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"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

— Bill Gates

Your Most Unhappy Customers Are Your

Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.

— Bill Gates

About this quote

This observation appears in Chapter 12 of Business @ the Speed of Thought (1999), Gates's book on using digital technology to transform business. Gates argued that complaints and dissatisfaction from customers, while uncomfortable, contain precise information about where products and processes fall short — making unhappy customers a more valuable feedback source than satisfied ones who offer no criticism.

Source

Business @ the Speed of Thought, Chapter 12 (1999)