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" Everybody in my family who had a job worked in the auto industry or something related to it. "

Stacy Brown-Philpot

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" I didn't know Penn was an Ivy League school - I didn't know what the Ivy League was. When I got in, they sent me the package, and the tuition was my mother's salary for a year. My mom said, 'We can't afford it.' So I went to the library and found several scholarships and grants and was able to cover 90 percent of my education that way. "

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" TaskRabbit is making life better for both consumers and Taskers. In the communities in which we operate, TaskRabbit provides strong economic impact. "

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" My dad owned Cadillacs all my life. "

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" I try to take moments to get brain food - I read, I listen to talk radio - and fill my own self with learning. "

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" You have to do what it takes to get what you want: I didn't sleep much in school because I worked a lot - you figure out how to make it happen. "

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" One goal for Silicon Valley must be to redouble our collective efforts to make sure people of all backgrounds are aware of opportunities in tech. "

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" The big problem is that a lot of Americans, whether they are underrepresented minorities or from rural areas, do not know about career opportunities in the tech industry because they may not have had role models who are part of this field or learned about STEM in school. "

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" I used to spend my time more on process than strategy. Now, I prioritize my time around strategy, people, and process. "

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" The way to connect to people is to relate to who they are and do something that stretches you outside of your comfort zone. "

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" In the future, when I come home, most of the things that I need to worry about are solved so I can spend time with my family. "

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" I don't think everyone wants to be a CEO. "

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" What we get to do at TaskRabbit is create jobs. I'm excited about the opportunity that we have to what I think of is creating everyday work for everyday people. "

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" I was surprised by the attention and visibility on me as a black woman CEO. I look forward to the day when this is the norm and not the exception. "

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" TaskRabbit is a safe and convenient way for you to hire someone to help you with your chores around the house. "

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" I have learned, as I get older, just to be who I am. "

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" The future of work is really about people deciding to live and work in the way that they want. "

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" I grew up in the city of Detroit, where a lot of people didn't have work opportunities, but they were good, hard-working people, including I had a single mom who took care of me and my brother. "

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" Our end goal is for TaskRabbit to be for everybody and everywhere and every device. "

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" I went to a special public school that was much more focused on academics and learning. My two best teachers were in accounting and calculus, so I fell in love with that, which made me want to go into business. "

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" When you walk into a room, and you're the only one of something - the only woman or the only African American - that immediate feeling of loneliness happens. "

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" I think that people need a livable wage. "

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" A lot of entrepreneurship is seeing the future in a way that no one else sees it. Then, it becomes about execution and doing what it takes to succeed. "

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" Undergrad, for me, in college was really about, you know, how do I become a professional. But business school, for me, was how do I become the person that I'm meant to be. "

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" Expanding internationally is exciting and fun, but the hardest part is really about maintaining culture. "

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" When I joined Google, it was 1,000 people. It took me two and a half years to look around and realize there weren't a lot of people like me. "

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" With Ikea Group ownership, TaskRabbit could realize even greater opportunities: increasing earning potential of Taskers and connecting consumers to a wide range of affordable services. "

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" There are lots of little brown girls out there who want to do something to change the world, and all I want to do is help them get there. "

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" We all have that long to-do list. "

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" I know what it's like to be afraid of the police. When you see a police officer, you don't immediately feel safe. You wonder what you've done wrong and what could happen to you. "

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