“The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room and said, "Hey, how about used cars?" So what can be learned that is extensible to other companies is to ask what are your customers doing with your products that maybe you didn't anticipate that they would do? How do you think of your customers as your research and development lab, as opposed to having an R&D lab at headquarters?” ThinkingSaidFactsUsedAsksRoomsBusinessCompanyCarExampleProductsDevelopmentResearchCustomersHeySatCategoriesConferencesAnticipateThink Of YouLabsGood ExamplesResearch And DevelopmentHeadquartersUsed Car Author:Meg Whitman
“Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.” PeopleLooksGrowthBusinessTechnologyFundamentalsVarietyUsage Author:Meg Whitman
“Regulation is strangling businesses of all sizes in California, and we've got to streamline regulation so it's easy, not hard. to do business.” HardEasyBusinessSizeCaliforniaRegulationStrangling Author:Meg Whitman
“I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it'll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less” KnowsUseRunningBusinessCareersTechnologyKnow HowReturnPoliticianHealthyMetsOrganizationInvestmentClimateBrownContrastStarksJerryPayrollReturn On InvestmentCareer Politicians Author:Meg Whitman
“Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.” ThinkingWellsDreamUsedBusinessHappenedUsed To BeCalifornia Author:Meg Whitman
“We can put our head in the sand and continue to lose jobs overseas and to other states, or we can say, 'You know what? We are not going to lose another job from California, and we're going to be the very best place to start and grow a business.' So I'll be the chief sales officer for California businesses.” KnowsStatesJobsGrowsLosesBusinessChiefsCaliforniaSandOfficersBest Place Author:Meg Whitman
“I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.” PeopleYearsI CanDoneBusinessCareersPoliticianCaliforniaCareer Politicians Author:Meg Whitman
“I think we can be the very best place to start a business, to grow a business, to invent a new technology, to change the world, to change the country. But we've got a lot of work to deliver a new California to the people of California.” PeopleThinkingWorldCountryGrowsBusinessTechnologyCaliforniaChanging The WorldNew TechnologyBest Place Author:Meg Whitman
