We are in the best sense, risk takers. But that doesn't mean what we're doing is risky, we're not at the table rolling the dice — or if they are, they're loaded. Meg Whitman More Quotes by Meg Whitman More Quotes From Meg Whitman Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career. Meg Whitman passioncareerssuccessful Remember that you can do anything you want to do. Don't let anyone say, 'You're not smart enough... it's too hard... it's a dumb idea... no one has done that before... girls don't do that.' My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry about what others were saying about my career direction. Meg Whitman smartgirlmom Problems are good, as long as you solve them quickly. Meg Whitman probleminspirationallong A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today's competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join. Meg Whitman organizationleaderinspiring To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting. Meg Whitman qualityleaderattitude Many companies operate from more of a command-and-control environment - they decide what's going to happen at headquarters and have the organization execute. That doesn't work here because it's the community of users who really have control. Meg Whitman command-and-controlrunningthinking 'Perfect' is the enemy of 'good enough'. Meg Whitman good-enoughperfectenemy When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable. Meg Whitman verbsnamespeople My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business. Meg Whitman matterviewsthinking If you have fun at your job, I think you're going to be more effective. Meg Whitman funjobsthinking Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community. Meg Whitman communicationcommunityheart We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity. Meg Whitman yieldnamesopportunity You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a government that we can no longer afford.That is the cold, hard fact. So we have to make this more efficient. We have to sunset programs that no longer work. We have to eliminate waste and fraud. We must do this. Meg Whitman sunsetpaingovernment The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room and said, "Hey, how about used cars?" So what can be learned that is extensible to other companies is to ask what are your customers doing with your products that maybe you didn't anticipate that they would do? How do you think of your customers as your research and development lab, as opposed to having an R&D lab at headquarters? Meg Whitman research-and-developmentbusinessthinking A monkey could drive this train. Meg Whitman monkeystrain We have always said that advertising is just the icing on the cake. It is not the cake. Meg Whitman icingmegcake Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries. Meg Whitman educationcountryfall Steve Jobs was an iconic entrepreneur and businessman whose impact on technology was felt beyond Silicon Valley. He will be remembered for the innovation he brought to market and the inspiration he brought to the world. Meg Whitman inspirationchangejobs What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good. Meg Whitman technologyfundamentalsinteresting Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce. Meg Whitman ebaycommerceworld
