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What would I do [with Apple]? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.

— Michael Dell

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I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization.

I love this idea of human-machine partnerships because in my mind it’s always been very clear. It’s not about humans or machines, it’s about humans and machines.

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

Every technology creates good and bad. You can sit here and say, "AI is really bad, we shouldn't have AI" - that's nonsense. We have to figure out how to use it in a responsible way, that's our job.

Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people … or find a different room..

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