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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Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the first time his market cap grew. It took 7 years.
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If you think you can't, you're right.
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My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss.
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Google is a fierce competitor. I wish I was worth a bazillion dollars; that would be really nice. They're a fierce competitor, and they're very good in search. They're very good with their global map thing.
banks money
I like banks because they keep my money safe, but I don't want to talk about banks 12 times a year.
morning
I always do my firing in the morning because that's when I'm fresh.
interact people
Social does not just equal Facebook. Social is how people interact anywhere.
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Organizations can get in the way of innovation, because if people are all bound up, and if they don't know if they get to make the decision or somebody else, and if they do, what happens to them, and so on and so forth.
silicon valley
The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive.
humor manage start work
I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top.
along annual everybody felt honest positive process review
If I had my way, I wouldn't do annual reviews, if I felt that everybody would be more honest about positive and negative feedback along the way. I think the annual review process is so antiquated.
yahoo
Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content.
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.