Health care missed the PC and Internet revolutions, but it can't afford to miss the cloud and mobile revolution.

The Mac defined personal technology, and the iPhone defines intimate technology as a convergence of communications, content and location.

The news of my pregnancy spread like a forest fire in summer

I wanted to be an industrial designer, so I went to business school for that, and I then went on to marketing at Interpublic Group of Companies, which was one of the first organizations to actually think about brand marketing. I worked on Coca Cola's account, and then I was recruited by Pepsi, and I ended up being Pepsi's first MBA. I was called the High Wire Act because I was in my 20s and I was given jobs of increasing responsibility that I was totally unqualified for.

What makes Steve [Jobs'] methodology different from everyone else's is that he always believed the most important decisions you make are not the things you do, but the things you decide not to do. He's a minimalist.

Insatiable curiosity is infectious to everyone around you. We live in an era today where we can get the answers for everything. In my generation, going to school meant learning the answers. Today, education should be more about knowing what the right questions are. The answers come for free.

Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.