Dara Khosrowshahi Quotes
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My family emigrated to the U.S. after the Iranian revolution in 1978.
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It's definitely a problem inside the technology industry - not just gender discrimination. Diversity is an issue within technology, within Expedia.
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When I was in my 20s, I learned not only how to work hard but about the importance of focus.
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You have to empower your employees to make their own choices and trust that they will make the right choices.
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I love Expedia.
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It was a choice between a paint factory in Indianapolis - a management training program to maybe run the paint factory one day - or go to New York City and become an investment banker. It wasn't a very difficult decision.
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Desperation sometimes drives innovation.
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When we grew up, our family and kind of gaggle of cousins would go to the south of France for the summers. And we just had a grand time.
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I think my background, coming from Iran, which is a great country but is going through its share of troubles, really allows me to appreciate what we have here.
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Alternative accommodations is a $100 billion-plus category.
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Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.
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One of the early lessons that I learned in leadership is that it's the leader's job to always go against the flow.
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We sure didn't feel like refugees, but in hindsight, I guess we were - my father and mother left everything behind to come here - to be safe and give their boys a chance to rebuild a life.
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I think from a personal standpoint, maybe I appreciate a little more that there are two sides to every story, and the way that the U.S. is sometimes is viewed outside of the U.S. can be pretty tough, depending on what the U.S.'s actions are.
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There's simply no better company out there doing mobile travel apps with the same level of design sensibility and utility as Mobiata.
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I thought all those channels on cable TV were really cool.
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I think a lot of Americans don't appreciate just what an incredible country this is, how lucky they are, how safe they are, how empowered they are.
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I think I wanted to be a doctor. In Iran, the engineering and medical professions are worshipped. My father very much wanted me to be a doctor. I was certainly eager to please as a young man - as a kid, I should say.
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I think that, in the end, the consumer's going to win on the Internet.
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Rail in Europe is incredibly important as far as a transportation medium.
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What some Americans don't appreciate is how strong the brand of the American Dream is around the world. I'm an example of how powerful that product is.
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As the perception of the United States as a welcoming place for all changes among travelers globally, the country's tourism market, which is a huge revenue generator for the economy, could get hurt.
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When you let travelers vote with their clicks, and you put that at the center of your decision-making, you build the product they want, and ultimately, their business will follow.
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If you don't optimize for the consumer on the Internet, you're dead.