Carly Fiorina
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"Carly Fiorina" is an American former business Executive (management)/executive and was the Republican Party (United States)/Republican nominee for the United States Senate from California in United States Senate election in California, 2010/2010. Fiorina served as chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005 and previously was an executive at American Telephone & Telegraph/AT&T and its equipment and technology Corporate spin-off/spinoff, Lucent.

Fiorina was considered one of the most powerful women in business during her tenure at Lucent and Hewlett-Packard. While she was chief executive at HP, the company weathered the collapse of the dot-com bubble, although the stock lost half of its value throughout her tenure. In 2002, the company completed a contentious merger with rival computer company Compaq, which made HP the world's largest personal computer manufacturer. In 2005, Fiorina was forced to resign as chief executive officer and chairman of HP following "differences [with the board of directors] about how to execute HP's strategy." She has frequently been ranked as one of the worst CEOs of all time.

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Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.

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In bullfighting there is a term called querencia. The querencia is the spot in the ring to which the bull returns. Each bull has a different querencia, but as the bullfight continues, and the animal becomes more threatened, it returns more and more often to his spot.As he returns to his querencia, he becomes more predictable. And so, in the end, the matador is able to kill the bull because in.

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Do not be afraid to make decisions, do not be afraid to make mistakes.

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"The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford," she told the 2001 graduation ceremony. "And I was afraid the day I walked out."

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There is some confusion because we only recently began our marketing. We're in an era were people need to think about business processes and applications horizontally...We need to think of the enterprise not as an island of stand-alone technology.

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My mother...taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

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We cannot say every step has been perfect, but we can say with confidence today we are where we intended to be.

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Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

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This is a decisive move that accelerates our strategy and positions us to win by offering even greater value to our customers and partners. In addition to the clear strategic benefits of combining two highly complementary organizations and product families, we can create substantial shareowner value through significant cost-structure improvements and access to new growth opportunities.

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