Meg Whitman Quotes
13 quotes from Meg Whitman — Former CEO of eBay (grew revenue from $4M to $8B), HP, and Quibi..
“Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.”
“When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.”
“If you have fun at your job, I think you're going to be more effective.”
“Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community.”
“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of a mistake.”
“Success happens when good people with good intentions cooperate and work together over a shared interest.”
“We believe people are basically good. We recognize and respect everyone as a unique individual.”
“Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce.”
“You cannot be embarrassed to ask a question about something. And by the way, the technologists will see what you're made of. They will try to ferret you out as a pretender.”
“Well, I always felt that if I kept my head down and delivered, things would work out.”
“My advice, having done this a number of times, is to go into an organization and figure out what that company's doing right, and do more of it. You'll eventually get to your to-do list and to your fix-it list, but if you come in and just talk about what's going wrong, you will lose hearts and minds.”
“We see almost everything differently. Our superpower is we are completely different.”
“I never dreamed I would be the ambassador to Kenya. I don't know. Maybe I'll retire. I've said that three times, and I've never done it.”