My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor. Steve Case careercounselorfather Change image and share on social
But the idea that some day people would want to be able to interact and get stock quotes and talk with other people or all these different things, I just believed that was going to happen. Steve Case believedayhappen Change image and share on social
And what we did with this new company in 1985 is we did start focusing on PCs instead of video game machines, because we learned the hard lesson about bringing a product to market in a consumer world where it's very expensive to build a brand and get distribution and so forth. Steve Case brandbringbuild share on social
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 amountgenerallygood Change image and share on social
Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind. Steve Case agoclearequally Change image and share on social
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 carcatchestate Change image and share on social
My father and his brothers were all lawyers, so I think that the expectation was probably for me to grow up to be an attorney, but it never really fascinated me that much. I was more interested in building things. Steve Case attorneybrotherbuild share on social
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 coupledecadegreat share on social
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. Steve Case peoplepersonalityperspective Change image and share on social
Most of the people who had PCs did not have modems and could not use those PCs as communicating devices. They really were using them for spreadsheets or word processing or storing recipes or playing games or what have you. Steve Case communicatedevicegame share on social
