Quotes by Steve Case

About Steve Case:

Stephen McConnell "Steve" Case is an American entrepreneur, investor, and businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL). Since his retirement as chairman of AOL Time Warner in 2003, he has gone on to invest in early and growth-stage startups through his Washington, D.C. based venture capital firm Revolution LLC.
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Because I do think - not just in building AOL - but just the world in which we live is a very confusing, rapidly changing world where technology has accelerated.

Steve Case

I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.

Steve Case

Nobody should have to be a systems integrator to make a convergence network work in their home.

Steve Case

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 l...

Steve Case

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.

Steve Case

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.

Steve Case

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very important, particularly in an uncertain changing world.

Steve Case

It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team.

Steve Case

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.

Steve Case

I was not an outstanding student. I did a reasonable amount of work. I got generally good - pretty good grades, but I was not that passionate about getting straight A's.

Steve Case

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff...

Steve Case

You have to get along with people, but you also have to recognize that the strength of a team is different people with different perspectives and different personalities.

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My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.

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So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics.

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Author Bio

  • NameSteve Case
  • Descriptionbusinessman and former CEO of AOL
  • BornAugust 21, 1958
  • CountryUnited States Of America