She talked about what it takes to become part of the Great Migration to the new economy. Half of the people who are moving to the Internet economy are doing it for the wrong reasons. We're not interested in people who want to make a quick buck. We're looking for people who are in it for the long haul, who see the Internet as a better way of doing business. I've got to be careful about this motivation issue when I meet candidates.
People tend to turn their heads toward the noise.
And these days, the noise is on the Internet. It's the spring of 2000. If I meet somebody who hasn't already made the jump to the Internet, a part of me wonders why that is. Anyone who wanted to make the move could have done so by now. But for a lot of established-company executives, the fact that they are still in their old jobs tells you something about their attitude toward risk.