Marissa Mayer Quotes
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The turning point for me was realizing that I would learn more at Google, trying to build a company, regardless of whether we failed or succeeded, than I would at any of the other companies I had offers from.
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Employees, especially young people, want more than a paycheck.
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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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I've always liked simplicity.
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I think I’ve always thought of culture as DNA. I don’t know a lot about genetics, but I understand some of it and I think that what you really want are the genes that are positive to hyper-express themselves in culture.
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I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next.
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I think, you know, a fellow CEO said to me that the interesting thing about being CEO that's really striking is that you have very few decisions that you need to make, and you need to make them absolutely perfectly.
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I think that burnout happens because of resentment. That notion that, 'Wow, I worked 100 hours last week, and I couldn't even have this thing that I really wanted.'
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If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.
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I think that for me, it's God, family and Yahoo - in that order.
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To me, speed is really about convenience.
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You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.
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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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I think that the big piece here is that it really allows us to partner. Yahoo! has always been a very friendly company.
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I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.
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It was the height of the first boom, so it was 1999. It was a good year to be a graduate in computer science.
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I like to stay in the rhythm of things. My maternity leave will be a few weeks long, and I'll work throughout it.
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Good students are good at all things.