40 Quotes by Diane Greene

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.

At VMware, the engineers worked very closely with our customers, closely with the field, and it was exciting for everyone. So, one of things I did here at Google when I arrived was to combine sales, marketing, engineering, and product.

Building a company is so much like racing a sailboat.

Kids are curious, and if you don't lose that, then everything is an adventure.

If you know where you are going, you have this sixth sense about if everything you do along the way is lined up with that.

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

If I could inexpensively pick up a killer sales force without a lot of the other things that I don't necessarily need, yeah, I'd be all there.

I'm pretty transparent and clear about things. The things I do and the way I act are no different than I would expect of others. Mostly it's about being very clear about what we are trying to do and communicating a lot and showing absolute consistency and integrity about what I say and do.

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