All Quotes

"At that point I realized what was expected of me, and frankly I was ready walk out of there straight away."

"We’d met and we had a couple of dates sans sex and there was some chemistry and we were getting along quite well, so finally the big night arrived."

"I was at his apartment in Manhattan and he broke out some cocaine and we drank some champagne, and we were groping a bit on the couch in the living room and he said “Let’s move this into my bedroom”."

"If it’s a performance you want, it’s a performance you’ll get."

"It offends me deeply."

"I despise the Vegas meets Disneyland hell-hole that it’s become."

"I miss seeing a hooker or a guy taking a leak in a doorway somewhere."

"Where’s the element of danger and funkiness that generated so much excitement?”"

"This could turn into a real test of free speech under the First Amendment."

"If it come to that, frankly, I don’t see us losing."

"Get it out of my system."

"I said the whole point of the women’s movement is for women to choose whatever they want to do."

"I was somewhat taken aback as I was easily ten years older than almost every other woman."

"I was 35 when I got into this business and the prospect of becoming a so-called sex symbol at this stage was."

"I was raising a child at the time."

"I don’t think I would have changed anything about how we raised money."

"I think I’d rather own a small part of a big pie than a big part of a small pie."

"Our aim as a business is to solve payments and bring financial services to the mass market in Nigeria."

"It will take a lot of investment to get to that vision. I wouldn’t be surprised if over the lifetime of Paga, we invest over $100 million — we are well on our way to that."

"The first person I actually hired on to Paga in the early days left and that was a very painful experience for me at the time"

"My personal mission is to help change the face of Nigeria and Africa at large, by helping to bring ideas to life"

"Single largest network of financial access points in Nigeria."

"70% of Nigerian adults” who don’t have bank accounts."

"We want to help individuals pay and get paid."

"We do not care if you are banked or unbanked."

"Accountability shouldn't be a surprise, it should be a part of your business's core values, anyone who wants to work with you should know that you are responsible."

"I go by stephlin, steph or “yoooo.” I’m currently finishing up my senior year in Course 7 which is awesome."

"With a minor in Applied International Studies and concentration in Spanish."

"I was a beekeeper and researcher for a summer in high school."

"I really love parentheses and tend to write and talk too much."

"I wanted to be a physician but also wanted to study the humanities side of medicine before jumping from Biology at MIT to Physiology in medical school."

"I eventually want to work in public health and infectious disease."

"Oxford has some really interesting programs and a very different style of learning from the US"

"I thought this would be a great opportunity to gain a different perspective and meet awesome people. *Over the summer as I was filling out medical school applications."

"I was also working on and then I flew to California."

"The actual interviews take place on Saturday, but all Finalists attend the cocktail party on Friday night in order to meet each other and the interviewers."

"I thought it would be terrifying the bios of the previous Scholars online are absolutely amazing and intimidating."

"The short 14 day notice period for AGM convocations is outdated and lags far behind global standards."

"The global best practice is 28 days, which allows shareholders particularly foreign investors adequate time to review materials and engage meaningfully."

"Korea’s current timeline significantly undermines shareholder participation."

"The biggest challenge for foreign investors is the procedural and physical barriers to participation in general shareholders' meetings."

"These include the short notice period, the lack of English-language materials, and the complex documentation required for attendance."

"The short notice period, in particular, leaves foreign investors with little time to review documents."

"Review is limited to three to five days prior to the general meeting, and in some cases, they've been given as little as half a day."

"Major countries like the US and Australia transparently disclose director and executive compensation down to the individual level."

"The US details salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and other benefits"

"CEO compensation ratios and performance-linked structures."

"Australia requires companies to submit compensation reports at general shareholder meetings and stipulates key executive compensation and decision-making principles in its laws."

"It's common practice globally to explicitly include a question and answer session in the general meeting agenda."

"This ensures shareholders have the opportunity to interact with the board and management."