⇒ Marissa Mayer's Stanford talk

warning: 49" video

innovation keypoints:

• ideas come from everywhere


• share everything you can

for me, it depends on your workplace.

• You're brilliant. We're hiring

i.e. surround yourself with brilliant people

• a license to pursue dreams


• innovation, not instant perfection

the key is iteration; learn from mistakes. Part of the reason I left graphic design for web design

• data is a-political


• creativity loves constraint

agreed-the point about the marked paper is excellent-I feel burdened by a
• blank canvas and making the commitment of the first stroke.


• users not money


• don't kill projects. morph them.


• take risks. Do something you're not ready to do.


• serif or sans-serif? Serif = more readable. Sans-serif = more legible

a response to the 5-year question. Again, I'm in agreement, if you knew where you were going to be in 5 years, how depressing would that be?

• competition benefits end users. "The rising tide floats all boats"


• doing something meaningful and self-fulfilling

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