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This ability to mix people together is something I learned early on.
Desiree Rogers
Together
People
Ability
Something
Learned
Mix
Early
I'm a business person at heart.
Desiree Rogers
Business
Heart
Person
Business Person
I don't do ordinary work. That is not me in the least.
Desiree Rogers
Work
Me
Least
Ordinary
It's not a question that people have a very negative image of Chicago. They just don't think about it.
Desiree Rogers
People
Negative
Think
About
Question
Chicago
Very
Just
Image
In London, a lot of the time you don't see the sun shine.
Desiree Rogers
Time
You
Shine
Sun
See
London
Lot
I think the Social Office is really the office where East meets West. For those that don't know, the East side is typically the First Lady's side of the house. The West side is typically the President's side of the house.
Desiree Rogers
First
Think
President
Side
Meets
Those
East
East Side
Know
House
West
West Side
Office
Where
Lady
Social
Really
I love bringing people together. I think that the environment is so important in terms of what kind of relationships you might be able to create, how people get to know each other.
Desiree Rogers
Love
You
Together
People
Important
Think
Other
Relationships
Kind
Able
Environment
Know
Terms
How
Get
Might
Create
Each
Bringing
I'm from New Orleans, and I know that people do like to sit and talk and drink and, you know, have conversation; you have dialogue.
Desiree Rogers
You
Conversation
People
Sit
Drink
New
Like
Know
Talk
Dialogue
New Orleans
Orleans
I was in the White House for a year and a half. Up to that point, all my jobs had been very unglamorous.
Desiree Rogers
Half
Year
White
White House
Jobs
Point
Had
House
Been
Up
Very
I'm much more comfortable in a meritocracy and in reward for good work as opposed to a political environment, where I feel like all of that can be confused.
Desiree Rogers
Work
Good
Confused
Political
Reward
Good Work
More
Environment
Feel
Like
Comfortable
Opposed
Where
Much
I've always been searching. What am I going to do with all this - searching for that place where I could be me.
Desiree Rogers
Me
Could
Always
Am
Been
Going
Where
Place
Searching
Every customer wants to run on all the clouds.
Diane Greene
Clouds
Every
Run
Wants
Customer
Kids are curious, and if you don't lose that, then everything is an adventure.
Diane Greene
You
Lose
Everything
Kids
Adventure
Curious
Then
I have a lot of help to do chores so I can be with my family, and I never have any help over the weekends.
Diane Greene
Family
Weekends
Never
Over
Lot
Any
Help
Chores
I've never been in the enterprise where your customers are your partners. It was always, you had customers, and you had partners.
Diane Greene
You
Enterprise
Never
Had
Partners
Always
Been
Where
Customers
Your
At VMware, we did the virtualization, which is now used extensively across the cloud. Virtualization layers - and containers - are what facilitated the cloud originally.
Diane Greene
Cloud
Layers
Did
Which
Across
Used
Originally
Now
Paul Otellini, the former CEO of Intel, I worked with while I was still with VMware. I knew Ram Shriram through the tech industry.
Diane Greene
Ram
Through
Knew
Industry
Still
Intel
While
Former
Paul
CEO
Worked
Tech
If I had to have my druthers - the best technology, the best cloud... if I had to choose between that and building out a sales force and building out customer support... I would pick the latter.
Diane Greene
Best
Technology
Building
Cloud
Latter
Out
Would
Had
Pick
Support
Between
Force
Sales
Customer
Choose
If I could inexpensively pick up a killer sales force without a lot of the other things that I don't necessarily need, yeah, I'd be all there.
Diane Greene
Other
Killer
Could
Pick
Force
Without
Yeah
Sales
Lot
Up
If I Could
Things
Necessarily
Need
When we were small, the idea of VMware wasn't well defined, and convincing people to join was difficult. Each person we hired at that time was a big deal.
Diane Greene
Time
People
Big
Difficult
Defined
Small
Join
Idea
Well
Deal
Big Deal
Hired
Were
Person
Convincing
Each
It's a good thing to remember that hiring will get easier as you scale - but you should also never drop your standards.
Diane Greene
Good
You
Remember
Will
Drop
Easier
Scale
Good Thing
Never
Also
Hiring
Get
Should
Your
Standards
Thing
If you had a hobby, family, or wanted to do things besides work - you should join VMware. We didn't have nearly as long hours as Google given our customers worked normal business hours.
Diane Greene
Work
Family
You
Business
Long
Google
Our
Besides
Given
Long Hours
Join
Had
Hours
Normal
Hobby
Wanted
Customers
Worked
Should
Nearly
Things
Almost every customer that I talk to is talking about how they're using APIs, and what a step function they are for their business.
Diane Greene
Business
Every
About
Step
Almost
Talk
Talking
How
Customer
Using
Function
Now we're in an environment where women are increasingly having a huge impact and adding a lot of value to our industry. And women are celebrated if they raise their hand and say, 'Hey, you're missing my value. You're not recognizing what I'm doing.'
Diane Greene
You
Women
Value
Increasingly
Adding
Our
Hey
Say
Recognizing
Impact
Having
Environment
Missing
Industry
Doing
Hand
Lot
Huge
Women Are
Celebrated
Huge Impact
Where
Now
Raise
I'm pretty transparent and clear about things. The things I do and the way I act are no different than I would expect of others. Mostly it's about being very clear about what we are trying to do and communicating a lot and showing absolute consistency and integrity about what I say and do.
Diane Greene
Integrity
Consistency
Others
Way
Say
Would
Pretty
About
Absolute
Clear
Mostly
Lot
Very
Expect
Than
Trying
Being
Different
Communicating
Act
Transparent
Showing
Things
Building a company is so much like racing a sailboat.
Diane Greene
Building
Like
Sailboat
Much
Racing
Company
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