Stacy Brown-Philpot

“I know what it's like to be afraid of the police. When you see a police officer, you don't immediately feel safe. You wonder what you've done wrong and what could happen to you.”

“The big problem is that a lot of Americans, whether they are underrepresented minorities or from rural areas, do not know about career opportunities in the tech industry because they may not have had role models who are part of this field or learned about STEM in school.”

“I have learned, as I get older, just to be who I am.”

“I actually studied accounting in college. So I'm a CPA.”

“A lot of entrepreneurship is seeing the future in a way that no one else sees it. Then, it becomes about execution and doing what it takes to succeed.”

“My dad owned Cadillacs all my life.”

“One goal for Silicon Valley must be to redouble our collective efforts to make sure people of all backgrounds are aware of opportunities in tech.”

“In the future, when I come home, most of the things that I need to worry about are solved so I can spend time with my family.”

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

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

“I think that people need a livable wage.”

“Failure was not an option for me.”

“There are always people looking for extra income.”

“Expanding internationally is exciting and fun, but the hardest part is really about maintaining culture.”

“You have to do what it takes to get what you want: I didn't sleep much in school because I worked a lot - you figure out how to make it happen.”

“When I was 14, I remember wanting a Coach bag, and my mother couldn't afford it. I decided at that age that I was going to grow up and get a job so that I could buy as many handbags as I wanted. And no one was ever going to stop me.”

“Everybody in my family who had a job worked in the auto industry or something related to it.”

“TaskRabbit is making life better for both consumers and Taskers. In the communities in which we operate, TaskRabbit provides strong economic impact.”

“I grew up in the city of Detroit, where things were just bad.”

“Our end goal is for TaskRabbit to be for everybody and everywhere and every device.”