A biography for Bozoma Saint Johnhasn’t been written yet.
“I was born in Middletown, Connecticut, while my dad was getting his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology and anthropology at Wesleyan University.”
“I've broken through many walls and glass ceilings.”
“I've worked hard for my life. No one gave me anything.”
“You gotta go with your gut. It will never steer you wrong.”
“It's very personal to me and doesn't work for everybody, but what I have found in my experience is that when I make pro and con lists, it's usually because I am trying to talk myself out of a good idea or talk myself into a really bad one.”
“It's our job as marketers and brand professionals to nurture the brand and calm it down when it's angry and to encourage when it's trying to grow.”
“I think women have a unique talent for being able to see the forest and the trees at the same time.”
“My job is about emotion. My job is about feeling. This might be controversial to say, but I feel like sometimes data gets in the way of that.”
“I've never run from a job; I've always run to another one.”
“I'm such a brand nerd.”
“Bringing your whole self to work is the mantra for me as I sit in my office and do the work, and it's also the mantra as I look out at the community that I'm trying to brand for Uber.”
“The adage is true: Walk a mile in my shoes - or drive a mile in my car. There is nothing quite like sitting in the seat yourself.”
“Working at Uber, I see opportunity and potential.”
“Obviously, as a marketer, I love to work with brands that aren't static, that have life and personality.”
“As a first-generation American, my parents expected that I would go on to have pretty tactical higher-education-type jobs - doctor, lawyer, engineer. Those were the three options. My dad was not at all open to the idea that there would not be a higher education in my future.”
“Marketers sometimes get caught in this lie that you must talk to people only in the voice that they recognize.”
“My family moved a lot, so I was always walking in as the new kid.”
“Instagram is a blessing - I love to post about everything I'm doing. The explore page is magical.”
“I bite my nails.”
“I'm always trying to do things better than I've done them before, do them faster than I've done them before.”