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" History suggests the 2010s will give rise to a super-unicorn or two that reflect the key tech wave of the decade, the mobile web. "
Aileen Lee
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" Each major wave of technology innovation has given rise to one or more super-unicorns - companies that could change your life to work at or invest in if you're not lucky/genius enough to be a co-founder. "
Aileen Lee
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Life
" Why do investors seem to care about 'billion dollar exits?' Historically, top venture funds have driven returns from their ownership in just a few companies in a given fund of many companies. "
Aileen Lee
Why
Care
Top
" If you're looking to grow your user base, is there a best way to cost-effectively attract valuable users? I'm increasingly convinced the best way is by harnessing a concept called social proof, a relatively untapped gold mine in the age of the social web. "
Aileen Lee
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Gold
" Starting a company and being a founder is really hard, and most companies fail. You really have to have a deep commitment and belief in it and be willing to see it through many ups and downs. "
Aileen Lee
Ups And Downs
Deep
You
" The world is diverse, and having a professional team that mirrors the world is going to be more helpful for us. "
Aileen Lee
Team
World
Professional
" There's an opportunity to make your board - and your company - smarter by adding diversity, especially of gender. "
Aileen Lee
Gender
Company
Diversity
" Female users are the unsung heroines behind the most engaging, fastest growing, and most valuable consumer Internet and e-commerce companies. "
Aileen Lee
Growing
Behind
Internet
" Many entrepreneurs, and the venture investors who back them, seek to build billion-dollar companies. "
Aileen Lee
Venture
Seek
Many
" I did not grow up thinking that I wanted to be an engineer. I had read some articles about girls becoming increasingly scientifically illiterate and that girls lacked confidence in their capabilities when it came to quantitative skills. And I just thought that was kind of wrong. "
Aileen Lee
Confidence
Grow
Thinking
" Especially when it comes to social and shopping, women rule the Internet. "
Aileen Lee
Rule
Women
Social
" When I was growing up, I had lots of smart classmates that were girls, but none of us were really pushed into math or computers or anything like that. Girls took AP history and AP English and AP European history. And boys took calculus and physics. "
Aileen Lee
Growing Up
History
Smart
" Consider the social proof of a line of people standing behind a velvet rope, waiting to get into a club. The line makes most people walking by want to find out what's worth the wait. The digital equivalent of the velvet rope helped build viral growth for initially invite-only launches like Gmail, Gilt Groupe, Spotify, and Turntable.fm. "
Aileen Lee
Growth
People
Walking
" Some investors may grumble about entrepreneurs wanting 'unicorn valuations.' But let's be honest: most investors want them, too, and are supporting the massive capitalization of these companies. "
Aileen Lee
Some
May
Wanting
" You have to get under the hood and spend some quality time with someone to understand what they're really good at. "
Aileen Lee
Quality
Time
You
" When companies are private, founders can share more about their future dreams with investors; report less; and the shares are illiquid, constraining short-term changes in valuation. "
Aileen Lee
Share
Changes
More
" Seed stage is an investment area that is really important for early stage startups. It feels like there is a need for trusted, experienced people to work with and to guide startups at this level. "
Aileen Lee
Early
Important
People
" Women are thought to be more social, more interested in relationships and connections, better at multi-tasking. "
Aileen Lee
Women
Connections
Thought
" 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. "
Aileen Lee
Web
Show
Driving
" 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. "
Aileen Lee
Today
Play
More
" We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more convenient, more personalized. "
Aileen Lee
Incredible
New
People
" Women are the routers and amplifiers of the social web. And they are the rocket fuel of ecommerce. "
Aileen Lee
Web
Women
Rocket
" 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. "
Aileen Lee
Work
Better
Diversity
" If you're a digital startup, building and highlighting your social proof is the best way for new users to learn about you. "
Aileen Lee
Best
Digital
Learn
" What is social proof? Put simply, it's the positive influence created when someone finds out that others are doing something. It's also known as informational social influence. "
Aileen Lee
Doing
Someone
Influence