Businesswoman

Women are thought to be more social, more interested in relationships and connections, better at multi-tasking.

Super early-stage companies have a village that form around them for support.

When I go visit my mom in the retirement community where my parents live, she has a bunch of friends, and she will say, 'These neighbors I play bridge with have a son with an idea,' and it goes from there.

I am committed to ensuring San Francisco remains a center for tech and the innovation capital of the world.

There are so many people who try so hard and have such big dreams, and it doesn't happen for them.

I appreciate the sacrifices my dad made. I went to a great public high school.

I really have become very interested at working with and helping entrepreneurs at the early stages of their growth.

I think it's embarrassing for our industry that we have such low diversity across senior-level management at all of the mainstream, top-tier venture capital firms.

There needs to be more deliberate effort on the part of folks at VC firms to bring in a more diverse team of talent. You have to make a more concerted effort to bring in people who are different and who may not be in your network.

Male founders who come across as Type B are more likely to get the benefit of the doubt.

It's awesome that you have a female CFO and a female GC, but if you look at the investing partners, and it's 15 dudes, I do think those people are going to get left behind if they don't get with where the world is going.

Spend the first six to 12 months building a great product or service that people love, rather than chasing investors. When the time comes to engage investors, you will be meeting them from a position of strength. This makes all the difference.

In the future, the best retail sites will know you much better and show you things that are much more relevant.

Immigrants play a huge role in the founding and value creation of today's tech companies. We wonder how much more value could be created if it were easier to get a work visa.

I played with different words like 'home run,' 'megahit,' and they just all sounded kind of 'blah.' So I put in 'unicorn' because they are - these are very rare companies in the sense that there are thousands of startups in tech every year, and only a handful will wind up becoming a unicorn company. They're really rare.

Comscore, Nielsen, MediaMetrix and Quantcast studies all show women are the driving force of the most important net trend of the decade, the social web.

I grew up in New Jersey and played sports and rode my bike around. It was a really nice time - kids didn't have cellphones then - and you knew everyone in the town.

Especially when it comes to social and shopping, women rule the Internet.

We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more convenient, more personalized.

I think there are many things that we can do today to make it a better work environment that is more supportive and encouraging of diversity.