Bozoma Saint John

I've never run from a job; I've always run to another one. ”

My job is about emotion. My job is about feeling. This might be controversial to say, but I feel like sometimes data gets in the way of that. ”

It's our job as marketers and brand professionals to nurture the brand and calm it down when it's angry and to encourage when it's trying to grow. ”

Even now, when people ask me, 'Why did you take the job at Uber?' I say because my gut told me to. ”

The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It's not up to one company - it's up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward. ”

I believe in manifesting the words that are coming out of my mouth. I'm very careful with what I say because the intention is then out in the universe. ”

I'm a great napper. I nap in a lot of places. ”

I don't fear challenge. ”

At school, I could talk about what other kids were talking about. Maybe I wouldn't seem so strange if I connected with them on the level they were used to. ”

Brands mean different things for different generations. ”