Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer
Marissa Ann Mayeris an American information technology executive, currently serving as the president and Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo!, a position she has held since July 2012. She is a graduate of Stanford, and was a long-time executive, usability leader, and key spokesperson for Google...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth30 May 1975
CityWausau, WI
CountryUnited States of America
refuse
I refuse to be stereotyped.
smart people wonderful
It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people.
google labs way
The Googly thing is to launch products early on Google Labs and then iterate, learning what the market wants - and making it great. The beauty of experimenting in this way is that you never get too far from what the market wants. The market pulls you back.
keys html long
The prime reason the Google homepage is so bare is due to the fact that the founders didn't know HTML and just wanted a quick interface. In fact, it was noted that the SUBMIT button was a long time coming and hitting the RETURN key was the only way to burst Google into life.
speed convenience
To me, speed is really about convenience.
math unusual math-and-science
I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.
inspiring should-have data
What is clear is that users own their data and should have control of how their data is used.
skills space quality
Theres no such thing as Flickr Pro because today, with cameras as pervasive as they are, theres no such thing, really, as professional photographers when theres everything thats professional photographers. Certainly theres varying levels of skills but we didnt want to have a Flickr Pro anymore. We wanted everyone to have professional quality photo space and sharing.
technology talent company
Talent is what drives technology companies,
mom mother giving
I’ve come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization. Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important.
creativity thinking people
This is one of my favorites. People think of creativity as this sort of unbridled thing, but engineers thrive on constraints. They love to think their way out of that little box: 'We know you said it was impossible, but we're going to do this, this, and that to get us there.'
prioritize
You have to ruthlessly prioritize.
want what-you-want
What you want, when you want it. As opposed to everything you could ever want, even when you don't.
vacation long pace
I pace myself by taking a week-long vacation every four months.