| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 10, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
James Love Barksdale BORN January 24, 1943, Jackson, Miss. EDUCATION B.A., University of Mississippi, 1965. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS In 1980, joined Federal Express and developed its breakthrough customer-service and package-tracking systems. Named COO in '83. Next stop: McCaw Cellular, where, in '92, he became president and COO. Three years later, Barksdale became CEO of Netscape Communications. Now an investor, he offers guidance to entrepreneurs. ADVICE TO ENTREPRENEURS ''Shoot for the moon. Don't waste your time on little ideas.'' BARKSDALE-ISMS ON DECISION-MAKING ''If you see a snake, kill it.'' (Make decisions quickly.) ''Don't play with dead snakes.'' (Don't rehash old debates.) ''Don't forget that great opportunities look like snakes at first.'' (Turn a problem into a new business venture.) HEROINE His mother, who spent years in a wheelchair because of arthritis. ''You never heard her complain, even though she was in constant pain,'' he says. FAMILY Wife Sally and three children: Susan runs a bed & breakfast in Oxford, Miss., Betsy is a new mother, and David is a junior at Tulane University. POLITICS Supports Texas Governor George W. Bush for President. Co-founded TechNet, an organization of high-tech execs advocating improved public education and securities-litigation reform. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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