts Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:03:00 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/#comment-34034 That's pretty interesting about Gates not having much to do with MS... That would make me even more inclined to want to hear from him concerning his philanthropy and foundation! I think that the church could learn an awful lot from him in this regard! That’s pretty interesting about Gates not having much to do with MS… That would make me even more inclined to want to hear from him concerning his philanthropy and foundation! I think that the church could learn an awful lot from him in this regard!

]]> By: Jason http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-34033 Jason Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:53:57 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/#comment-34033 Someone once noted that Bill Gates wasnt the smartest programmer or computer person ever, he was the smartest marketing guy ever. I have to agree. 6 years ago as Apple was on the brink of extinction, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs formed a new venture with the MS chairman now owning something like 23% of Apple stock. I have to agree with many in the industry that point to this as the dramatic turn around for Apple. It's all been marketing really too. Sure they have some good ideas in software, but the marketing of their product has turned them into a contender again. Still MS poses something like 83% of the total computer market still. I don't see that changing any time soon. We work with some pretty higher ups at MS here from time to time, and word is Gates is so involved with his foundation and other ventures he has almost little to do with MS as a whole anymore. Someone once noted that Bill Gates wasnt the smartest programmer or computer person ever, he was the smartest marketing guy ever. I have to agree. 6 years ago as Apple was on the brink of extinction, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs formed a new venture with the MS chairman now owning something like 23% of Apple stock. I have to agree with many in the industry that point to this as the dramatic turn around for Apple. It’s all been marketing really too. Sure they have some good ideas in software, but the marketing of their product has turned them into a contender again. Still MS poses something like 83% of the total computer market still. I don’t see that changing any time soon.

We work with some pretty higher ups at MS here from time to time, and word is Gates is so involved with his foundation and other ventures he has almost little to do with MS as a whole anymore.

]]> By: monts http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-33924 monts Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:10:37 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/#comment-33924 one of the questions asked in the survey was: what speakers would you like to hear at future summits? that's a really good question, what leaders would you like to hear from that would challenge you? my two that i suggested were: steve jobs and bill gates. i'd like to learn from jobs regarding the culture of creativity and thinking outside of the box that he has created at apple. i think that would translate very well into the church! and from bill gates i'd like to learn about his philanthropic venture with the bill and melinda gates foundation. i'd like to see how he was able to create that as well as how that translates at microsoft? or does it? (plus it might be a really cool thing to see both of them on the same stage at the same time in some sort of "cage" match!) what do you guys think? who would you like to learn from about leadership? one of the questions asked in the survey was: what speakers would you like to hear at future summits? that’s a really good question, what leaders would you like to hear from that would challenge you?

my two that i suggested were: steve jobs and bill gates. i’d like to learn from jobs regarding the culture of creativity and thinking outside of the box that he has created at apple. i think that would translate very well into the church! and from bill gates i’d like to learn about his philanthropic venture with the bill and melinda gates foundation. i’d like to see how he was able to create that as well as how that translates at microsoft? or does it? (plus it might be a really cool thing to see both of them on the same stage at the same time in some sort of “cage” match!)

what do you guys think? who would you like to learn from about leadership?

]]> By: monts http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/comment-page-1/#comment-33923 monts Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:52:42 +0000 http://aaronmonts.com/2007/08/12/leadership-summit-conference-recap/#comment-33923 wow, you take a break from blogging for a week and return to a massive amount of comments! holy cow! thanks ray for your comment! i'll be sure to fill out an evaluation form. big joe e. heading to OCC! nice. (rags, keep an eye on him, he's a squirrelly one!) wow, you take a break from blogging for a week and return to a massive amount of comments! holy cow!

thanks ray for your comment! i’ll be sure to fill out an evaluation form.

big joe e. heading to OCC! nice. (rags, keep an eye on him, he’s a squirrelly one!)

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