Alter | 67 Jahre |
Beruf | Chief Executive Officer, Geschäftsmann, Unternehmer |
Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 21. August 1958 |
Geburtsort | Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Stephen McConnell Case ist der Gründer von America Online (AOL). Er trat im Januar 2003 auf Druck der Anteilseigner in der Folge von finanziellen Schwierigkeiten und Abrechnungsskandalen als Vorstandsvorsitzender (CEO) zurück und fungierte fortan nur noch als Director und Co-Chair im „Strategic Committee“. |
One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them, and the computers have gotten better. They have gotten easier to use. They have gotten less expensive. The software interfaces have made things a lot more accessible.
My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.
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.
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.
One of the biggest challenges we had in the first decade was not that many people had personal computers. There weren't that many people to sell to, and it was hard to identify them.
