Stacy Brown-Philpot

My mother was a single mom, and she was a claims adjuster at an insurance company. She actually dropped out of school - she was going to become a registered nurse - because she had to take care of me and my brother.

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.

The emotional side of humans interacting with each other is what makes TaskRabbit what it is.

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.

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.

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

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

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.

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.

I'm a representative of what you can become if you work hard and you focus on your education.

The future of work is changing. It's becoming a world where you are owning a lot about how you make your living.