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Aileen Lee

American Businesswoman

Born: 1970

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Women are the routers and amplifiers of the social web. And they are the rocket fuel of ecommerce. Aileen Lee

Women Web Rocket Women Are Social Fuel

When I was growing up, I had lots of smart classmates that were girls, but none of us were really pushed into math or computers or anything like that. Girls took AP history and AP English and AP European history. And boys took calculus and physics. Aileen Lee

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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. Aileen Lee

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Savvy companies are quietly changing up their boards of directors and teams, and this is giving them better collective intelligence, more community admiration, and better financial results. Aileen Lee

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I've learned that you really cannot judge a book by its cover. Aileen Lee

You Book Judge Learned Cover Cannot Really

I grew up in New Jersey and played sports and rode my bike around. It was a really nice time - kids didn't have cellphones then - and you knew everyone in the town. Aileen Lee

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I did not grow up thinking that I wanted to be an engineer. I had read some articles about girls becoming increasingly scientifically illiterate and that girls lacked confidence in their capabilities when it came to quantitative skills. And I just thought that was kind of wrong. Aileen Lee

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It's awesome that you have a female CFO and a female GC, but if you look at the investing partners, and it's 15 dudes, I do think those people are going to get left behind if they don't get with where the world is going. Aileen Lee

You People World Awesome Think Those Investing Look Partners Female Dudes Left Get Going Behind Where

The world is diverse, and having a professional team that mirrors the world is going to be more helpful for us. Aileen Lee

World Diverse Mirrors Having More Going Us Team Helpful Professional

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. Aileen Lee

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Some investors may grumble about entrepreneurs wanting 'unicorn valuations.' But let's be honest: most investors want them, too, and are supporting the massive capitalization of these companies. Aileen Lee

Too Some About Entrepreneurs Investors Supporting Most Massive May Want Wanting Them Companies Grumble Honest

Consider the social proof of a line of people standing behind a velvet rope, waiting to get into a club. The line makes most people walking by want to find out what's worth the wait. The digital equivalent of the velvet rope helped build viral growth for initially invite-only launches like Gmail, Gilt Groupe, Spotify, and Turntable.fm. Aileen Lee

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

Women Better Thought Relationships More Women Are Interested Social Connections

There's an opportunity to make your board - and your company - smarter by adding diversity, especially of gender. Aileen Lee

Opportunity Gender Diversity Adding Smarter Make Board Your Company

From a pretty early age, I developed an interest in travel. I told my parents I wanted to live abroad, and they said, 'Well, you have to have money to do those things.' Aileen Lee

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Starting a company and being a founder is really hard, and most companies fail. You really have to have a deep commitment and belief in it and be willing to see it through many ups and downs. Aileen Lee

Spend the first six to 12 months building a great product or service that people love, rather than chasing investors. When the time comes to engage investors, you will be meeting them from a position of strength. This makes all the difference. Aileen Lee

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There are a lot of benefits to having a team of young people, but there are many benefits to having people who've made a lot of mistakes. Aileen Lee

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Some companies are worth paying for up front. Aileen Lee

Worth Some Up Front Paying Companies

Most VC firms are looking to bring in women because of the great consumer cycle. Aileen Lee

Great Women Looking Consumer Most Because Cycle Bring

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