A business leader has to keep their organization focused on the mission. That sounds easy, but it can be tremendously challenging in today’s competitive and ever-changing business environment. A leader also has to motivate potential partners to join.

— Meg Whitman

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Do what you love and success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.

— Meg Whitman

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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

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

Silicon Valley is 130 miles from Sacramento, but it might as well be a million miles away given how it operates.

— Meg Whitman

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

— 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...

— Meg Whitman

People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it’s a lot the same. It’s about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team.

— Meg Whitman

In my judgment, we have to avoid, at all costs, tax increases. That would be the worst possible thing to do and will make a bad economy even worse. Beyond that, targeted tax relief should be expanded upon.

— Meg Whitman

One good thing about California is we have quite a broad-based economy. We provide more fruits and vegetables and produce to the United States than any other state. So we have actually the single largest agricultural sector in the country.

— 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.

— 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.

— Meg Whitman

And I want to be able to – you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.

— Meg Whitman

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

If we don’t rededicate ourselves to education with the same attitude Americans have applied to going to the moon and fighting wars, the results will be profound. We will gradually lose our successful workforce.

— Meg Whitman

Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen’s compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it.

— Meg Whitman

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

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.

— 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.

— Meg Whitman

Success happens when good people with good intentions cooperate and work together over a shared interest. Believing that people are basically good is what fuels most inspired individuals. Cynics and pessimists do not change the world.

— Meg Whitman

We believe people are basically good. We recognize and respect everyone as a unique individual. We believe everyone has something to contribute. We encourage people to treat others the way they want to be treated. We believe that an honest, open environment can bring out the best in people.

— Meg Whitman

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