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Steve Case Quotes

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii Picture Quote #1

We don’t want to turn the TV into a computer Picture Quote #1

From a relatively early age I got interested in business Picture Quote #1

If you’re doing something new you’ve got to have a vision. You’ve got to have a perspective. You’ve got to have some north star you’re aiming for, and you just believe somehow you’ll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point Picture Quote #1

So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics Picture Quote #1

The idea that maybe you don’t have to own a car if you only need one occasionally may catch on, just like time-sharing caught on in real estate Picture Quote #1

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But the idea that some day people would want to be able to interact and get stock quotes and talk with other people or all these different things, I just believed that was going to happen Picture Quote #1

Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind Picture Quote #1

I continue to have a special pride and passion for AOL, and I strongly believe that AOL - once the leading Internet company in the world - can return to its past greatness Picture Quote #1

I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to star Picture Quote #1

I think it took us nine years to get one million subscribers to AOL, and then in the next nine years we went from one million to 35 million Picture Quote #1

I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody’s really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line Picture Quote #1

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I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A’s Picture Quote #1

When I first got started in the late 70s, early 80s, and first was thinking about the interactive world, I believed so fervently that it was the next big thing, I thought it would happen quickly Picture Quote #1

Most of the people who had PCs did not have modems and could not use those PCs as communicating devices. They really were using them for spreadsheets or word processing or storing recipes or playing games or what have you Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure I knew what an entrepreneur was when I was ten, but I knew that starting little businesses and trying to sell greeting cards or newspapers door-to-door or just vending machine kind of thing is.. there’s just something very intriguing to me about that Picture Quote #1

We lose money on signing up the customers where there’s some marketing costs associated with giving them a free month. It doesn’t much matter whether you make a little bit or lose a little bit.. as you well know, because you lose a ton on every copy of The Washington Post (newspaper) Picture Quote #1

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world Picture Quote #1

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For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There’s many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff Picture Quote #1

Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind Picture Quote #1

I was a better builder than a manager. I’d rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the risk with bunts and singles Picture Quote #1

Frankly, I like new things. I feel like I made a contribution to building a more interactive world. And I’m proud of that Picture Quote #1

I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start Picture Quote #1

And I’d say one of the great lessons I’ve learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership Picture Quote #1

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I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A’s Picture Quote #1

If you don’t have both of them working together in a complementary, cohesive way, you’re not going to be successful Picture Quote #1

It’s stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team Picture Quote #1

The pace of change and the threat of disruption creates tremendous opportunities Picture Quote #1

It’s stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have Picture Quote #1

Think about this: It was illegal for most people to connect to the internet before 1992 Picture Quote #1

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I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii (Steve Case Quotes) We don’t want to turn the TV into a computer (Steve Case Quotes) From a relatively early age I got interested in business (Steve Case Quotes) If you’re doing something new you’ve got to have a vision. You’ve got to have a perspective. You’ve got to have some north star you’re aiming for, and you just believe somehow you’ll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point. (Steve Case Quotes) So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics (Steve Case Quotes) The idea that maybe you don’t have to own a car if you only need one occasionally may catch on, just like time-sharing caught on in real estate (Steve Case Quotes) But the idea that some day people would want to be able to interact and get stock quotes and talk with other people or all these different things, I just believed that was going to happen (Steve Case Quotes) Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind (Steve Case Quotes) I continue to have a special pride and passion for AOL, and I strongly believe that AOL - once the leading Internet company in the world - can return to its past greatness (Steve Case Quotes) I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to star (Steve Case Quotes) I think it took us nine years to get one million subscribers to AOL, and then in the next nine years we went from one million to 35 million (Steve Case Quotes) I think the support of the other team at AOL and everybody’s really shared passion and belief about this and - saying that some day everybody was going to be on line (Steve Case Quotes) I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A’s (Steve Case Quotes) When I first got started in the late 70s, early 80s, and first was thinking about the interactive world, I believed so fervently that it was the next big thing, I thought it would happen quickly (Steve Case Quotes) Most of the people who had PCs did not have modems and could not use those PCs as communicating devices. They really were using them for spreadsheets or word processing or storing recipes or playing games or what have you (Steve Case Quotes) I’m not sure I knew what an entrepreneur was when I was ten, but I knew that starting little businesses and trying to sell greeting cards or newspapers door-to-door or just vending machine kind of thing is.. there’s just something very intriguing to me about that (Steve Case Quotes) We lose money on signing up the customers where there’s some marketing costs associated with giving them a free month. It doesn’t much matter whether you make a little bit or lose a little bit.. as you well know, because you lose a ton on every copy of The Washington Post (newspaper) (Steve Case Quotes) I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world. (Steve Case Quotes) For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There’s many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff. (Steve Case Quotes) Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind. (Steve Case Quotes) I was a better builder than a manager. I’d rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the risk with bunts and singles. (Steve Case Quotes) Frankly, I like new things. I feel like I made a contribution to building a more interactive world. And I’m proud of that. (Steve Case Quotes) I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start. (Steve Case Quotes) And I’d say one of the great lessons I’ve learned over the past couple of decades, from a management perspective, is that really when you come down to it, it really is all about people and all about leadership. (Steve Case Quotes) I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A’s. (Steve Case Quotes) If you don’t have both of them working together in a complementary, cohesive way, you’re not going to be successful. (Steve Case Quotes) It’s stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team. (Steve Case Quotes) The pace of change and the threat of disruption creates tremendous opportunities (Steve Case Quotes) It’s stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have (Steve Case Quotes) Think about this: It was illegal for most people to connect to the internet before 1992 (Steve Case Quotes)

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