and not only learning how to become a ceo, but acquiring partners like sheryl sandberg and others- > and he hung out with people who were successful and learned from them. > > steve jobs, bill gates. his friends, when he first said, "i want to go meet bill gates," said, "are you crazy?" he comes back a couple months later, said, "well, i met him." "who?" "bill gates." i think he was really smart in bringing in a board of advisers that is sharp about business, something that he doesn't have, a knowledge he doesn't have, and then bringing in additional partners and employees that allowed him to see the bigger picture. > what is it that's so brilliant about him and these five secrets, and are they really secrets? > > i think a lot of it is very common sense. however, that said, you don't see a lot of businesses still decades later after we talk about passion and purpose and people and creating excellent product and partnerships, you still don't see that many businesses really executing those very well, so that's why we chose to call them secrets. > they a lot of times pay lip service, a

and their role in the global economy the i have chief chief christine will guard and facebook's sheryl sandberg they're all showcasing women's increasing role in global business a bit also of course talking about the challenges that they're facing the organizers this year proudly claim that there are four hundred women here at the forum but actually if you think about it that's less than twenty percent of the participants according to the guardian most big companies have a quota foot out of those they have to send at least one woman. who are men of less . many of these and how bunnies you wiggle out of it will hold the saviour's probably do it by simply sending for people to the forms all of them men period so the gender equation here is actually eighteen to four in men's favor all of us like that makes the form just as male dominated this year as it was a las year than the previous years but it's pretty hard to even out the gender balance here when in fortune five hundred companies only eight percent of the top tier decision makers are women we asked the forms for to suspense if it bothers the

tavis: you have sheryl sandberg at facebook with her point of view. this thing has just been back and forth all summer. now you got ann romney on one side. >> i feel like i'm a really good example of having it, having it most. i mean, it sounds very showy to me and very sort of pompous to say i have it all. but the fact is, my kids are intact so far, my husband and i have been married forever. in fact, my kids, i mean, i look at them in awe. they're so much further along emotionally than i was when i was when i was 40 and they're in their 20s. i mean, i look at them like who are you? there's no question that i've made choices. you know, when the kids were younger, i turned down a lot of things, but, yeah. tavis: so i like kevin bacon a lot and i assume you do too. >> i do too. tavis: he's been on this show before. please tell him i said hello. >> i will. tavis: he's sat in that very chair on occasion. >> i will. tavis: i'm only raising this because you raised it. i can just tell, reading interviews that you have given, that you are so over being asked

a provocative answer comes from sheryl sandberg the chief operating officer of facebook, the gender gapvinism to corporate obstacles but also in part to pem who don't aggressively pursue opportunities. is sandberg blaming the victim? i don't think so. but i also don't want to relax the pressure on employers to do a much better job of recruiting and promoting women." i talked with her from my book, "knowing your value," which addresses this, and you know, she says women don't raise their hand. they don't ask questions in great groups. there's tons of different ways that we don't step up and lean in, which i believe is the title of her book and get in there and stay in there. is that a fair argument, do you think? >> i think that there is a certain point in that there's a valid point. part of it is yes, women will lean in, they will push in, but then they don't like being excluded because maybe a male-dominated environment thinks that they're too pushy. >> right. >> and that they're trying to force their way into a situation, so they will back up. and in my career, i've seen that happen.

marsha blackburn joining us who wrote a book on that issue discussing sheryl sandberg and women in theve a book to go at whenever i have down time, and i read actual books. i got started early, and i can't switch to the kindle. i have one, but my preference is for a real, turn the page book. here's my take on barnes barnes& noble. they'll close 20 stores a year for the next decade. one-third of the stores will go away. i'll miss them. the days of the megabookstores really are ending. the small neighborhood store is long gone. i miss them too. my local, used to have a table right as you came in the doors with the staff's picks. they knew the customers and what they would like and laid it out for you. it was not a chore, but i looked forward to it, flat out, i did. you cannot fight economic reality. the sale of actual books, the print version dropped 9% last year. barnes & noble store revenue dropped 11%. the down loaded e-book is the new guy on the block and winning. i'm not fighting it, but i'm not going to switch. i welcome advances in the market place, and e-book is an advance. if yo

handset, i do think it likely has something to do with mobile, considering mark zuckerberg and sheryl sandberg'sect zuckerberg to take the stage here today and i anticipate i will unveil a new product, something that will impact experience rather than a back end change like a new ad system. so what can it be? an app like mobile video chat or something like a new app store, a new mobile time line or a job board? rbc capital markets speculates that it could be a social search engines. facebook's mystery announcement comes on the heels of a slew of positive analyst reports. just yesterday, facebook was upgraded from hold to buy and oppenheimer raised its earnings outlook and price target. piper jaffray says the price holds back because the announcement today turns out not to be a major one he sees that as a buying opportunity for facebook. i'll be inside the event which starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern here today. facebook is not livestreaming the event as they have other events and they're not letting in broadcast cameras. but i will be inside and i will bring you all the headlines. back over to you. >