What Bill Gates says he got 'wrong' and was 'pretty naive' about in Microsoft's early days

John Nacion/Getty Images

• Bill Gates cofounded Microsoft 50 years ago and in hindsight, he'd do some things differently.
• He said in a recent podcast that he "turned out to be wrong" about some elements of building teams.
• He also said he was "pretty naive" when it came to politics.

Happy birthday to Microsoft.

The tech behemoth turns 50 this month. While it has revolutionized personal computing and become one of the world's biggest companies today, there...