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"...being in technology is hard, but in the bigger picture,
so is anything that is really worth doing in our lives."
—Anita
Borg
Researcher, Xerox PARC; Founder Institute for Women in Technology
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"We all have a dream in our hearts. Make the WORLD fit
your dream, not the other way around."
—Anita
Brown
Founder/Chair, Black Geeks Online
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"Look—if
we were a football team, I want to be the quarterback, not the
water boy!"
—Nora
Denzel
VP
and General Manager of Storage Organization & Hewlett Packard
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"When I arrived at SocialNet, I knew virtually nothing
about technology. I remedied that by asking lots and lots
of stupid questions, and I still do that today. Sometimes
our engineers roll their eyes at me, but I'd rather keep asking
then pretend to know what I obviously don't."
—Elizabeth
Kalodner
CEO, SocialNet
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"It
doesn't really matter if you are male or female—results
are everything in this business."
—Cristina
Morgan
Managing
Director & Co-Director of Investment Banking; JP Morgan
H&Q
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"Think
big, believe in yourself especially when no one else does, do
GREAT work and remember to reach out and help others along the
way."
—Maura
O'Neill
Chairman, President & CEO, ImproveMyBusiness
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"...what
we fear, we stay away from so I tend to just close my eyes and
go for it. I find that once I just do it, the fear goes away.
I learned early on that my best defense is to arm myself with
knowledge."
—Heather
Osterloh
President/Managing
Director, IT Academy
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"Traditionally
my role has always been a male role. I am breaking into
it and changing people's perception."
—Ellen
Poon
Visual
Effects Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic, a division
of Lucas Digital Ltd. LLC
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"There's
always more to lose from not trying than from giving it a shot."
—Jeanette
Symons
CTO,
Ascend Communications
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"In
hiring, one of the things I really look for is passion.
I want people who've demonstrated a desire to build something,
be a part of creating something and who are passionate about
what my company is trying to do."
—Beth
VanStory
Former
President, iMotors
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"It's
a very challenging job being a VC these days, much more than
it was before. It's a competitive market for companies and investors.
You're going to put yourself in a coaching role. So to coach
the team well you should know how to play the sport. So I would
advise those who want to be venture capitalists to be entrepreneurs
as well."
—Ann
Winblad
Founding
Partner, Hummer – Winblad Venture Partners
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"This
is my third company. The toughest thing for each of the
previous two was knowing when to move along and hand over
the reins to the next guy, even when you know that your
work has been done and the business model has changed or
whatever and you need to go and figure out the next brilliant
idea and start a company around that."
—Catherine
Winchester
Co-Founder/CEO,
Soliloquy, Inc.
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