This week's special guest is Steven Sinofsky, one of our favorite techno-optimists responsible for shipping Windows and Office products at Microsoft used by billions of people. He is also the author of one of the most popular Substack books - https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com

Chapters:
00:00 - Trailer
00:50 - Intro
03:30- How does Steven write so well
12:20 - Messaging apps vs email
16:10 - Bill Gates and Steven’s memo and the history of internet at Microsoft
37:00 - On open source software
42:50 - Dominance and what could have Microsoft done differently?
49:30 - Leading the Office team
55:00 - Microsoft’s culture of being aggressive
1:00:15 - Startups today vs Microsoft then
1:04:50 - How to set the right culture for your startup
1:09:00 - Windows Vista and the history
1:21:00 - Steven taking over Windows
1:29:00 - Mac vs PC ads by Apple
1:31:30 - Shipping Windows 7
1:39:30 - State of desktop and laptop computing
1:44:50 - Are we at the end of smartphone innovation cycle?
1:49:00 - Bill Gates as a leader and traits of a good leader
1:54:50 - Check out Steven’s substack - https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com

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