Marissa Mayer quotes

Marissa Mayer is an American businesswoman and former president and CEO of Yahoo. Known for her impact at Google, she played a significant role in developing some of the company's most popular products. She continues to be recognized as a leading figure in technology and innovation. Here are 55 of her quotes:

It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. (Marissa Mayer)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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David Karp is just incredibly special. I like to think that I'm good at empathy, but I will say that David Karp is just incredibly empathetic and really in tune with the community of people that he has, that are contributing and creating on Tumblr. View quote
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I've heard both the founding stories of Google and Yahoo, and for both those companies, the founders didn't even have to get into a car. They could literally go to the law office, the venture capitalists, the bank... on a bike. It's all that close together. View quote
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Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter. View quote
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When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night. View quote
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I refuse to be stereotyped. View quote
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There are different phases of companies. When you're in the tens of people, the idea itself either attracts people or it doesn't. People are there because they think the problem you're trying to solve is just that important. (Marissa Mayer)
I'm proud of what we achieved at Yahoo. That said, we had a quickly decaying legacy business. All we really managed to do was offset the declines. View quote
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I was at Google. And if you looked at Tumblr and Yahoo!, you know when you look at a map and you can see the way that South America and Africa used to fit together, I sort of joked that as we got to know Tumblr we were like we kind of felt like those continents, like our users were older, their users were younger. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful. View quote
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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.' View quote
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You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you. View quote
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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. View quote
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The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV. View quote
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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. (Marissa Mayer)
Really 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. View quote
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The utmost thing is the user experience, to have the most useful experience. View quote
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Product management really is the fusion between technology, what engineers do - and the business side. View quote
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Good students are good at all things. View quote
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Photo: Original photography by Magnus Höij Derivative work by Keraunoscopia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Businesswoman
Born: May 30, 1975
Quotes count: 55
Wikipedia: Marissa Mayer

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