Aileen Lee

If someone was having some surgery that was going to put them out for three months, it's something you should consider, with a man or a woman. What is the impact of having the C.E.O. or visionary out for three months? ”

Sequoia is a firm that a lot of people across tech and the Valley look to, and I think they're setting an important example in adding new diversity to their team. ”

Many entrepreneurs, and the venture investors who back them, seek to build billion-dollar companies. ”

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

The question for Dropbox is whether, when they run out of private sources for funding, they will be able to maintain that valuation when they go to public sources for funding and their valuation is set on the public markets. ”

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. ”

I think, from a woman's perspective, that my interest as an investor and the way that I relate to entrepreneurs is a little bit different. ”

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. ”

It's not that I am saying that women and men are completely different. But I do think that if you are one of the only people around the table who is a woman, by definition, you're different. ”

There is very little diversity among founders in the Unicorn Club. ”