The most important thing I’ve done at work has been to surround myself with amazing people who I trust and empower fully to do stuff better than I could. Clara Shih Read Quote
I wrote ‘The Facebook Era’ because I felt like it needed to be written, and I was one of the people who might be qualified to do so. Specifically, my background is that I developed the first business application on Facebook. Clara Shih Read Quote
Social networks particularly will tend to converge and consolidate over time, especially because they’re inherently governed by network effects. So the bigger ones will just get bigger, their value will multiply exponentially, and the smaller ones will become less and less relevant. Clara Shih Read Quote
My father, a math professor in Hong Kong, worked as an electrical engineer here. My mother was an art teacher, but once we came to the United States, she went back to school and became certified as a special-education teacher. Clara Shih Read Quote
The immigrant experience had a profound effect on me. It taught me the importance of hard work and the value of being entrepreneurial. Clara Shih Read Quote
Companies can’t delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered. Clara Shih Read Quote
Social media provides the modern-day version of mystery shopping and walking the halls. Clara Shih Read Quote
Looking back at my first job, even when I was asked to do something seemingly menial, unglamorous, or very difficult, I always went all-in. In my most trying moments with managers I liked the least, I did not give up, complain, or slack off. Clara Shih Read Quote
Though decisions regarding work/life balance are important and vary widely from person to person, it may not be wise in the long run to optimize for doing the bare minimum at work. Clara Shih Read Quote
