Life-Changing Advice From "Nerds" Who Made It Big

The Yahoo CEO and youngest woman to ever be included on Fortune's list of most powerful women in the world shared her advice on the power of collaboration and information to Illinois Institute of Technology in 2009:

"Be an information fountain . . . Power comes through sharing information. Tell everyone everything. The more valuable the better. Sharing leads to connections, connections lead to collaboration, collaboration leads to creativity and innovation. Creativity and innovation are what change the world."