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Marissa Mayer

American Businesswoman

Born: May 30, 1975

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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. Marissa Mayer

You Think Those Wow Something Through Push Sure Ready Always How Did Breakthrough Little Really Moment Moments Grow

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

You Matter Everything Want Really Things

It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people. Marissa Mayer

Work People Wonderful Smart Environment Smart People Lot Really

When you need to innovate, you need collaboration. Marissa Mayer

You Innovate Collaboration Need

Shifting toward management meant greater responsibility and influence, but it also meant giving up programming day-to-day in my role, which was hard because it took me out of my comfort zone. Marissa Mayer

Me Management Responsibility Giving Giving Up Shifting Programming Took Out Day-To-Day Toward Also Comfort Comfort Zone Greater Because Up Role Influence Which Meant Hard Zone

I don't believe in balance, not in the classic way. Marissa Mayer

Balance Believe Way Classic

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. Marissa Mayer

Best Technology Creative People Nurturing Innovate Way Find About Retaining Environment Getting Them Really Creative Environment Helping

I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines. Marissa Mayer

Love Technology Gender Think Something Divide Along Lines Should

I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable. Marissa Mayer

Good Science Somehow Never Unusual Always Math Math And Science Undesirable Realized

With data collection, 'The sooner the better' is always the best answer. Marissa Mayer

Best Better Collection Data Sooner Answer Always

Yahoo!, over the years, had been the king of the banner ad. Marissa Mayer

King Had Over Yahoo Been Years Banner Ad

The thing that surprised me and really puzzled me is that the job is really fun. Yahoo is a really fun place to work. Marissa Mayer

Work Me Job Puzzled Yahoo Surprised Place Really Fun Thing

I really like even numbers, and I like heavily divisible numbers. Twelve is my lucky number - I just love how divisible it is. I don't like odd numbers, and I really don't like primes. When I turned 37, I put on a strong face, but I was not looking forward to 37. But 37 turned out to be a pretty amazing year. Marissa Mayer

Management is defense. You basically say, 'This is the direction; this is where we're heading,' and then it's my job to get everything else out of the way. All the other things that can become a distraction keep us from executing well. Get those out of the way, because the team ultimately needs to run in that direction and execute well. Marissa Mayer

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I really love color. Marissa Mayer

Love Color Really

Good students are good at all things. Marissa Mayer

Good All Things Students Things

Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter. Marissa Mayer

Love People Matter Details Geeks Something Much Who

I like to stay in the rhythm of things. Marissa Mayer

Stay Like Rhythm Things

I was Google's first woman engineer. Marissa Mayer

Woman Engineer First Google

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