Christine Tsai

Values are the foundation of a company. Culture is the manifestation of values - the day to day actions and behavior. Adapt tactical cultural behavior that helps you execute on your values. ”

I can say without a doubt that being a mom is the ultimate test of my multi-tasking skills. I spend my day meeting startup after startup, helping our portfolio companies, bringing in speakers, and soon gearing up for Demo Day for our accelerator program. ”

What many single male 23-year-old entrepreneurs don't realize is that family tech is a 'big freaking business'. As in, trillions of dollars. ”

I was always really interested in startups and fascinated by what they were working on. ”

Unfortunately, a lot of Silicon Valley venture capitalists are disconnected from African Americans, Latinos, and other people of color. ”

Once your company grows past a certain point, upholding values becomes more and more difficult. This is where companies get into trouble. Thus, it's absolutely critical to take your company values seriously and practice it every day. ”

People will never stop having kids, and people will never stop spending money on them to make sure they're safe, healthy, and educated. ”

Throughout the day, I'm always thinking about 500, the team, and how we can do things harder/better/faster/stronger. ”

There's a good amount of research out there that shows generous parental leave policies have a significant positive impact on employee retention and morale. ”

When you grow up in poverty, suffer from abuse, live in a violent neighborhood, come from a broken home, lack positive role models, are told you'll never amount to anything, etc, the challenges are enormous. ”