Marissa Mayer Quotes - Page 2

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• My friend Andre said to me, 'You know, Marissa, you're putting a lot of pressure on yourself to pick the right choice, and I've gotta be honest: That's not what I see here. I see a bunch of good choices, and there's the one that you pick and make great.' I think that's one of the best pieces of advice I've ever gotten.

  Marissa Mayer

  Picks

  "23 super-successful people share the best advice they ever received" by Jacquelyn Smith, www.businessinsider.com. March 19, 2015.

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• There are amazing opportunities all over the world for women, and I think that there's more good that comes out of positive energy around that than negative energy.

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  Opportunity, Thinking, Amazing Opportunities

  "How Marissa Mayer writes her own rules" by Breeanna Hare, www.cnn.com. March 13, 2013.

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• I've always liked simplicity.

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  Simplicity

  "Marissa Mayer: The Visionary" by Farhad Manjoo, www.glamour.com. November 2, 2009.

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• Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

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  Differences, Aptitude, Mathematical

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• Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

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  Technology, People, Creative

  "Marissa Mayer talks about Google at 10 - and 20". Interview with Jessica Guynn, latimesblogs.latimes.com. September 7, 2008.

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• You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

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  Mom, Fashion, Art

  "Google's Marissa Mayer: Passion is a gender-neutralizing force" by Felicia Taylor, www.cnn.com. April 5, 2012.

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• Reality is but a poor excuse for not having an imagination.

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  Reality, Imagination, Excuse

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• Good students are good at all things.

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  Students, All Things, Good Students

  "Putting a Bolder Face on Google" by Laura M. Holson, www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2009.

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• With data collection, 'the sooner the better' is always the best answer.

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  Data Collection, Answers, Data Science

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• Straight lines don't exist in the human form and are extremely rare in nature, so the human touch in the logo is that all the lines and forms have at least a slight curve.

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  Technology, Curves, Lines

  "Yahoo rolls out its new logo" by Heather Kelly, www.cnn.com. September 6, 2013.

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• 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.

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  Mom, Mother, Giving

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• I think it’s very comforting for people to put me in a box. ‘Oh, she’s a fluffy girlie girl who likes clothes and cupcakes. Oh, but wait, she is spending her weekends doing hardware electronics.’

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  Girl, Thinking, Weekend

  "Putting a Bolder Face on Google". Interview with Laura M. Holson, www.nytimes.com. February 28, 2009.

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• The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience.

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  User Experience, Users

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• Right now is a great time to be a woman in tech, but there's not enough women in tech.

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  Enough, Great Times, Right Now

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• Talent is what drives technology companies.

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  Technology, Talent, Company

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• Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do - and the business side.

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  Technology, Fusion, Sides

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• The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV.

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  Book, Media, Tvs

  "Google's geeky queen of the search-o-sphere" by Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2006.

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• I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.

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  Believe, Mirrors, World

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• Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.

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  People, Want, Young

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• If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.

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  Self, Being A Woman, Conscious

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• I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.

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  Thinking, Order, Packers

  "Marissa Mayer on God, family and Yahoo". Interview with Michal Lev-Ram, fortune.com. November 28, 2012.

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• I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it.

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  College, Doctors, Years

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• If you took the entire internet and laid it end to end, it would weigh more than the other thing. It would weigh more than it would if it wasn't laid end to end. Like, if it was a ball of rolled up internet it would weigh less. I'm pretty sure. It depends on the size of the scale, I think.

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  Thinking, Balls, Size

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• I like to stay in the rhythm of things.

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  Rhythm

  "Should Marissa Mayer Take a Shortened, Working Maternity Leave?". celebritybabies.people.com. July 17, 2012.

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• Find something you're passionate about and just love. Passion is really gender neutralizing.

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  Passion, Passionate, Gender

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