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Aileen Lee
American
Businesswoman
Born:
1970
Companies
People
Think
Will
Women
You
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Starbucks did this magical thing where it took a product that people didn't really care that much about and made it this treat. It makes you feel better about your day and gives you a chance to reflect, makes you feel a little special.
Aileen Lee
Day
You
People
Treat
Better
Care
Made
Reflect
Took
About
Magical
Gives
Feel
Makes
Did
Where
Little
Much
Really
Product
Your
Special
Starbucks
Thing
Chance
I work with tiny companies, so I don't really live in unicorn world, to be honest.
Aileen Lee
Work
World
To Be Honest
Live
Tiny
Really
Companies
Honest
Relative to all the start-ups out there, getting a valuation of $1 billion is rarely accomplished.
Aileen Lee
Relative
Out
Rarely
Accomplished
Getting
Billion
I think it's embarrassing for our industry that we have such low diversity across senior-level management at all of the mainstream, top-tier venture capital firms.
Aileen Lee
Management
Diversity
Think
Our
Embarrassing
Mainstream
Venture
Venture Capital
Industry
Low
Capital
Across
I have a tremendous network of friends and colleagues at other firms.
Aileen Lee
Other
Tremendous
Colleagues
Network
Friends
I was ringside for Amazon and Google.
Aileen Lee
Google
Amazon
I really have become very interested at working with and helping entrepreneurs at the early stages of their growth.
Aileen Lee
Become
Entrepreneurs
Very
Stages
Interested
Really
Working
Helping
Growth
Early
There needs to be more deliberate effort on the part of folks at VC firms to bring in a more diverse team of talent. You have to make a more concerted effort to bring in people who are different and who may not be in your network.
Aileen Lee
Needs
You
People
Folks
Diverse
Deliberate
More
Network
Part
Talent
Make
Concerted Effort
Effort
May
Different
Your
Team
Who
Bring
The question for Dropbox is whether, when they run out of private sources for funding, they will be able to maintain that valuation when they go to public sources for funding and their valuation is set on the public markets.
Aileen Lee
Will
Markets
Out
Run
Able
Maintain
Go
Private
Sources
Question
Whether
Public
Funding
Set
I appreciate the sacrifices my dad made. I went to a great public high school.
Aileen Lee
Great
School
Made
High
High School
Sacrifices
Public
Dad
Appreciate
Seed stage is an investment area that is really important for early stage startups. It feels like there is a need for trusted, experienced people to work with and to guide startups at this level.
Aileen Lee
Work
People
Important
Stage
Startups
Guide
Seed
Area
Investment
Feels
Like
Trusted
Experienced
Really
Level
Early
Need
I'm a huge believer in power of women on the web.
Aileen Lee
Women
Power
Web
Huge
Believer
I played with different words like 'home run,' 'megahit,' and they just all sounded kind of 'blah.' So I put in 'unicorn' because they are - these are very rare companies in the sense that there are thousands of startups in tech every year, and only a handful will wind up becoming a unicorn company. They're really rare.
Aileen Lee
Home
Words
Will
Rare
Wind
Year
Sense
Every
Startups
Kind
Run
Thousands
Blah
Only
Only A Handful
Put
Like
Because
Becoming
Handful
Up
Very
Just
Different
Really
Home Run
Companies
Company
Tech
Played
A lot of the entrepreneurs and founders have big dreams and are on a mission to build things that the world has never seen before.
Aileen Lee
Dreams
World
Seen
Big
Build
Before
Entrepreneurs
Never
Mission
Lot
Founders
Things
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