Aileen Lee

The reality is that in a tech environment that is 90 percent to 100 percent male, it's not super-encouraging for females to be successful. It's just a lot of things that contribute to that: things that people do or things that people say that they may not realize have unintended consequences. ”

Over the long term, there will be many more billion-dollar technology companies than there are today. ”

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. ”

I played with different words like 'home run,' 'megahit,' and they just all sounded kind of 'blah.' So I put in 'unicorn' because they are - these are very rare companies in the sense that there are thousands of startups in tech every year, and only a handful will wind up becoming a unicorn company. They're really rare. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Women are thought to be more social, more interested in relationships and connections, better at multi-tasking. ”

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. ”

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. ”

What's the word to describe the thing that all of us are trying to do, which is to found or work for or invest in a company that is the winner of all winners? ”