Not sure if you heard but Bill Gates joined Twitter and already has 300,000 followers. I have been on Twitter for a year and we have about 1170 followers which is pretty good, as I like to read most of my tweets throughout the day and that is a lot of info to go through and absorb.

Bill Gates is using it to announce a new site called “Gates Notes” and is also using it to talk about the many issues that the Gates Foundation is contributing to. I am a huge fan and admirer of the Gates Foundation and I hope to follow in his footsteps—by building a business that will be large enough to allow me to pursue many philanthropic goals in my next career. What is great is that once again, Twitter is being leveraged as a tool to send out soundbites of info that can be shared instantly with your followers—and also with the community that are you are attached. To get the word out about what you are doing.

Mashable.com posts an article by Adam Ostrow, that outlines some of the Gates Foundation issues in a chart format. When asked why he was using Twitter, he said he likes and wants feedback.

The time is now to find ways to get feedback and start that conversation. One of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs is in the game. Are you? As mentioned before, you can find us at www.twitter.com/bcadgroup! We look forward to hearing your feedback Bill Gates!

Best Nicole

It’s been less than a week since Bill Gates joined Twitter, but the Microsoft founder has already accumulated more than 300,000 followers and used the platform to launch a new site – Gates Notes.

Today, Gates is using his new outlet to promote his second annual letter, which discusses the many philanthropic issues that he’s involved in through the Gates Foundation. This chart provides an overview:

He also talked about Twitter() and a range of other technology and world issues on Good Morning America. Asked why he joined the microblogging service, Gates said that he likes to get feedback on how his foundation — which includes much of his personal fortune plus that of Warren Buffett — is using its resources. In other words, he’s tracking your replies.

Gates also weighed in on the current situation in China, where Google() is threatening to pull out of the country if they do not relax their censorship requirements. The world’s richest man seems to side with Microsoft’s current CEO, Steve Ballmer, who called Google’s decision “irrational.” Gates’s position is that if a company wants to do business in a certain country, it needs to consider and obey that country’s laws.

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