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" 5G cell networks create a whole new wave of distributed and edge computing. "
New
Whole
Wave
" At Dell, we believe the customer is in control, and our job is to take all the technology that's out there and apply it in a useful way to meet the customer's needs. "
Technology
Control
Believe
" Buying a company that is number one in its business is hard to do. When something is for sale, it's often not a leader. "
Hard
Company
Business
" Computing shows up in many different ways. You have computing that you wear, computing that you carry. What you think of as the traditional PC market has a long tail of usage, particularly in the commercial world, but also in consumer. "
Up
Think
Different
" Dell's a company that has changed the IT landscape in making PCs and servers more affordable. There's enormous opportunities to make IT more accessible to tens of millions of companies, kind of democratizing the ability for companies to gain access to IT. "
Company
Opportunities
Landscape
" Dell will participate in tablets and all sorts of client devices. Our main business is helping our customers secure, protect their data and access it from any device they want to. "
Want
Will
Protect
" Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts. "
Opportunity
Big
Problem
" I always knew I wanted to run a business someday. "
Someday
Always
Business
" I called up a bunch of the CEOs of Silicon Valley companies and said, 'Hey, can I come and see you? And I'd like to learn about what you're doing.' And I don't know, most of them said yes. "
Said
You
See
" I can predict things. I can improve the uptime and the reliability. I can intervene and cause a better outcome before there's a problem. "
Problem
Predict
Improve
" I can't ever remember being struck by lightning when making a big decision. It's always about taking in more and more data points and making tack adjustments as you figure it out. I call customers, suppliers, industry analysts and try to get as much information as possible. "
Remember
Information
Decision
" I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization. "
Think
Special
Organization
" If I come to Aspen for one or two nights, I stay at the St. Regis. "
Come
Nights
Aspen
" If you think about computing, there isn't just one way to compute, just like there's not just one way to move around. You can have shoes, you can have a car, you can have a bicycle, submarine, rocket, plane, train, glider, whatever. Because you have one doesn't mean you get rid of another one... But PCs continue to be important. "
You
Think
Train
" In taking Dell private, we plan to go back to our roots, focusing on the entrepreneurial spirit that made Dell one of the fastest-growing and most successful companies in history. "
History
Plan
Successful
" IT for a long time has been about how do you make old processes more efficient. But with all of the progress in digital technology, there is a kind of digital transformation that is occurring. And you see it with the explosion in the number of devices; you see it in the explosion in the number of applications. "
Technology
You
Long
" I think it is going to be very difficult to be a company in silos. I think the game has changed. We won't define our success by looking at the competitors but at how satisfied are our customers, how engaged are our internal stakeholders, and how good is our product pipeline. "
Good
Game
Looking
" It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference. "
Curiosity
Path
Opportunity
" I've been fascinated with technology since I was a boy banging around on my father's adding machine. Back then I'd type in an equation, the device made some cool noises, and out came my answer. I was hooked. "
Cool
Back
Out
" I was in seventh grade math class, and we had this thing called Number Sense. So, I wasn't on the track team. Wasn't on the football team. Wasn't on the basketball team. I was in the Number Sense Club. "
Basketball
Club
Team
" Microsoft's an important partner for Dell, an important company in the industry. "
Company
Partner
Microsoft
" One of the biggest challenges we face today is finding managers who can sense and respond to rapid shifts, people who can process new information very quickly and make decisions in real time. It's a problem for the computer industry as a whole - and not just for Dell - that the industry's growth has outpaced its ability to create managers. "
Today
Decisions
Growth
" One of the interesting things about the Dell-EMC combination is that we don't have a lot of overlap. "
Things
Interesting
Interesting Things
" Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships. "
Technology
Relationships
Business
" People ask me all the time, 'How can I become a successful entrepreneur?' And I have to be honest: It's one of my least favorite questions, because if you're waiting for someone else's advice to become an entrepreneur, chances are you're not one. "
Time
You
Waiting
" People assume that the executive branch has more power than it actually has. Only the legislative branch can create the laws; the executive branch cannot create the laws. So, if the executive branch tries to create a branch one side or the other... you go back to the founders of the nation. They set up a system that ensures that it doesn't happen. "
Back
You
Power
" Productivity is grounded in the PC. Where does the computing power come from? How would you run 'USA Today' without PCs? Run a hospital without PCs? People don't want products, they want solutions. "
Power
People
You
" Real entrepreneurs have what I call the three Ps (and, trust me, none of them stands for 'permission'). Real entrepreneurs have a 'passion' for what they're doing, a 'problem' that needs to be solved, and a 'purpose' that drives them forward. "
Me
Passion
Problem
" Relative to other economies in the world, India has a good feel to it. "
World
Other
India
" Rural technology is moving from kind of the back office to where everything, every company - sales, marketing, customer acquisition, new product development, media - all industries are becoming technology industries. And it's not information technology: it's business technology. "
Technology
Business
Media
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