Erica

"my driving force and sort of my experiences always been like, what are my things that are, I'm looking for personally that the job can supplement."

"Like once you get in a certain level or experience level in venture and tech, you kind of have a lot of very specific doors open for you."

"if ever I have onsites for my companies, um, that, or I need to do some networking events in my office, I go down."

"having a fairly good attitude or understanding of like your energy level is a big plus"

"I feel like I help people, like when they're excited to join a company and they get an offer and then they like join, like it's really nice."

"I sometimes feel like an outsider, which I have to sort of reel in. It's like everyone can belong."

"some of these ideas might take off and be extremely influential or helpful for say, the environment, or global, like climate change."

"I think being able to be flexible and working with different teams is a big plus."

"it does take some time to sort of network and get into a space like this and just like really don't give up"

"If you can be available as an intern or an entry-level, kind of go a lot farther."

"Having those little goals and hitting them and like sort of giving yourself a little bit of pat on the back really makes it a lot easier."

"in undergrad and college, it's like, really, you should do some fun things. You shouldn't really be focused on work all the time."

"I've always been sort of this sort of like very outspoken feminist...my mindset has not been for naught"