Meg Whitman Quotes

• Guess what? The world changes. eBay has defined e-commerce.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Guess, Change

• I answer that question by saying: ‘Why Meg Whitman’ which is: 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.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business

  Tags in California, Politician, Career

• 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.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Underlie, Net, Fundamentals, Encouraged, Actually, Spend, Variety, How, Am, Usage, Good, Growth, Things, Time, Much, Really, Look

• You look at the tremendous success of Facebook. To my mind there is not a lot of commerce going on in these social networking sites. eBay is a community anchored in commerce. It is a commerce site that built a community around it. What has not been proven is if the reverse can happen and people will go to community sites to do commerce.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Social, Commerce, Community

• Communications is at the heart of e-commerce and community.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Communication, Community

• It is very clear that voice communications is moving on to the Internet. In the end, the price that anyone can provide for voice transmission on the Net will trend toward zero.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Internet, Communication

• You know, I like to think that I will subscribe very much to the core Republican principles of small government. Making a small number of rules and getting out of the way. Keeping taxes low. Creating an environment for small businesses to grow and thrive.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Government, Think, Like, Principles

• Sometimes it’s a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users’ sentiments.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Like, Sometimes, Little

• We have always said that advertising is just the icing on the cake. It is not the cake.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Cake, Just

• Most of us can’t even begin to imagine.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Imagine

• For me, the international expansion of eBay was the best idea. We are now in 35 countries, and have a huge global network. The second best one was the acquisition of PayPal – the wallet on eBay.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Network, Idea

• 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.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business, Technology

  Tags in California, World, Think, Place

• What’s sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Fundamentals, Good, Public

• You can’t stand for too many things. You can’t use the bully pulpit for too many things. So, I promise you, every day, I am going to talk about jobs, spending, and education.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Education, Job

  Tags in Promise

• I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in California, Want, Think, Time

• I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who’s managed a budget, who’s led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Organization, Think, Time

• My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Business, Future

  Tags in Majority, Think

• You know, I think, people of all stripes in California, Republicans, Democrats, conservatives, liberals, frankly, as I have traveled the state, the number one issue is jobs. And they are looking for which candidate can get the economy back on track.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Economy, Job

  Tags in Issue, California, Think

• I want to work with the teachers’ union. But as I said out there, we have to put the kids first and we are letting down a generation of California children. It’s not acceptable.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Children, Work

  Tags in Generation, California, Want, Teachers

• When people use your brand name as a verb, that is remarkable.

  Meg Whitman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People

Meg Whitman (30)

Birth:	4th August, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businesswoman, Chief Executive Officer, Politician

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