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Margaret Cushing "Meg" Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is an American business executive, political activist, and philanthropist. Whitman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a role she announced on November 20, 2017, that she will resign effective February 1, 2018. Whitman was a senior member of Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns in both 2008 and 2012 and ran for governor of California as a Republican but supported Hillary Clinton in 2016.

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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.

Actually, Ask, Class, Different, Discipline, Team

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.

Technology, Interesting, Fundamentals, Disaster, Sort, Relations

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.

Business, California, Grow, Jobs, Know, States

You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a government that we can no longer afford. That is the cold, hard fact. So we have to make this more efficient. We have to sunset programs that no longer work. We have to eliminate waste and fraud. We must do this.

Pain, Sunset, Government, Workforce, Know, Programs

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.

Back, Jobs, Numbers, Thinking, Traveled

Most of us can't even begin to imagine.

Imagine, Begin

To be effective, leaders must have the qualities and attitudes essential to work in a group setting.

Attitude, Leader, Quality, Effective, Work, Attitudes

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.

Business, California, Regulation, Strangling

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

Communication, Heart, Community, Communications

If you have fun at your job, I think you're going to be more effective.

Fun, Job, Jobs, Think, Thinking

'Perfect' is the enemy of 'good enough'.

Perfect, Enemy, Good Enough, Good, Enough

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.

Country, Business, Technology, Grow, Think

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.

Inspiring, Organization, Focus, Motivate, Sounds

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?

Business, Thinking, Research And Development, Cars, Sat, Conference

I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of your administration without the legislature. For example, using technology to do more with less. Using technology to fight fraud. Reorganizing and streamlining can be done within the context of the administration.

Jobs, Taken, Fighting, Right, Reorganizing, Legislature

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

Valleys, Might, Miles, Away, 130, Million

Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries.

Education, Country, Fall, Workforce, Competitive, Higher

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.

Business, California, Dream, Thinking, Used

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.

Country, Ebay, Ideas, Paypal, Global, Wallet

Problems are good, as long as you solve them quickly.

Inspirational, Long, Problem, Problems, Quickly, Solve

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