"Melinda Gates Was Once in Charge of a Microsoft Product That Bombed — and Says the Failure Changed Her Career Forever," May 30, 2019
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Summary: Melinda Gates Was Once in Charge of a Microsoft Product That Bombed — and Says the Failure Changed Her Career Forever by Julia Glum From email typos to missed deadlines, everyone makes mistakes at work sometimes — even Melinda Gates. The billionaire philanthropist writes in her new book, "The Moment of Lift," that she screwed up often in her early days at Microsoft.