Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: uncertainty
22 Jul 2024 Acquired Microsoft Volume II
“Even just setting up, we preserved the talent asset and that we had continuity in our businesses for another 15 years on what is already a 30-year-old business. I don’t know.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 22 Jul 2024
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Microsoft Volume II
Transcript context
…I would throw Oracle in there too, but yeah. Yeah, Oracle. But, surviving puts you in the top 5% against the pure set of that era. Even if you overlook all the revenue and profit growth and you just look at pure enterprise value and relevance, there is actually a success in that the core asset was preserved. This whole notion you have, David, that Satya came in and we were great and then we sucked for a while and then we were great again. Even just setting up, we preserved the talent asset and that we had continuity in our businesses for another 15 years on what is already a 30-year-old business. I don’t know. That’s way better than anybody else does. Totally.…
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