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 Read Quote
It’s very, very hard to affect culture. And you can get surprised thinking you’re farther down the path of change than you really are because, frankly, most of us like the way things are. Carol Bartz Read Quote
I hug employees all the time. I’m a huge contact person. Touch is an extremely important part of the human condition. Carol Bartz Read Quote
I became a sales manager at Digital Equipment, promoted from within the sales team. My peers were less than excited that I had gotten the job, especially one of my male peers who said he just wasn’t going to work for a woman. Carol Bartz Read Quote
I’m kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we’re just nice people and have a great work ethic. Carol Bartz Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Organizations can get in the way of innovation, because if people are all bound up, and if they don’t know if they get to make the decision or somebody else, and if they do, what happens to them, and so on and so forth. Carol Bartz Read Quote
I didn’t have my first child until I was 40. I actually learned about motherhood from management. Carol Bartz Read Quote
