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Maynard G. Webb Jr. (born 1955) is an American author and is the best-selling author of Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship, a long-time technology executive and angel investor, a board member of Salesforce.com, VISA, Everwise and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Yahoo!. Webb founded Webb Investment Network in 2010 and is the former CEO of LiveOps and former COO of eBay.

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I know the rewards of focusing on innovation and outcomes as opposed to hours. I've been fortunate to work with brilliant entrepreneurs who didn't have years of experience, and yet they changed the world.

Changed, Entrepreneur, Fortunate, Innovation, Opposed, Years

I used to pride myself on being the first in the office in the morning and one of the last to leave at night. Now, that's so dated: It's not about effort, it's about outcomes.

Dated, Morning, Night, Pride, Used

In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.

Facebook, Google, Lots, Opportunity, Talking

The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.

Knowing, Next Day, People, Satisfied

Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.

Growing, Independent, Long, Quality, Rapidly

As a technologist, I'm obsessed with searching for the next killer app.

App, Killers, Next, Obsessed, Searching, Technologist

By the time I got to be director of product management at Thomas-Conrad, I was in a better negotiating position, as I had accumulated more accomplishments and gained a reputation for having a great work ethic.

Accomplishment, Accomplishments, Accumulated, Director, Directors, Work Ethic

All companies can benefit from fostering a more flexible environment (creating a place where the most talented, industrious, and entrepreneurial people want to work) and relinquishing hierarchical control to favor a results-oriented meritocracy.

Benefit, Benefits, Creating, Entrepreneurial, Industrious, People

Every day I am inspired by what's possible.

Day, Inspired, Possible

Flexibility has become a modern day value that everyone wants. But flexibility comes with a cost.

Cost, Modern, Value, Want

I am thoroughly enjoying spending the majority of my time with entrepreneurs. I find that their enthusiasm, dedication, willingness to take huge risks and desire to make a dramatic impact quite inspiring.

Dedication, Enjoying, Entrepreneur, Huge, Impact, Willingness

If you are willing to dream and then work hard and execute well, you can achieve more than you ever imagined.

Achieve, Dream, Hard, Hard Work, Willing

I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.

Jobs, Men, Resume, Silicon, Take, Years

It makes common sense to be managed by results and it's freeing to know you are in control of your own destiny. I'm so passionate about this because I have seen how merit-based judgment has helped create individual successes and yield a better system for everyone.

Common Sense, Control, Destiny, Managed, System, Yield

There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.

Jobs, Lots, Meaningful, Talent, Work

There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.

Accomplish, Game, Giving Up, Hard Work, Zero

It's fantastic that the world is becoming more open to different ways of working, but we still have a long way to go in terms of changing perceptions.

Different, Fantastic, Long, Perception, Ways, World

The notions of going to work, putting in set hours, and getting 'face time' are increasingly antiquated ideas. Because of technology we have entered a modern era of work where we can work from wherever we want, whenever we want and we can be more productive and make greater contributions than ever before.

Ideas, Modern, Notions, Technology, Want, Wherever

I love using the latest technologies to make life more efficient, but I don't want to advocate that technology replaces the need to get together and enjoy human connections with people.

Efficient, Enjoy, People, Technology, Together