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Ursula Burns seems like a good choice, John Thain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thain) not so much...

by kartD 9y ago

Fricken 9y ago
I wasn't too familiar with Ursula Burns, so I just watched a Charlie Rose interview with her. I like her: https://charlierose.com/videos/29786 https://charlierose.com/videos/29786
- cft 9y ago
  I think last time I saw a Xerox product was about 2009, around the time she became the CEO.
  - rockinghigh 9y ago
    They are still in the printer and scanner business. $10B of revenue last year.
    - KGIII 9y ago
      Printing is not cheap. I haven't seen business costs associated with printing since probably 15 years ago, so this is out of date. We used to lease most of our equipment from the same company that did our supplies and repairs, they'd also upgrade us on a regular basis. When I last saw the numbers, our lease was right about the $12,000 a month mark. At the time, that was something I noticed because it was more than I made per month - and I owned the company. I suspect the prices haven't gone down much. Granted, we printed a lot - but I suspect Xerox is going to be around for quite a while longer.
    - tonyedgecombe 9y ago
      $11B in 2015, like most in the industry hardware sales have been declining for some time.
  - bertil 9y ago
    My understanding from friends who worked there is that Xerox wants to sell services, not products, or to paraphrase: be the leader in the servicing industry. It sounded mostly like having processes to externalise anything.
- dennisgorelik 9y ago
  She is one of "eKsetera" people (as opposing to the ones who pay enough attention to detail to pronounce "et cetera" right). 01:13, 03:18, 03:37, 14:30, ... https://charlierose.com/videos/29786 https://charlierose.com/videos/29786
  - kuschku 9y ago
    > pronounce "et cetera" right No one pronounces it "right", almost everyone uses the fake-french pronunciation "e cetera" instead of "at ketera" (which is how the latin original would be pronounced)
- ZeroCool2u 9y ago
  Ursula gave an in person interview at the NY Fed this summer while I was interning there. She was fantastic. Honestly, she's one of the first people that I would volunteer on a political campaign for.
meddlepal 9y ago
This isn't about best choice for Uber. This is about best choice for Travis and maybe Uber. You put your buddies in board seats.

Ursula Burns seems like a good choice, John Thain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thain) not so much...

by kartD 9y ago

Ursula Burns seems like a good choice, John Thain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thain) not so much...

Fricken 9y ago

I wasn't too familiar with Ursula Burns, so I just watched a Charlie Rose interview with her. I like her: https://charlierose.com/videos/29786 https://charlierose.com/videos/29786

cft 9y ago
I think last time I saw a Xerox product was about 2009, around the time she became the CEO.
- rockinghigh 9y ago
  They are still in the printer and scanner business. $10B of revenue last year.
  - KGIII 9y ago
    Printing is not cheap. I haven't seen business costs associated with printing since probably 15 years ago, so this is out of date. We used to lease most of our equipment from the same company that did our supplies and repairs, they'd also upgrade us on a regular basis. When I last saw the numbers, our lease was right about the $12,000 a month mark. At the time, that was something I noticed because it was more than I made per month - and I owned the company. I suspect the prices haven't gone down much. Granted, we printed a lot - but I suspect Xerox is going to be around for quite a while longer.
  - tonyedgecombe 9y ago
    $11B in 2015, like most in the industry hardware sales have been declining for some time.
- bertil 9y ago
  My understanding from friends who worked there is that Xerox wants to sell services, not products, or to paraphrase: be the leader in the servicing industry. It sounded mostly like having processes to externalise anything.
dennisgorelik 9y ago
She is one of "eKsetera" people (as opposing to the ones who pay enough attention to detail to pronounce "et cetera" right). 01:13, 03:18, 03:37, 14:30, ... https://charlierose.com/videos/29786 https://charlierose.com/videos/29786
- kuschku 9y ago
  > pronounce "et cetera" right No one pronounces it "right", almost everyone uses the fake-french pronunciation "e cetera" instead of "at ketera" (which is how the latin original would be pronounced)
ZeroCool2u 9y ago
Ursula gave an in person interview at the NY Fed this summer while I was interning there. She was fantastic. Honestly, she's one of the first people that I would volunteer on a political campaign for.

meddlepal 9y ago

This isn't about best choice for Uber. This is about best choice for Travis and maybe Uber. You put your buddies in board seats.