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" What we need to do is run our business. We need to come up with a value prop that is so compelling that customers have to go for it. "
Safra A. Catz
Run
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Go For It
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" The most significant barrier to female leadership is the actual lack of females in leadership. The best advice I can give to women is to go out and start something, ideally their own businesses. If you can't see a path for leadership within your own company, go blaze a trail of your own. "
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