My beloved father passed away just two months after I told him I was going to start a company. Whenever I make… — Eric Yuan Business Copy Share Image
I really didn't understand why hackers would want to hack into a classroom. Are they going to learn algebra? Maybe calculus? — Eric Yuan Classroom Copy Share Image
I experienced the year 2000 dot com crash and the 2008 financial crisis, and it almost wiped out the company. — Eric Yuan Business Copy Share Image
I never thought that overnight the whole world would be using Zoom. Unfortunately, we did not prepare well, mentally and strategy-wise. — Eric Yuan Never Copy Share Image
Distributed workforces are most likely to succeed if their culture is one that values and prioritizes face-to-face communications. — Eric Yuan Culture Copy Share Image
Coronavirus has completely changed how people think about where or how you should work. — Eric Yuan Changed Copy Share Image
If the world misunderstands us, then I don't blame others, it's our problem. — Eric Yuan Blame Copy Share Image
In 2007 WebEx was acquired by Cisco and I became Cisco's Corporate VP of engineering, in charge of collaboration software. — Eric Yuan Cisco Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to start a company, ever since I was very young. — Eric Yuan Always Copy Share Image
We take privacy very seriously and have privacy a policy and our intention is never to sell any customer data. — Eric Yuan Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
I came to Silicon Valley in 1997 and joined WebEx. At that time, WebEx was small, only 10 engineers and two co-founders. — Eric Yuan Entrepreneurship Copy Share Image
We are very committed to listening to our customers' feedback and making changes to deliver happiness to our users. — Eric Yuan Communication Copy Share Image
The first time I applied for a U.S. visa, I was rejected. I continued to apply again and again over the course… — Eric Yuan Again Copy Share Image
Company culture is my number one priority. It's more important than the team, the product, the business model, or the investors. All… — Eric Yuan Business Copy Share Image
There's a reason why Silicon Valley is the worldwide innovation center, or why this is the startup valley, because I truly believe… — Eric Yuan Believe Copy Share Image
Zoom does not focus on revenue goals, but rather we have confidence that focusing on the happiness of existing customers and our… — Eric Yuan Confidence Copy Share Image
My journey with Zoom began with a desire for the independence to build something that would make users happy, a true video-first… — Eric Yuan Desire Copy Share Image
Before I came to Silicon Valley I was in Beijing, China and I was twenty-seven. When I saw the Internet, I immediately… — Eric Yuan Change Copy Share Image
I think many businesses will allow their employees to work from home. The main challenge here is how to make sure Zoom… — Eric Yuan Better Copy Share Image
We really don't look at our competitors. The market is big. If you focus too much on competitors, you can lose focus… — Eric Yuan Big Copy Share Image
If you see your company culture as a family, you don't want to fire someone just because their short-term performance is not… — Eric Yuan Business Copy Share Image
I told our employees several times, 'Let's focus on the end user, let's focus on committing to society, and focus on the… — Eric Yuan Corporate social responsibility Copy Share Image
If we're interviewing someone and they really care about having a certain title, I usually think, 'Let's hire someone else.' You want… — Eric Yuan Believe Copy Share Image
Numerous studies show that people derive more personal satisfaction and are more productive when they engage at a deeper level. In the… — Eric Yuan Live Copy Share Image
Empathy, humanity and support for each other is more important than revenue, than growth. — Eric Yuan Empathy Copy Share Image
I don't mind working long hours, because I enjoy doing that. The way to make myself happy is to work long hours. — Eric Yuan Enjoy Copy Share Image
I tell myself, every morning when I wake up, two things. Don't let the world down. Don't let our users down. — Eric Yuan Every morning Copy Share Image
I hope that with video conferencing like Zoom everyone can spend time with family. — Eric Yuan End time Copy Share Image
Millennials grew up realizing that they can get the job done without having to go to the office. — Eric Yuan Done Copy Share Image
During the time of Webex growing from $0 to greater than $700M, the company was sold to Cisco. The Webex team lost… — Eric Yuan Business Copy Share Image
