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For me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, 'Think big but start small.' Carmen Busquets
Me Business Big Strategy Think Small Winning Any Start Think Big Start-Up
My parents sent me from Venezuela to the Convent of Our Lady, a boarding school in Hastings, which was horrible - like Harry Potter without the magic. Sometimes we went into town, and if we were caught chewing gum in our uniform, members of the public would take down our names and report us to the school. Carmen Busquets
Me Sometimes School Parents Down Our Harry Harry Potter Members Would Gum Magic Horrible Potter Take Town Like Names Venezuela Without Caught Were Chewing Chewing Gum Report Convent Lady Which Boarding Public Boarding School Sent Uniform Us
Investors are impatient and they are also desperate for the 'next big thing,' and they are not paying attention to the fact that the 'next big thing' can be an economic crisis that they have created by being very irresponsible with their power. Carmen Busquets
Economic Crisis Desperate Power Big Crisis Impatient Economic Fact Investors Attention Also Very Irresponsible Being Big Thing Created Next Paying Thing
Sometimes I make it to parties and sometimes I don't. Social life is always something you can go back to. Carmen Busquets
Life You Sometimes Back Something Parties Make Always Go Social Social Life
My creative side is identifying all these great entrepreneurial creative people that come up with great ideas, whether they are in fashion or technology or a new tool to improve ourselves. Carmen Busquets
Fashion Great Technology Creative People Side Tool Ourselves Great Ideas Entrepreneurial New Come Ideas Identifying Up Improve Whether Creative People
I rarely have time for lunch, so tend to have a big breakfast and big dinner. Carmen Busquets
Time Dinner Big Breakfast Lunch Rarely Tend
I was always into fashion, and used to go on spending sprees when I was a university student in Miami. My father would be furious, but I would always say, 'It was an emergency! I had a party to go to!' Carmen Busquets
Fashion Father Party Furious Spending Say Would Would-Be Emergency Student Had Always Go Miami Used University
Why give a million dollars to someone if they have not proved that they can make a million dollars? Carmen Busquets
Someone Give Make Proved Dollars Why Million Million Dollars
I'm kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we're just nice people and have a great work ethic. Carol Bartz
Work Great People Nice Think Kind Great Work Snob Just Midwestern Work Ethic Ethic Nice People
Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all. Carol Bartz
Good You Natural Job Tough Young Think Progression Way Tough Job Going Managing Just Natural Progression
My husband doesn't listen because his mother didn't make him listen. What am I going to do, beat him? I mean: firstborn of a southern family? Firstborn boy? Please. I mean, I love him to death, but is he going to take the garbage out? No. Carol Bartz
Love Death Family Mother Husband Garbage Please Out Beat Take He Make Him Because Boy Am His Southern Going Listen Mean
I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. I never thought I'd be where I am. I never thought I'd have bling that I bought. Carol Bartz
Thought Small Never Small Town Wisconsin Bought Town Am Up Where Grew
When trouble strikes, which it always does - bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover - when trouble strikes, those board members who don't understand or are not committed are not helpful. Carol Bartz
Trouble Strikes Those Members Bad Takeover Economy Understand Does Always Quarter Committed Which Board Who Helpful Activists
If you sit quiet long enough, you find out what people really think. Carol Bartz
You People Long Sit Think Enough Out Find Quiet Really
My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs. Carol Bartz
Funny Me Made Fed Hay Drove She Pigs Real Chicken Very Cows Lady Grandmother Raised
Back when 'social' had a broad definition, you could almost say that Yahoo Finance chat was the first social product. Carol Bartz
Finance You First Back Broad Say Definition Could Chat Had Almost Yahoo Social Product
Yahoo is a company that is very strong in content. Carol Bartz
Strong Yahoo Content Very Company
Steve Jobs came back to Apple in 1997 - the iPod came out 4 years later. 3 years after that is the first time his market cap grew. It took 7 years. Carol Bartz
Time First Took Back Market Later Out Jobs Steve Steve Jobs First Time Came His iPod Years Grew After Cap Apple
The fact that you can crawl the web is a commodity. Carol Bartz
You Web Fact Commodity Crawl
Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change. Carol Bartz
Needs Change World Leader Constantly Well Ready Any Going Interested Even Things
If I had my way, I wouldn't do annual reviews, if I felt that everybody would be more honest about positive and negative feedback along the way. I think the annual review process is so antiquated. Carol Bartz
Positive Feedback Negative Think Everybody Way Would Would-Be About More Had Along Annual Felt Review Reviews Antiquated Process Honest
My first day as a manager was at Digital Equipment in Atlanta. I was a sales rep. I was promoted from among my peers, so one day I was a peer, and the next day I was their boss. Carol Bartz
Day Digital First Peer Peers One Day Promoted Atlanta Boss Equipment Rep Sales Manager Next Among
I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top. Carol Bartz
Work Sense Of Humor Work Hard Humor Sense Top Through Manage Place Interesting Really Hard Fun Start
Google is a fierce competitor. I wish I was worth a bazillion dollars; that would be really nice. They're a fierce competitor, and they're very good in search. They're very good with their global map thing. Carol Bartz
Good Worth Wish Google Nice Competitor Would Would-Be Global Dollars Very Fierce Really Search Map Thing
The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different. Carol Bartz
You People Way Totally Manage Different Your Company
The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive. Carol Bartz
Valley Secretive Silicon Silicon Valley Most Successful Company Apple
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