Clara Shih

Technology may be traditionally perceived as a male-dominated industry, but it won't always be that way. Every day we see more and more powerful women leaders boasting outstanding achievements. ”

Social networks particularly will tend to converge and consolidate over time, especially because they're inherently governed by network effects. So the bigger ones will just get bigger, their value will multiply exponentially, and the smaller ones will become less and less relevant. ”

The Facebook Era' articulated a radical vision for how social media would transform media, relationships, and influence, creating new opportunities for businesses in the process. ”

Great work, professional relationships, and learning experiences compound over time, much the way money does - investing $100 today creates much more value than investing $100 a decade from now. ”

When startups succeed, they do so against all odds. In the beginning, you have nothing except for your own talents and resources. By definition, everyone else is bigger, further along, and more established than you. To win, you have to swim upstream early on - and that requires hard work and long hours. There are no shortcuts. ”

Social media isn't a one-way broadcast; it's a multiway opportunity for dialogue. ”

Social media teams can and do launch clever campaigns, but game-changing Social Business initiatives are typically driven by management teams. ”

Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered. ”

The whole point of social media is continuity and continual engagement. ”

Social media provides the modern-day version of mystery shopping and walking the halls. ”