Carol Bartz
Carol Bartz
Carol Ann Bartz is an American business executive, the former president and CEO of the internet services company Yahoo!, and former chairman, president, and CEO at architectural and engineering design software company Autodesk...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 August 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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The difficult economic climate affected our business more than we anticipated late in our April quarter, ... Our business in Asia fell below our expectations and Discreet continued to experience selling pressure. Despite the shortfall, we remain confident in our strategy to help customers gain greater value from digital design data and look forward to providing more details on our results call.
affect change farther hard surprised thinking
It's very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you're farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are.
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Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product.
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Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.
drove fed funny raised
My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs.
contact extremely huge human time touch
I hug employees all the time. I'm a huge contact person. Touch is an extremely important part of the human condition.
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In light of our financial results, the actions taken today, while painful, are necessary to recalibrate the business and move forward with our strategic direction,
company manage people totally
The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different.
grew town
I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. I never thought I'd be where I am. I never thought I'd have bling that I bought.
yahoo
Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content.
good hunt layoffs people
We are always on the hunt for some really good people with some good ideas, ... There will be some layoffs because there are some synergies and there will be people doing the same thing.
We're so overburdened with all the bullshit in the system.
perfection balance balls
I have a belief that life isn't about balance, because balance is perfection Rather, it's about catching the ball before it hits the floor.
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If you think you can't, you're right.