Quotes from Stacy Brown-Philpot

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.

Everybody in my family who had a job worked in the auto industry or something related to it.

TaskRabbit is a safe and convenient way for you to hire someone to help you with your chores around the house.

I used to watch 'The Jetsons' growing up. I used to think that this woman, Rosie, the robot housekeeper, was going to exist. I think we're far away from that happening.

When I joined Google, it was 1,000 people. It took me two and a half years to look around and realize there weren't a lot of people like me.

When you walk into a room, and you're the only one of something - the only woman or the only African American - that immediate feeling of loneliness happens.

There are always people looking for extra income.

The emotional side of humans interacting with each other is what makes TaskRabbit what it is.

Expanding internationally is exciting and fun, but the hardest part is really about maintaining culture.

I grew up in the city of Detroit, where a lot of people didn't have work opportunities, but they were good, hard-working people, including I had a single mom who took care of me and my brother.

In the future, when I come home, most of the things that I need to worry about are solved so I can spend time with my family.

Sheryl Sandberg was a mentor and a champion for me, and she saw something in me that I didn't see in myself.

The way to connect to people is to relate to who they are and do something that stretches you outside of your comfort zone.

I didn't know Penn was an Ivy League school - I didn't know what the Ivy League was. When I got in, they sent me the package, and the tuition was my mother's salary for a year. My mom said, 'We can't afford it.' So I went to the library and found several scholarships and grants and was able to cover 90 percent of my education that way.

One goal for Silicon Valley must be to redouble our collective efforts to make sure people of all backgrounds are aware of opportunities in tech.

I used to spend my time more on process than strategy. Now, I prioritize my time around strategy, people, and process.

Failure was not an option for me.

It was never an option to not succeed.

I actually studied accounting in college. So I'm a CPA.

I was surprised by the attention and visibility on me as a black woman CEO. I look forward to the day when this is the norm and not the exception.

What we get to do at TaskRabbit is create jobs. I'm excited about the opportunity that we have to what I think of is creating everyday work for everyday people.

We all have that long to-do list.