We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.

Entrepreneurs
Bill Gates
Born in 1955, Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft and drove the PC revolution. He topped Forbes' list 18 times. Since the 2000s the Gates Foundation has reshaped the entrepreneur's role through health and education work.
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Bill Gates's Other Quotes
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake.
It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
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