Diane Greene

I only use a Chromebook now. I never thought I could do that, but I love it. ”

One of the happiest times of my life, I lived in a tent on a porch on Hawaii. ”

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision. ”

Almost every customer that I talk to is talking about how they're using APIs, and what a step function they are for their business. ”

When I first started VMware, I was very shy and self-conscious about speaking. I grew out of this by giving talks each week in front of the whole company; gradually, as we scaled, I had talked to more and more people, and this is how I conquered my fear of talking to people. ”

I've never been in the enterprise where your customers are your partners. It was always, you had customers, and you had partners. ”

I have a lot of help to do chores so I can be with my family, and I never have any help over the weekends. ”

When we were small, the idea of VMware wasn't well defined, and convincing people to join was difficult. Each person we hired at that time was a big deal. ”

Google went in a consumer direction, and VMware was system infrastructure. But there are a lot of parallels and similarities. ”

Paul Otellini, the former CEO of Intel, I worked with while I was still with VMware. I knew Ram Shriram through the tech industry. ”