INTERVIEWER: Where do the ideas for programs come from? GATES: Well, there’s no formal process, that’s for sure. At Microsoft, there’s usually a brainstorming

INTERVIEWER: Where do the ideas for programs come from? GATES: Well, there’s no formal process, that’s for sure. At Microsoft, there’s usually a brainstorming session at night or on the weekends. Everybody has a general idea, like, we want to do the world’s best word processor. .... => Well now, we have found a better way and companies are internally finding great ideas by doing hackathons!