Quotes from Stacy Brown-Philpot

I believe you accomplish what you measure.

My dad owned Cadillacs all my life.

The future of work is changing. It's becoming a world where you are owning a lot about how you make your living.

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.

I think that people need a livable wage.

Undergrad, for me, in college was really about, you know, how do I become a professional. But business school, for me, was how do I become the person that I'm meant to be.

I walk into a room, there's one or two black women. There aren't that many because the pipeline of talent just isn't there.

I don't think everyone wants to be a CEO.

There are lots of little brown girls out there who want to do something to change the world, and all I want to do is help them get there.

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.

My mother was a single mom, and she was a claims adjuster at an insurance company. She actually dropped out of school - she was going to become a registered nurse - because she had to take care of me and my brother.

I try to take moments to get brain food - I read, I listen to talk radio - and fill my own self with learning.

The future of work is really about people deciding to live and work in the way that they want.

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.

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.

The hardest moments of your life in your 20s will provide some of the greatest lessons that will come in handy later.

I fell in love with the vision of TaskRabbit, which is to revolutionize everyday work.

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

I went to a special public school that was much more focused on academics and learning. My two best teachers were in accounting and calculus, so I fell in love with that, which made me want to go into business.

I like to swim a few times a week. It's relaxing, and no one can call, email, or text me while I'm in the pool.

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.

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

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.