Bill Gates Starts New Company Called bgC3
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Bill Gates has started a new mysterious company called bgC3 in Kirkland, Washington. According to Todd Bishop, the company may be a think tank for new developments in the science and technology fields. Gates started this new company right after he departed from Microsoft. But what is not known about the company is whether it will develop ideas just for Microsoft.

The bg in the name stands for Bill Gates. The company logo is plain and simple.
Todd also mentions the following in his article:
Federal trademark filings provide more clues – describing bgC3 as a think tank, under a generic trademark classification that corresponds broadly to areas including “scientific and technological services,” “industrial analysis and research,” and “design and development of computer hardware and software.”
But what does bgC3 mean? The logical assumption might be “Bill Gates Company Three” – his third enterprise after Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But that’s only partially right, according to the Gates insider.
The “bg” is Bill Gates, the insider says, but the “C” stands for “catalyst.” The idea is that Gates will play that role as he brings together new people and ideas. The “three” reflects the notion of a third place, apart from Microsoft and the foundation.
It should be interesting to see what Bill Gates come up with from this think tank. Hopefully it will be some ideas to help solve our energy crisis.
Comments welcome.

8 Comments
The Wonderful World of Geeks ~ Windows Fanatics
October 23rd, 2008
at 2:59am
[...] Bill Gates has started a new company called bgC3. [...]
a gindin
October 23rd, 2008
at 5:40am
i can’t wait for “bgC4.”
eeb
brie sansotta
October 23rd, 2008
at 6:54am
HA! Or, bgC3 - service pack 2
DemoGeek
October 23rd, 2008
at 7:45am
Even the logo is not that attractive, leave alone the name!
Ron Schenone
October 23rd, 2008
at 7:50am
Thanks for the comments. They are appreciated.
Regards, Ron
rei
October 23rd, 2008
at 7:19pm
one word
http://www.bgc3forums.com
Ron Schenone
October 24th, 2008
at 5:42am
Hello rei,
How do we know this is an official site for bgC3 and for Bill Gates? I found it odd you have a gmail return address. Also one would think a forum for bgC3 would be on a Microsoft site.
Call me cautious.
behnam
October 25th, 2008
at 4:05am
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