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Meg Whitman to Step Down as HPE CEO

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184 points praneshp | 4 comments | 21 Nov 17 21:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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himom ◴[21 Nov 17 22:35 UTC] No.15752263[source]▶
She was an MBB consultant turned manager turned startup CEO one-hit wonder. Although I do remember seeing the “supercar showroom” parking lot on the west side of Grelands Drive around the corner from where I lived everyday as one bookend of the dot-com era. To her credit she incubated the PayPal mafia and inflicted Teletubbies on America.
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1. goialoq ◴[22 Nov 17 00:59 UTC] No.15753266[source]▶
You say that like you are insulting her, but to most people in the world, "MBB(?) consultant turned manager turned startup CEO one-hit wonder." would be the best thing that happened to their life. Your description is someone who is very good at running businesses.
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2. ves ◴[22 Nov 17 02:31 UTC] No.15753732[source]▶
MBB meaning McKinsey, Bain, and BCG, the Big Three of consulting.
3. rdlecler1 ◴[22 Nov 17 04:17 UTC] No.15754188[source]▶
She may be smart and a great communicator, but eBay was a rocket ship and is a shadow of what it could have been and there was no turn around story at HP. MBB folks are often perceived as the smartest people in the room, but their ability to see around corners and to be an entrepreneur —- that I’m not sure she demonstrated.
4. wutangson1 ◴[22 Nov 17 06:11 UTC] No.15754687[source]▶
So, her foray into China with eBay was a case study of 'how-to" or 'how not to' expand into a new market? #CrocodileInTheYangtze