Marissa Mayer Quotes

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.”

“We believe that if we focus on the users, the money will come.”

“I realized in all the cases where I was happy with the decision I made, there were two common threads: Surround myself with the smartest people who challenge you to think about things in new ways, and do something you are not ready to do so you can learn the most.”

“Our theory is, if you need the user to tell you what you're selling, then you don't know what you're selling, and it's probably not going to be a good experience.”

“Work for someone who believes in you, because when they believe in you they'll invest in you.”

“I think threats are always opportunities…”

“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.”

“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.”

“Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do–and the business side.”

“You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.”

“If you can push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking a risk, really amazing things can happen.”

“Creativity loves constraint. Simplicity is king on the small screen.”

“It's pretty hard to overstate her impact. She built the team that designs the products we all use.”

“I love hard work and big challenges. When I look at the state of the company, I said it would take three or more years to get the company going in the direction we wanted.”

“I never ask someone to do something I wouldn't do myself. And a lot of those values translate regardless of company size.”

“Smart people often overthink an important decision. They start to analyze it as if there's only one great option and all the others are not. And that's just not how life works. Look for the smartest people and do something you feel a little unprepared to do.”

“When you take really smart people, and give them really good tools, they build really beautiful amazing things and they do it with a lot of passion and momentum. It's that license to do whatever they want that really ultimately fuels a huge amount of creativity and a huge amount of innovation.”

“I wasn't trying to make a broad statement about work from home policies back then. I was just being blatantly honest. The company was in trouble and had been in trouble for a long time. It was a turnaround.”

“At Google, we always knew that search would eventually become much more about answers than just relevant links. And I think that this is going to push further in that dimension.”

“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.”