Steve Case Quotes

A collection of quotes by Steve Case.

Steve Case is an American entrepreneur and investor, widely recognized as the co-founder and former CEO of America Online (AOL), one of the early pioneers of the internet. Born on August 21, 1958, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Case played a key role in transforming AOL into a global brand during the 1990s. After leaving AOL, he became a prominent venture capitalist and founded Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based investment firm focused on disruptive businesses. Case is also known for his advocacy in shaping policies to promote entrepreneurship and technological innovation in the United States.

The idea that maybe you don't have to own a car if you only

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.

I do think that a general liberal arts education is very imp

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

You have to get along with people, but you also have to reco

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.

Because I do think - not just in building AOL - but just the

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.

My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and th

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

One of the biggest challenges we had in the first decade was

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.

And I'd say one of the great lessons I've learned over the p

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.

One of the problems with computers, particularly for the old

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 lot more accessible.

So my degree was in political science, which I think was - t

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