Giving Compass' Take:

• Here are 11 lessons and legacies that Bill Gates is leaving behind as he steps down from Microsoft to focus on his philanthropic pursuits. 

• What can other tech-philanthropists learn from Bill Gates? 

• Read about the relationship between technology and philanthropy. 

Bill Gates is retiring from the business he built to devote his full attention to his philanthropic activities. Let’s hope he has the same results there as he did in business.

Given that he is one of the greatest of the billion-dollar entrepreneurs, and that he will be remembered by history in the same breath as Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, it is worth noting a few lessons from his illustrious life.

  1. Learn emerging technologies when you are young
  2. Enter emerging trends before take off
  3. Pivot to the fulcrum of an emerging industry
  4.  Imitate and improve
  5. Make the deal of the century
  6. Use your dominating position to get rid of your competitors
  7. Adjust your business to revolutionary innovations that can threaten your company
  8. Invest to make history
  9. Leave on top when your legacy beckons
  10. Pick a great family and make great friends.
  11. Leave a great legacy

Read the full article about the legacy of Bill Gates by Dileep Rao at Forbes.