Heidi Roizen

You know what somebody else's fundraise metrics are to you? Irrelevant. You know what your own last round post was? Irrelevant. Yes, I know, not legally, because of those pesky rights and preferences. But emotionally, trust me: it is irrelevant now. We even have a name for this - valuation nostalgia.

My dog wants the entrepreneurial community to know how thankful she is for the fact that she gets to go out. She has heard more pitches than probably much of the world.

Do deals with the people you want to work with, and the success will follow.

Don't define yourself by your mistakes or by the single thing you are at your work.

You can't write about a personal struggle if you're going to water it down to meet everyone's expectations about what's appropriate.