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I've been preparing to run a big company all my life.

My main interest is in cultivating my company.

And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off.

My expertise is running businesses.

Building a company isn't that different from climbing a big mountain. You need people helping you traverse treacherous paths and to lift you up when you fall.

I love building companies; I love making products.

I've tended to work at fast-growing companies that improve the way business gets done.

I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done.

My business is the art of balancing the need to make money with the desire to create.