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2 Jun 2025 Acquired The Steve Ballmer Interview

“I learned some things that would’ve been very helpful for me to understand at Microsoft.”

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belief
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2 Jun 2025
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Acquired

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…It’s interesting. Professional sports is maybe like the last bastion of there’s not room for the I’m okay, you’re okay, let’s talk this out. Oh, your team’s talk to my team. It’s extreme accountability. Extreme accountability, extreme teamwork. I learned some things that would’ve been very helpful for me to understand at Microsoft. I’ll give you another one. Reference checking. Everybody does reference checking. How good is the reference checking in most businesses? Not good.…

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