7 Lessons to Take Away From Microsoft

By Entrepreneur Staff Jul 14, 2016

Although Microsoft is now the incredibly large corporation we all know, businesses of all sizes can relate to its long journey to success. Microsoft wanted to revolutionize how we interact with technology at a time when people could hardly fathom the idea of computers in offices, much less in homes. The company needed to expend a great deal of grit and hard work to get the world to where it is today, with Microsoft software downloaded on practically every device.

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Evan Carmichael shares the lessons he learned from Microsoft that ultimately saved his business, from the power of alliances to the importance of having high standards.

Click play to learn how you can apply Microsoft’s lessons to your own business.

Watch more videos from Evan Carmichael on his YouTube channel here.

Related: Steve Harvey’s Top 10 Rules for Success

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Although Microsoft is now the incredibly large corporation we all know, businesses of all sizes can relate to its long journey to success. Microsoft wanted to revolutionize how we interact with technology at a time when people could hardly fathom the idea of computers in offices, much less in homes. The company needed to expend a great deal of grit and hard work to get the world to where it is today, with Microsoft software downloaded on practically every device.

In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Evan Carmichael shares the lessons he learned from Microsoft that ultimately saved his business, from the power of alliances to the importance of having high standards.

Click play to learn how you can apply Microsoft’s lessons to your own business.

Watch more videos from Evan Carmichael on his YouTube channel here.

Related: Steve Harvey’s Top 10 Rules for Success

Entrepreneur Network is a premium video network providing entertainment, education and inspiration from successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders. We provide expertise and opportunities to accelerate brand growth and effectively monetize video and audio content distributed across all digital platforms for the business genre.

EN is partnered with hundreds of top YouTube channels in the business vertical and provides partners with distribution on Entrepreneur.com as well as our apps on Amazon Fire, Roku and Apple TV.

Click here to become a part of this growing video network.

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