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Sheryl Sandberg: Simplifying Facebook ads led to enormous growth by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine February 24, 2015, 3:48 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. Facebook FB has come a long way from the banner ads that populated the site back in 2004. The world's largest social network announced Tuesday that it now has 2 million "active advertisers," defined as an advertiser that's placed an ad in the last 28 days. The company crossed the milestone less than two years after it reached 1 million advertisers in June 2013. Facebook has recently been taking pains to court small businesses in particular, cutting the number of ad products in half to make its offerings easier to understand. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company has also been hosting free marketing training sessions around the country. A new Ads Manager app launching for iOS Tuesday that lets Facebook advertisers create and edit ads on the go could help lure still more smaller marketers. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg attributes the company's fast advertiser growth to the streamlined ad products in particular. "A couple years ago, our offering was, 'Do you want to become a Facebook advertiser?' That sounds complicated," Sandberg says. "Now you do a post, and we ask, 'Do you want to promote this post?' That's a pretty easy on-ramp to being an advertiser." Though Facebook likes to say its ads are effective because of the amount of data it has about its users, Forrester researcher Nate Elliot says advertisers are actually attracted to the platform mostly because of the sheer number of people using it: 1.3 billion. Citing surveys of marketers, Elliot says Facebook ads have not been found to be particularly more effective than other online ads. "Facebook knows more about its users than likely any other company in history," he says. "For its ads to work only about as well as the ads on Yahoo or the ads on a random online network is a bit damning." Facebook says that in an internal study of 20 retailers, it found a 2% average increase in offline sales for shoppers who were shown a Facebook ad compared to those who were not. One thing is certain: marketers are continuing to buy them, pumping money into Facebook's coffers. The company generated $3.8 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2014, a new high. That came almost entirely from advertising. And there are plenty of potential advertisers that remain untapped—Facebook says it hosts a total of 30 million active small business Pages, up from 25 million in November 2013. Owners of these Pages are increasingly coming to terms with the fact that they'll have to pay to have their posts seen by many users. Facebook has been ratcheting down the reach of non-paid posts, while it tweaked its News Feed algorithm in January to cut down on promotional posts. The company is pivoting to promote Pages as a free, simple alternative to a hosted website rather than a free way to get into users' News Feeds. Nearly a billion people visited Facebook pages directly in October, the company says. "While organic distribution has gone down, as more people have come on the platform, it's still really the only organic distribution or free distribution that small businesses can get that I'm aware of," Sandberg says. However, Elliott warns that Facebook could change the design or utility of Pages at any moment. That means a company could spend time and energy building a Page, only for its efforts to become less valuable down the road. As for Facebook's future, the company is continuing to push its video product, noting that 800,000 small businesses posted videos in September 2014. The company is also experimenting with new presentation formats for Pages, such as showing dinner menus or items for purchase on restaurant and retailer's Pages. As long as users' eyeballs are glued to Facebook, advertisers large and small will be there too. "They've improved the creative formats and they've improved the forms of targeting that are available to marketers as well," Elliott says. "They still have a lot of room to grow on both counts."
Facebook gained 33% more advertisers over the past 6 months by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine February 24, 2015, 9:41 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Facebook said on Tuesday that its active advertisers rose to 2 million, a 33% increase from the 1.5 million it had in July 2014. The vast majority of the advertisers, defined as those that have placed an ad on the social media platform in the last 30 days, represent small- and medium-sized business owners. "Small business owners are really hard to reach and they are not tech savvy usually," Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, said in an interview. She added that 30 million small business owners have Facebook pages. Facebook FB also launched a mobile app for advertisers to use to manage their campaigns. Of Facebook's newly acquired advertisers in the 2014 fourth quarter, 80% started by paying for a promoted post. Facebook does not break out the actual number of small business advertisers versus big brands, but they tend to spend on average $5 to $50 a day. That compares to the millions spent annually by big companies. Sandberg said that the fastest areas of growth of small business advertising are in regions of Europe-Middle East-Africa and Asia Pacific. Getting more advertisers onto its platform is critical for Facebook as it tries to increase global share. Facebook's fourth-quarter revenue grew 49% to $3.85 billion from the same period a year ago, with mobile accounting for 69% of advertising revenue. Google GOOG is the worldwide leader in digital advertising market share, at 31.1%, according to estimates from research firm eMarketer. But Google's slice has shrunk slightly, down from 33.6% in 2013. Facebook, on the other hand, increased its share to 7.8% in 2014 from 5.8% in 2013, according to eMarketer. It is unknown how many advertisers Google currently has. In 2007, it said it was used by 1 million advertisers. Padraig Bracken, marketing manager at Y-Volution, a Dublin-based toy company that makes scooters for kids, said he plans to spend 60% of his digital marketing budget with Facebook this year. "Facebook is pushing a lot harder than Google," he said. "Google search is the king but it's getting more expensive." Kay Martinovic, who owns Kay's Designer Consignment in Ormond Beach, Florida, said that it is so easy to target potential customers that she trimmed her spend with the platform to $4,200 in 2014 from $9,000 in 2013.
How Megyn Kelly's husband, Sheryl Sandberg (and I) realized she's a big deal by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine January 23, 2015, 7:54 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor who is giving Bill O'Reilly and other TV news stalwarts a run for their money, is on the cover of this Sunday's New York Times Magazine. And the story about Kelly inside includes a telling anecdote about her husband, Doug Brunt, coming to recognize her meteoric power. Here's an excerpt: Brunt said the most stirring moment came in October, when Kelly was hosting her show from the oceanside in Dana Point, Calif., where she was attending Fortune magazine's Most Powerful Women Summit. Unexpectedly, an enormous crowd began to gather. "It was one of those moments when you see how big it has become," Brunt said. What happened inside the conference, which was a gathering of the most powerful women in business, was no less extraordinary. Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook FB , who wrote Lean In, was to interview Kelly on the main stage. Sandberg introduced Kelly with a clip from a celebrated Megyn moment from 2013, in which she challenged the conservative commentator Erick Erickson for saying that the national increase in female breadwinners ran counter to the biologically determined order. "Who died and made you scientist in chief?" Kelly asked him. The conference hall erupted in cheers, and Sandberg herself, who worked in the Clinton administration before her hiring at Facebook, audibly whooped. "I saw that on TV," she told the crowd, "and I just cold-called her and said 'I love you, you are awesome.' " I've come to know hundreds of successful women since Fortune launched Most Powerful Women in 1998, and it strikes me that Megyn Kelly is a certain type: She's one of those powerful women who sneak up on you. I remember the April day last year when Sandberg called me and said, "I know who I want to interview this year at your women's Summit." Who? (I expected her to say Hillary Clinton or some other boldface name.) "Megyn Kelly," she answered. I was silent. "Do you know who Megyn is?" Sandberg asked. I took a stab and said, "She's a TV news person." Sandberg laughed and told me that after seeing Kelly on air, she cold-called her and went on her show and became a fan, whatever their political differences. I'm embarrassed to tell you that I sternly told Sandberg that I doubt Kelly would be interesting enough for a main-stage Summit interview. Well, as soon as I called my colleagues—one living in Megyn Kelly heartland (South Carolina) and another, Fortune Washington editor Nina Easton, who regularly appears on Fox News—I was shaken out of my Anderson Cooper-centric New York bubble and told: "Welcome to the real world, Pattie." And I was one of the hundreds of women wowed last fall when Sandberg interviewed Kelly on stage. Kelly, 44, talked about how she quit a cushy job at a big corporate law firm to try TV journalism at a sliver of her old pay. Like Sandberg, who left a safe and lucrative job at Google GOOG to be No.2 to 23-year-old Mark Zuckerberg when Facebook was hardly a clear winner, Kelly took a heck of a career risk. I have no doubt that Sandberg "loves" Kelly in part because Kelly leaned in hard—and every night on The Kelly File, she leans in more by bucking convention. The on-stage Sandberg-Kelly conversation turned out to be one of the MPW Summit's highest-rated sessions, not only because these two successful women sync. They made us think about our own power and how to define it. There is positional power, the kind that most people embrace: They do the job they're supposed to do, not much more, and play it safe. The other type of power is personal power: You do the job you're supposed to do, and you add to it by defining success your own way. You lean in. And if you lean well, your power doesn't leave you when your job goes away. Personal power is harder to achieve (and trickier to recognize), but it is also easier to preserve. And more valuable than positional power can ever be. Kelly and Sandberg have personal power in spades. Enjoy their conversation at the Fortune MPW Summit. You get good career advice here, too.
The most talked-about speeches of 2014 by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine December 17, 2014, 8:33 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons They can be funny, or inspiring, or go straight for the heartstrings, but the one thing the year's best speeches have in common is that, once they turned up on YouTube, people around the world tuned in — and told their friends. For its annual list of the talks that got the most buzz, nonprofit public-speaking organization Toastmasters International looked at videos of hundreds of contenders and narrowed the field to these seven, in chronological order: 1. Accepting an Oscar Award for best actor, for his performance in "Dallas Buyers Club," Matthew McConaughey described the three things he needs each day: "Something to look up to, something to look forward to, and someone to chase." 2. Management theorist and author Simon Sinek, in a TED talk on what distinguishes mere managers from true leaders, said that a leader makes employees feel secure and draws them into a "circle of trust," creating a sense of safety, especially in uncertain economic times. 3. After winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, power forward Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, brought many in the audience (and himself) to tears while thanking his mother for being "the real MVP." 4. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, speaking to graduating seniors at her alma mater Harvard, at one point addressed the women in the Class of 2014: "The first time I spoke out about what it was like to be a woman in the workforce was less than five years ago. That means for 18 years, from where you sit to where I stand, my silence implied that everything was okay. You can do better than I did, and I mean that so sincerely." 5. Following a big loss in the Little League World Series, David Belisle, coach of a team of young players from Cumberland, R.I., gave a stirring post-game talk, telling his team, "You've given me the most precious moments of my athletic and coaching career." 6. For his story of personal growth, entitled "I See Something," Sri Lankan Dananjaya Hettiarachchi won Toastmasters' Championship of Public Speaking. He won out over 30,000 other contestants from 126 countries. 7. Two years after surviving a terrorist attack for advocating on behalf of girls' education in Pakistan, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize. In her acceptance speech, Yousafzai vowed to keep speaking out on the importance of education, saying children around the world "should stand up for their rights" and "not wait for someone else" to do it. Different as they are, says communications coach Dilip Abayasekara, each of these talks reflected the speaker's "passion, and a deep involvement with the topic." Himself twice a Toastmasters Championship finalist, Abayasekara adds, "Everyone has his or her own style, but humility, and a willingness to be vulnerable, always wins over an audience."
Will the COO role produce the next crop of female CEOs? by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine November 4, 2014, 12:47 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons What is it about the COO role in technology companies? It's long been a spot that has drawn prominent women—witness last week's news that Google's GOOG Claire Hughes Johnson—the veteran executive who was most recently vice president of Google [x], leading the high profile self-driving cars team—was leaving to become chief operating officer of payment startup Stripe. Late last year, Emily White, who had been director of business operations at Instagram, left to take the COO role at Snapchat. And of course, there is Sheryl Sandberg, who made her mark as, launched her Lean In message from, and still holds the position of COO at Facebook FB . Turns out there is a thing happening here (NPR called it the 'Sheryl Sandberg effect'). The list of women COOs in the tech world—typically but not always supporting male CEOs—is long. There's Varsha Rao, head of global operations at Airbnb. Sarah Friar, CFO and operations lead at Square. Pam Murphy at Infor. Sharon Feder at Mashable. Until recently, Beth Ferreira at Fab.com (and before that, VP of operations at Etsy). Some women COOs serve women CEOs: Tracey Weber at Gilt, Stacy Brown-Philpot at TaskRabbit, Alexandra Cavoulacos at The Muse. Beth Kaplan, former president of GNC, is both president and COO at Rent the Runway. What's the deal? Do young, brainy coder-founders need the wisdom of a grown up to help keep the shop together—and figure out a business model? If that's the case, why does it so often seem to fall on women to fill that role? One explanation may be that a man senior enough to take the role might not settle for a No. 2 (see "male, overconfident" in the aforementioned Sandberg book). It could be that there is a bit of a maternal aspect to the role—savvy, more seasoned women executives helping take the yearling techie through business adolescence, then into adulthood. Or it could be much more straightforward: that these women just have the right combination of business chops, operating experience and leadership—plus the confidence and willingness to cede the stage to someone else. The role is becoming more visible, especially in the tech industry. For the people who hold the spot, it's a plum C-suite job that comes with the opportunity to steer a company through a critical phase, be involved in every aspect of the business, and make a lasting mark. Often times, the COOs are the monetizers, arguably the most important executive role in today's environment where funding is frothy but profits often evasive. I also like to think the recent surge of women COOs at high profile tech cos (the majority of the above names took the roles in the past year) foretells something else: the slow, measured building of a healthy pipeline for future women CEOs. That's what happened a few weeks ago when Lisa Su, former COO of AMD AMD , was named the company's CEO (making her the 26th woman to run a Fortune 500 company). Sheryl Sandberg's next move is expected to be either a shift into politics or a transition into a CEO role. And the number one company on the Fortune 500 has a woman in a COO role: Gisel Ruiz is EVP and the COO of Walmart U.S. This is also probably a reflection of the same trend driving more and more women to the top Fortune 500 companies: women's broader ascension throughout the ranks of the business world, especially in the tech sector where the ratio has been imbalanced. Expect to see more of it. So much more, in fact, that I'm going to start building a list. These are good women for us to have our eye on. Who am I missing? Let me know at firstname.lastname@example.com. "From the MPW Co-chairs" is a series where the editors who oversee the Fortune Most Powerful Women brand share their insights about women leaders.
From Martha to Sheryl: how success for women has changed by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine October 28, 2014, 9:50 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Do you doubt for a second that women are moving up in the business world? If so, I have an assignment for you. Watch MAKERS: Women in Business, premiering at 9 p.m. EST tonight on PBS. This hour-long documentary is the latest product from an enterprising producer named Dyllan McGee, who began several years ago by asking Gloria Steinem to let her make a film about her. When Gloria said "No"—proclaiming that any documentary about the rise of women should not be only about her—McGee rerouted, persuaded AOL AOL CEO Tim Armstrong to fund a broader project, and created an ambitious online series of video interviews with leading women and a bunch of hour-long programs for TV. McGee should be featured in her own film about successful women in business. But back to my main point, which is that women leaders have made greater strides over the decades than you think. Glass ceilings be damned. Seriously. MAKERS: Women in Business, airing tonight, begins with a look at the three M's—which is my name for the trio of devil-may-care blond powerhouses who, back in the 1960s when big corporate jobs were open only to men, found success by going outside the system. Mary Wells Lawrence founded ad agency Wells Rich Greene and became the top woman in advertising. Martha Stewart started a catering company on her way to becoming a self-created global brand. Muriel Siebert was the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. I know Martha, but I never met Lawrence or Siebert, who were ahead of my time. It's the second part of MAKERS: Women in Business, which is about businesswomen in the 90s, where I can relate. And here you notice a very different type of female power emerging. MAKERS looks at Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard HPQ chief who was No. 1 on Fortune's first Most Powerful Women in Business list in 1998, and other MPW CEOs such as current HP chief Meg Whitman and Xerox XRX CEO Ursula Burns, who broke through the existing corporate infrastructure. You'll see me in the film. commenting about mid- 2006 when Kraft Foods KFT , ADM ADM and PepsiCo PEP all named women CEOs. This was "a moment" when women proved they could get ahead in the corporate world the same way men do. And yet, traditional business still doesn't—and I think won't ever—satisfy some of the smartest and most ambitious women. MAKERS shows former banker Sallie Krawcheck building her own firm, Ellevate, plus Spanx founder Sara Blakely, Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jenn Hyman, and of course Facebook FB COO Sheryl Sandberg, whose Lean In movement is her global entrepreneurial endeavor. You get the sense that today's female entrepreneurs have it a bit easier than Martha and Muriel and Mary Wells Lawrence did. "The great thing about this age is, women are allowed to have any ambition," says former Ogilvy & Mather WPPGY CEO Shelly Lazarus in the documentary. Lazarus has wonderful perspective, having been a pioneer (she was one of the first female grads of Columbia Business School) and also one of the stars I featured in my first-ever cover story about female bosses, "Women, Sex & Power" in 1996. "If you can dream it, you can do it," Lazarus says, closing the film on an inspiring note. At least for me, seeing how hard it used to be makes the ongoing struggle all the more worth it. "From the MPW Co-chairs" is a series where the editors who oversee the Fortune Most Powerful Women brand share their insights about women leaders.
Nasty Gal founder: 'A sense of entitlement is a healthy thing' by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine October 16, 2014, 7:40 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Sophia Amoruso's path to the executive suite was anything but traditional. That's exactly why the next generation of leaders is so eager to hear from her. After years of working odd jobs in record stores and shoe stores, Amoruso realized she was terrible at working for other people. She set out to change that, first selling vintage clothing on eBay. To her own surprise, she made $70,000 in sales her first year and saved most of it to start her own fashion retail site, Nasty Gal. Today, the fashion entrepreneur has grown her aversion to authority into a business that she says does $100 million in annual sales. Amoruso, 30, realizes that there aren't many leaders who followed the same steps she did. Yet she does share one characteristic with many in her generation: Entitlement. Moreover, she says she wouldn't be where she is today without it. "A sense of entitlement is a healthy thing and it is something I have like the rest of my generation," says Amoruso, who is No. 30 on our 40 Under 40 list. "But my entitlement came about with an understanding that it was me that was going to put me where I wanted to be." The pages of Amoruso's New York Times best-selling memoir, #GirlBoss, are filled with unconventional tips for success like this one. A college dropout who stole the first thing she ever sold online, she has no problem being candid about her past life hitchhiking, stealing and dumpster diving. The California native believes it's important to share a narrative that isn't filled with the same cookie cutter accomplishments and awards. While she values education and would like to go back to school eventually, Amoruso is catering to an entire group of young women who want someone other than Facebook FB COO and Lean In writer Sheryl Sandberg to look up to. "The businesswomen who are speaking to other women do have that pedigreed background for the most part and they make assumptions about young woman," says Amoruso. "But there is another set of girls and women who don't completely relate to that quite yet." In May, Amoruso fired back against Sandberg's "ban bossy" campaign to encourage girls to lead. "I think it's okay to call girls bossy," she told NYMag. Amoruso attributes the hunger from young women for a different message to the increased pressure Millennials feel to be successful. When her mother was growing up, finishing college was enough to make her grandparents proud, says Amoruso. But for her generation, college is just the beginning of a long road to achievement. For the Nasty Gal CEO, that road seems to be shifting under her feet every day. While her title as CEO has not changed for several years, she finds that her job is constantly different. She went from scavenging thrift stores for great items to sell to becoming a social media expert to having to get out the weeds and manage hundreds of employees. "Whether I like it or not, the company as it grows determines what my job is as the CEO. I have to constantly change the way that I work and the way that I'm wired and what I spend my time doing," she says. "The key is not finding out too late that my job has changed." Ultimately, Amoruso contributes her success to more than just entitlement. She has a pretty strong survival instinct that she says makes her comfortable enough to adapt alongside her business. But what does she still need to work on? Ironically, the candid CEO is remarkably shy and has a hard time introducing herself to her own employees. But putting herself out there inside the company is just another thing she needs to do to be proactive about her own success. "Entitlement is an ugly thing unless you can do something about it," she says. "Nobody likes a whiner." To subscribe to Caroline Fairchild's daily newsletter on the world's most powerful women, go to www.getbroadsheet.com
I never asked for a raise, and it paid off by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine October 14, 2014, 10:27 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons I've never asked for a raise. And as much as the flap over Microsoft MSFT CEO Satya Nadella's off-hand comment about women and pay ("It's not really about asking for a raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will give you the right raise.") fascinates me, I've felt the need to tear my hair out. Give the guy a break—because I think he may be right. Women, in particular, may blast me for saying this, but hear me out. I'm entering the fourth decade of my career at Fortune, and for much of that time I was underpaid. It was the price loyalty: I started out as a 24-year-old newbie and stayed loyal, while hotshot job-hoppers with big-money demands got recruited to come over and scored bigger paychecks than mine. "You really should talk to the higher-ups," a couple of close colleagues, including richly compensated guys, kindly said to me. I thanked them and ignored their advice. Why? Because I respected that budgets were tight, and better for the long-term value of my company—and my own career—if we hired the best people…and it'll all work out in the end. That's what I told myself. Actually, I cared little about money (ironic, working for Fortune), had enough to be happy (being unmarried without kids allows that), and secretly looked down on super-successful people who worked just for big bucks. (Lacking envy of Wall Street honchos, tech billionaires and other rich people is a distinct advantage for a business writer.) I refused to care about money. And it drove my friends crazy. Meanwhile, as a co-founder of Fortune Most Powerful Women in 1998, I started to notice that many female CEOs, including IBM's IBM Ginni Rometty, questioned their readiness for promotions at some stage, shied from career risk, and viewed success horizontally—they sought broad influence—vs. vertically climbing the ladder. Years before Facebook FB COO Sheryl Sandberg turned into the Oprah of career advice-giving, I wrote about women navigating their careers more warily than men. And early this year, when I innocently asked General Motors GM CEO Mary Barra if she ever asked for a raise, and she said "No," I felt fortified—the GM chief, my spiritual sister. Not that I didn't advocate for myself. I climbed the Fortune masthead, from reporter to writer to senior writer, while occasionally subverting the system. Once when I was offered a promotion from senior writer to editor at large (a cryptic title awarded to veteran writers), with no boost in pay and no new responsibilities; I turned it down. I told my boss that I thought the title was unnecessary. Call me stupid. I wanted to be rewarded for bona fide contributions. My big Lean In moment came two years ago when I went to my boss, then-Editor Andy Serwer, and told him that I wanted—seriously, I was dying to—take on broader work within Time Inc., Fortune's parent company. I told Andy that I'd keep supporting Fortune and Most Powerful Women, but I needed to do more. He backed me. And when I met with the top brass at the company, they asked for a job description. I wrote it, and I never mentioned money. I got what I asked for: a new position developing conferences and other live content not only for Fortune but other Time Inc. magazines as well. I also got what I didn't ask for: an increase in pay that was bigger than I ever would have expected. A lot more. Had I asked for a specific amount, I'd be earning less than I am today. I'm not sure what the lesson is, except not asking for a raise worked out well for me. Fortune Broadsheet writer Caroline Fairchild yesterday quoted Kellogg Professor Vicky Medvec, an expert on negotiating whom I've come to know well. "You never ask for more money," Medvec advises. "You ask for more of a package. As you go into a negotiation, you always make it about what you're achieving for the business. The compensation should be the caboose of the offer. It is just along for the ride." For me, my raise was a nice caboose. And the money came with a good ride. "From the MPW Co-chairs" is a daily series where the editors who oversee the Fortune Most Powerful Women brand share their insights about women leaders.
Megyn Kelly on power, Dr. Phil, and 'settling for more' by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine October 7, 2014, 7:53 PM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg thinks we ought to put the spotlight on powerful women more often. In her view, highlighting Megyn Kelly, the anchor of the Fox News show The Kelly File, is a good place to start. On Tuesday, the COO of Facebook FB and founder of the Lean In organization interviewed Kelly on stage at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, California. Sandberg became enamored with Kelly last year after the Fox news anchor aggressively shut down GOP talking heads Erick Erickson and Lou Dobbs for sexist comments they made about working moms. After watching the segment, "I just cold called her," Sandberg said. Since then, the Facebook executive has been constantly impressed by Kelly's unstereotypical demeanor on air. "We are uncomfortable with aggression in women." Sandberg told Kelly onstage. "We are uncomfortable with people who are forthright. The traditional way that women have anchored news is actually different that what you do. It is a little more eye-lash batting, a little flirtier, a little more demur, and you are not doing that. You are covering serious topics and you are doing it with strength and conviction." For her part, Kelly says when her male colleagues strongly push their guests on air, no one really gives it a second thought. But when Kelly has a particularly contentious interview, she is often described as shrill. But the anchor — whose show is now the second-most-watched cable news program — tries not to think about gender politics during work. "When I sit across that desk, it doesn't matter who is across from me," Kelly said. "I only have one master and that is my audience and I will serve that audience." Kelly came to journalism after about a decade of working as a trial lawyer. Despite a high-paying legal career and a marriage to an influential doctor, Kelly found she wasn't living the life she wanted. She eventually realized that some change was in order and she left the legal profession for journalism and divorced her first husband (turning him into, as she termed, her "wusband"). Her inspiration for change? "A brilliant man by the name of Dr. Phil," she said with a smile. "He said the only difference between you and someone you envy is you settled for less. It just spoke to me," she said. So Kelly decided to make her life philosophy "settle for more." Instead of wasting energy looking at people that she admired and women who "had it all," Kelly took risks and changed her life in the process. She likely wouldn't have had her big break, however, if it wasn't the help from another woman. A friend in her guitar class who worked as a freelance reporter helped Kelly get her first job on air. "In TV, a woman helping another woman, is not that common, but she did," Kelly told 400 prominent women (and a few brave men) in Fortune's audience."The sisterhood lives." To subscribe to Caroline Fairchild's daily newsletter on the world's most powerful women, go to www.getbroadsheet.com.
25 highest-paid women take a (miniature) pay cut by Victor Luckerson/Time @FortuneMagazine October 7, 2014, 5:55 AM EST E-mail Tweet Facebook Google Plus Linkedin Share icons The 25 highest-paid female executives brought home a little less in 2013. Well-known female powerhouse executives like Oracle's ORCL Safra Catz, Yahoo's YHOO Marissa Mayer, and Facebook's FB Sheryl Sandberg all drew smaller pay packages in 2013 compared to 2012, according to data provided to Fortune by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm. Median pay for the 25 highest-paid female executives at publicly traded companies edged down to $13.8 million last year from $14.7 million in 2012, according to Equilar. By comparison, median pay packages for the top 25 paid male executives grew to $44.1 million from $40.7 million in 2012. It's not all bad news for top paid women, though. While the data is too small to eke out trends for anyone outside the few female executives at the very top, pay for those top female executives has grown over the years, says Aaron Boyd, director of governance research at Equilar. Looking at a much broader swath of executives, female CEOs generally made 80% of male CEO salaries in 2013, according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research. Notably, the top paid female executive in 2013 was born a man. United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt made a whopping $38.2 million. Rothblatt underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1994 and told Fortune earlier this month she had benefited from male privilege earlier in her life. She also benefited from the FDA's approval of her company's pill to treat high blood pressure in the lungs, which doubled the company's stock price and quadrupled her pay package from a year earlier. United Therapeutics spokesman Michael Benkowitz said that Rothblatt's compensation is tied to the performance of the company and her pay formula hasn't changed since the company went public 15 years ago. "We think it's one of the purest performance-based compensation plans in the country," Benkowitz said. Over the years, the company's performance has translated into a less generous compensation for Rothblatt, with few or even zero stock option awards. No. 2 on the list, Oracle's co-CEO Safra Catz, saw her pay dip in 2013 to $37.7 million from $43.6 million a year earlier. It's not because of poor performance; Oracle trimmed stock options for all its executives in response to mounting criticism of its over-the-top pay packages. Oracle didn't return a request for comment. "We don't know what her pay is going to look like as CEO, but even at … $37 million as CFO, that puts her in the top 20 of all CEOs. And she's made the top 10 in the past," Boyd says. Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sandberg saw her pay drop by $10 million to a mere $16.1 million in 2013. But no need to fret, last year's pay package doesn't include the $300 million she's collected over the years selling Facebook shares after the company's 2012 initial public offering. Facebook declined to comment on Sandberg's pay. Marissa Mayer's earnings slipped just a bit in 2013, mostly because she's no longer a newbie on the job. CEOs tend to make more in their first year, thanks to lavish recruiting awards. But she has a decent shot at a pay hike if the company's share price continues its upward trend, now that Yahoo is $9 billion richer from selling its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba at its initial public offering. Yahoo didn't return a request for comment. One newcomer to the top female executives list is Cheniere Energy Senior Vice President for Marketing Meg A. Gentle, who made $21.7 million in 2013. 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If you did any of these things you'd be court-martialed and probably spend a few years in prison because you have violated rule number one.
Independent of the Prime Directive you might want to ask the Ba'ku first if they want your help. Or do you in general force people to do your bidding when you think you know what's best for them?
Actually, the only thing the rules allow you to do is to declare open season on them and allow them to be slaughtered by the S'ona while you sit back and watch. Since they thought they were a pre-warp civilization you're not even allowed to talk to them.
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Inside a rural estate, Casa Torre do Galo is a traditional stone cottage, located 5 Km from Viana do Castelo, in Santa Marta de Portuzelo. This small town is famous for its folklore, gastronomy and its local festivities that take place on the second week-end of August. Distance to beach: 6 Km. Porto is 70 Km distant, and to the spanish border is 50 Km.
This cottage is the result of restoration work of the old rural store rooms, preserving the original architecture. It comprises 3 bedrooms (1 double, 2 twins), electric heaters in the bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (shower, bidet, basin and WC), fully equipped kitchen, living and dining room, with sleeping couch, fireplace and TV, private garden under a vineyard, with BBQ and garden furniture, parking place, extensive shared gardens and a shared swimming pool.
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Situated at the mouth of the river Lima, Viana do Castelo was founded in the thirteenth century by D. Afonso III, king of Portugal, who, in an attempt to gain popular support, decided that this place should be destined exclusively for the use of the common people and declared that the nobility could not settle there. This fertile valley had already been much appreciated by the Romans, who reached here quite easily but then drew back, as, on encountering the River Lima, they thought that they had discovered the mythological River Lethe, known as the river of Oblivion, since anyone who crossed it would inevitably lose their memory.
Viana do Castelo gained in importance during the period of the great Maritime Discoveries (in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries) primarily as a shipyard and seaport, but also as a source of the crews that manned the ships setting sail to discover unknown lands.
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I feel like everybody is working against me, even people who I know care about me. Sometimes I feel like it's a big collaboration; a cruel experiment. I know that this isn't logical, but it doesn't stop me from noticing strange "coincidents". Sometimes I even feel like when I'm telling my best friend things about my day, he already knows. I'll notice what seems like people "tripping up" on what will suddenly feel like a scripted conversation or response. I've been feeling this way, on and off, for many years.
It doesn't make sense that all the people I know would collaborate to pick on me. I know that I am not that special. I know I shouldn't feel this way. But I do.
More than wanting to know 'why' I'm paranoid all the time, I want to know how to 'not' feel paranoid all the time.
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1795 days ago
usually the best way to be able to correct something is to first know what is wrong.
do you have any clues as to what may have made you feel this way?
Perhaps a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist might be able to help you work through this and develop coping mechanisms.
1795 days ago
I think what you're experiencing is just a natural thought-pattern. It's just that you're experiencing it a little more than other people.
What you can and should do is practice calming down. I'm talking about really calming down, and not entertaining the paranoid thoughts. If you see them and know they're BS, then start ignoring them and bringing yourself back to a calm space. Practice it over and over and you'll see that the paranoid thoughts will lose power, momentum, and then will reduce in frequency too.
2 other things you might want to explore: 1) martial arts classes and weightlifting. 2) check your posture and breathing. Whenever you notice it, make sure you're standing up straight and that your breathing is calm and steady. It'll help you tremendously. Don't overlook it.
I actually WOULDN'T go on an "fishing expedition" into your past to look for a trigger. It's good for some things, but imho, not for this.
1795 days ago
The problem you have described is typical of people suffering from obsessive thought-forms, a kind of a persistent thought-pattern which persists for as long as the victim chooses to believe and pay attention to it.
Edahn is right in saying that it is a natural thought-pattern. We all have illogical thoughts every now and then constantly bombarding us, but seldom do we pay so much attention to any one of these illogical thoughts that happen daily. The moment too much attention is paid to any single one of these illogical thoughts, then it might grow to become a kind of a reoccurring thought-pattern, and a mental habit of sorts.
The tricky part about such mental annoyances is that the more a person resists or "tries" very hard not to think about it, as long as deep down there is still some percentage of an emotional and thus illogical belief in it, be it partly or fully, then the more the problem will actually grow. But for your encouragement, the reverse is also true.
These obsessive thought-forms basically survives upon 2 elements:
1) The victim's constant attention and belief in it. Even if he/she resists it, attention is still being paid to it.
2) The making use of the victim's innate fear/easily excitable nature/hidden sense of self-importance (just an example) etc etc in order to prevent him/her from seeing a clearer picture. Being an essentially illogical thing, it basically can appeal only to the irrational feelings or fears of the victim, but never to the clear mental reasoning of the victim. Therefore in almost every case the person will emotionally "feel" strongly that it is true, but never for once "reason" clearly that it is true.
Then once the person is made to fully or partially believe in these obsessive thought-forms, in due course this person will be subjected to little inconveniences of an everyday nature, such as when you describe that:
"I know that this isn't logical, but it doesn't stop me from noticing strange "coincidents". Sometimes I even feel like when I'm telling my best friend things about my day, he already knows. I'll notice what seems like people "tripping up" on what will suddenly feel like a scripted conversation or response."
This occurs simply because you are now looking at the world through your newly created, obsessive beliefs, rather than through a clear, reasonable mind. Beliefs are like various kinds of spectacles we wear to see the world with: If you wear a red spectacles for example, of course the world will be seen in a complete red etc.
The solution is a simple matter of creating a new thinking habit in your mind. Here are a few examples:
1) A healthy skepticism of any feelings that tries to make you "feel" that something is true, no matter how irrational it may be.
2) An increasingly lack of attention being paid to your obsessive thought-forms, be it from a new-found disbelieve in it, or from sheer laziness and lack of interest to pay it anymore time and attention (lol).
3) By constantly thinking the opposite direction every time you start to think that everybody is working against you etc. For example, whenever you start to think: "Oh me God! Person A knows exactly what I am going to tell him/her...!" etc etc, then think of the opposite possibilities such as "but it is also possible that it is nothing but yet another irrational obsessive thought-pattern, trying to emotionally blackmail me into believing in it..." etc etc.
Now that you know these, you can of course think of your own examples on how to solve your obsessive thought-patterns. So good luck, and best wishes in whatever you do in life!
1795 days ago
Knowing that your paranoid is awesome, now that you know it, all you have to do is tell yourself, 'I'm just being paranoid' and immediately change your thought pattern. Thats my thought for the day.
1795 days ago
Nice post Vassy.
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Hahaha, I tried to think of one confession that would not be banal and everybody would give a fuck and you all are suckers.
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I'm not sure it's possible to have multiple orgasms that close together. At least not the first two.. That's barely 3 minutes.
pretty sure, can send you the video. It's very entertaining.
Of course she is joking.
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1) I don't get the "joke." Where is the punchline? 2) We believed her because it sounds like something she would do, based on her posts. That doesn't reflect well on her.
You mean like a crimefighting duo posing for press photos? That doesn't sound particularly exciting.
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Even much more frequently than Randy said. There are women so multi-orgasmic they have can have dozens of them in a 5-minute period. And then there are women that can have them every 30 seconds. And every minute. And every 3 minutes. And then there are those that have them never. Everyone is different.
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ProsNice interior, roomy for the size oif the car. Backseat fits a large toddler carseat well. Seats are comfortable, dash has an eassy-to-use layout. Good climate control. ConsMileage is terrible, transmission was replaced at 36,000, very rough ride, does not come with a spare tire.
Disappointed — I bought it from a rental company with 30,000 miles. I have driven it 6,000 and already had the transmission replaced and a software update after getting a P2096 error code. I bought this car for its relatively roomy interior, reliability, and gas milege. It is obviously NOT reliable, and the mileage is only 2 mpg better than I got on my 1999 Camry, about 25.5 mpg. In addition, the ride is so rough I had the suspension checked, but the dealer says it's OK. My car did not come with a spare tire, only that silly goo kit, so I told the salesman I wouldn't buy it without one. He purchased one out of his own pocket, but the manufacturer should provide it. I like the layout of the dashboard and the driver's seat fits my 4'10" height well. The child carseat attaches easily. I drive my toddler grandson about 200 miles/week, so that's important, but of course with a toddler I also need reliability. It handles relatively well, but not as well as my old Camry, and the acceleration is slow. It seems to have to "kick in", almost like a stick shift, even when the car is going at an already high speed. Braking is good,. Frankly, after owning this car for three months/6,000 miles, I would not purchase a Hyundai again. Primary Use: Family transportation
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ProsGREAT HANDLING , 35-38 MPG , DEPENDABLE WITH BEST WARRANTY & VERY SPACIOUS FOR CLASS OF CAR ConsI LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CAR !!
Great Value !! — l love the appearance but the handling is fantastic !! It feels much larger when you inside and I feel safe in it with all the current safety options that comes standard . This car was the perfect choice for me and my wife to commute back and forth to work as well as trips! Meets the overall gas mileage that we we're looking for as well as enough comfort !! Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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Proscolor, handling, tech. package, extended warranty Consnone so far
Great Price For All That You Get — Great price for an amazing car. I also purchased the extended, bumper- to-bumper warranty for an additional $1,200. Which is well worth it since I also purchased the tech. Package, and the extended warranty covers any defects with the tech. Package as well. Great color, inside and out. I got leather seats and it has heated seats in the front and back.Great ride with good pickup for a sedan. In would highly recommend it to anyone. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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Poor Fit — the fit on the dashboard is way off one side has 1/4 gap other inside is tight if I had seen this in the test drive would have passed on the car. But that's my fault .would had been nice if the salesman had pointed it out .Dream on. Primary Use: Family transportation |
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ProsI like the look of the car, its reliable and probably the lowest price. I bought it for $11,900 so ts a great value. ConsIt's not the fastest car on the block.
Reliable At A Low Price — I like the look of the car, its reliable, great gas mileage and probably the lowest price. It's a great value. But it's not the fastest car on the block. I prefer a hatchback for added utility but got a used sedan instead because of the price and availability. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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ProsI will write a review in 6 months as I have only 1,000 miles on it to date. 5/28/14 I know have 11,250 miles on the Elantra. Has performed very well. No issues - No repairs needed other than scheduled maintenance. ConsI will write a review in 6 months as I have only 1,000 miles on it to date.5/29/14. NONE
A Feature Rich Fun And Economical Ride — I will write a review in 6 months as I have only 1,000 miles on it to date. So far, it is exactly the car I expected. The quality of the interior/exterior and attention to detail to create the image and brand of the fluidic sculpture is exceptional. It is a very fun car to drive. It is a little "nervous" on moderate to severe bumps but the steering is very responsive. I have achieved 38-40 miles per gallon on our move to Florida. I consistently realize 28-32 mpg in stop and go traffic. Primary Use: Family transportation |
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Prosreliable, amazing fuel economy Consback seat to small for family
Excellent, Reliable Vehicle — Amazing, reliable, fantastic vehicle. Awesome in the rain, sleet, or snow, Never had any problems with this car whatsoever. Only problem is that my second child is on the way and i need something with a bigger back set, As i am now going to need room for two car seats and not just one. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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ProsOne of the top values on the road in the commuter car class, good looking, gets top safety ratings (important for a family man) and gets good MPG's. ConsNot overly exciting to drive but very functional
Great Practical Car — I've enjoyed the car and it's run perfectly with no problems. I average in the low 30's for MPG's. The car was a lease with a low payment and the low payment is a result of Hyundai's improved status in the automotive landscape and stronger resale value. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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ProsThis is a great commuter or long trip vehicle. It's comfortable and handles great on the highway, in the mountains and in town. Fuel economy improves with age. It's a great car! ConsHaven't experienced any.
Awsome! — I purchased this vehicle as a commuter car, and also took in on several long trips. The interior is laid out very nice, driver friendly and very comfortable. It's exterior is also very attractive, and I have received numerous compliments on it. I have found no negatives about this vehicle. I have been impressed with it since I rented one, then purchased one. This vehicle has exceeded my expectations, in all aspects. Primary Use: Commuting to work |
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Initial Review: First 50 Miles By Kenny
On friday I decided, after an exhausting search for a new car for the wifey, on a new 2014 Elantra Sport. My initial thoughts after the first 50 miles are that this is a car that can stick around i... Read More
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7 On A 10 Scale By readyfortheride
Great appearance, with good fit and finish. Hyundai has come a long way in the Elantra's design and appeal over the last four model years. The build quality on the vehicle is good; However, the qual... Read More
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The factory tires did not last long...had to replace at 30,000 and Hyundai reimbursed me half for a new set which was awesome! The only reason I bought a new car was because I wanted a convertible. ... Read More
Just Like A Woman, Looks Good, But Will Cost You! By februaryrose
I love my car, it is small, cute and sexy, I think I hate my dealership more than anything else. It handles good, good gas mileage, good ride for long distance, could be quieter. Tires that came with ... Read More
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This was my first brand new car and it's been buyers remorse every time I get into the car. At 45 miles, I drove it away from the dealership and 3 months later I tried to ask about interior noises and... Read More
Fuel Efficient, Safe, Reliable, Comfortable Ride By hondasabre
There's nothing I don't like about this car, except that I used to have a 2007 Elantra SE trim, (not a GLS) so I miss the sportier aluminum rims and the steering wheel audio controls. Its a great car ... Read More
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I've used this car strictly for work, it has been great and reliable. Having a manual transmission it has more power than I expected with a 4 cylinder engine, it handles well and is fun to drive. I h... Read More
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This has occurred both times I've attempted to complete Abandoned City on perfectionist mode, and was curious if they had patched/fixed this yet? Thanks --- Don't ever give up | |
I managed to do it without it glitching earlier, but I didn't get the check for No Kills even though I didn't kill anyone except at that very last moment as they don't give you a non-lethal weapon. --- Awww, isn't that cute? He thinks he can beat me! | |
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Bump... Have they fixed this? Or have they even addressed that the issue exists? --- Don't ever give up | |
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you don't have to restart the whole mission. you can just Reload at Checkpoint and it will be fixed... I know this because I spent two hours using 2 controllers to finish that level and I glitched at the last part. I thought I'd have to redo everything but it went okay after I reloaded at the checkpoint. Imagine I had to kill every enemy by myself and stop some of the drones more than twice. @_@ | |
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