The need for strong partners and employees persists throughout the life of a company, but it is especially important in the beginning. Clara Shih More Quotes by Clara Shih More Quotes From Clara Shih I am going to take one day a month to visit non-technology companies to learn and get inspiration from other industries and organizations. Clara Shih technologyorganizationinspiration As entrepreneurs, we must constantly dream and have the conviction and obsession to transform our dreams into reality - to create a future that never existed before. Clara Shih entrepreneurdreamreality Only in high school when I began programming computers, did I become interested in tech and start-ups, which led me to attend Stanford and major in Computer Science. Clara Shih computerscienceschool Nearly 7 in 10 Fortune 500 companies have a corporate Facebook page, and more than that have active Twitter accounts. Clara Shih companypagesfortune Facebook is a CRM for people. The days of the anonymous web is over. People expect more. Clara Shih people Your customer is not your user Clara Shih userscustomers There is inherent value in sharing a billion people are doing it. Clara Shih inherentbillionspeople Trust has shifted from institutions to individuals. Clara Shih institutionsindividual Social media isn't a one-way broadcast; it's a multiway opportunity for dialogue. Clara Shih social-mediamediasocialopportunity Rather than wringing our hands about robots taking over the world, smart organizations will embrace strategic automation use cases. Strategic decisions will be based on how the technology will free up time to do the types of tasks that humans are uniquely positioned to perform. Clara Shih smarttechnologytimeworld When startups succeed, they do so against all odds. In the beginning, you have nothing except for your own talents and resources. By definition, everyone else is bigger, further along, and more established than you. To win, you have to swim upstream early on - and that requires hard work and long hours. There are no shortcuts. Clara Shih youhard-workworklong Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered. Clara Shih newthinksocial-mediamedia My high school, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, showed me that anything is possible and that you're never too young to think big. At 15, I worked as a computer programmer at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab. After graduating, I attended Stanford for a degree in economics and computer science. Clara Shih meyoumathematicsscience I believe that rather than it being a case of humans versus machines, the future of financial advice more likely lies somewhere in between, where human advisors leverage artificial intelligence and automation to become smarter and more efficient at doing their jobs. Clara Shih intelligencefutureadvicebelieve I was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 4. I spent most of my childhood in Chicago. My elementary school had no program in English as a second language, so I was placed in a class for students with speech impediments. Clara Shih childhoodfamilylanguageschool My father, a math professor in Hong Kong, worked as an electrical engineer here. My mother was an art teacher, but once we came to the United States, she went back to school and became certified as a special-education teacher. Clara Shih motherteacherfatherart The most important thing I've done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could. Clara Shih myselftrustworkpeople The whole point of social media is continuity and continual engagement. Clara Shih pointsocial-mediamediasocial Technologies and specific vendors may come and go, but massive cultural transformations and new kinds of relationships? Those don't go away. Clara Shih come-and-gorelationshipsnewgo Data is valuable, so let's be mindful of how we're sharing it. Clara Shih sharinghowvaluabledata
