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Mary Meeker
8 quotes
“One of the greatest investments of our lifetime has been New York City real estate, and investors made the highest returns when they bought stuff during the 1970s and 1980s when people were getting mugged. The lesson is that you make the most money when you buy stuff that's out of consensus.”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Newsweek: "Climbing Back Up" (29 August 2004)
“I grew up believing that one person could make a difference. In Indiana, you saw that with basketball. The small town could beat the big town, like in the movie Hoosiers. That is one of the things that attracts me to entrepreneurs.”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Wired: "The Indomitable Mary Meeker" (21 September 2012)
“No one forced me to focus on technology. I just did it because I had a passion for it. When I started, there weren’t a lot of women role models. It was Carol Bartz, Judy Estrin. I think there’s been a lot of progress since then, and I think that if women have a passion and really want to succeed, they can. On a relative basis, the male-female ratio is certainly skewed to men, but on an absolute basis, there are a lot of very successful women in technology.”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Wired: "The Indomitable Mary Meeker" (21 September 2012)
“I've always wanted to invest.That’s why I started working on Wall Street in the first place, back in 1986 when I went through the Salomon Brothers training program. My move to investing was delayed in part because I just loved what I was doing. I took a step back and said, ‘If I don’t do this now, I never will.’”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forbes: "Mary Meeker: New Job, But Still Queen of the 'Net" (19 July 2012)
“The impact of the internet and mobile and and the way countries are adapting the internet in different marketplaces is huge. And those- every company in the world needs to reinvent themselves and Amy knows this at Microsoft. Microsoft is reinventing itself. Amazon.com is reinventing itself. Facebook is reinventing itself. GM is reinventing itself. And so, this whole reinvention idea to adapt to a more connected world is so real.”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: KPMGInspire: "Leadership Lessons with Mary Meeker - Reinvent Yourself" (7 February 2017)
“Change, opportunity, and responsibility. We’re living in a period of unprecedented change and unprecedented opportunity. Especially for the people in this room, unprecedented need for responsibility.”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 2018 Code Conference: "Mary Meeker's 2018 internet trends report" (30 May 2018)
“New technologies have created and displaced jobs, historically.”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CNET: "Mary Meeker: On-demand jobs are changing the way we work" (30 May 2018)
“A lot of people ask the question about internet usage, "How much is too much?" Our view is it depends on how that time is spent. One of the things I feel really strongly about is there’s a lot of innovation and there’s a lot of competition, and that’s driving a lot of product improvement and a lot of usefulness and a lot of usage and also a lot of scrutiny.”
Mary Meeker (born 1959) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: VentureBeat: "Mary Meeker’s annual valentine to Silicon Valley reminds us tech utopianism is alive and well" (15 June 2018)