Quotes About Progress

Don't be afraid to learn on the job. No matter how much preparation you've done, the tech industry is changing so fast that we're all learning every day.

I see tech as... a force that is changing pretty much all parts of our society. It's really sad for me that we don't have enough women that are part of that.

The tech community has taken the first step by recognizing that diversity is a strength and realizing that many of them have to work on their culture.

Honestly, I'm not so much of a tech guy.

It's an absurd world - you know, billionaires in Birkenstocks. But I'd rather have nerdy tech guys as the next Carnegie than oil tycoons.

Growth is always essential. Running any tech company, you want to make sure you're growing. Putting in place all of the right structure to be able to ensure growth.

When I was growing up, there was no one. There were very few black women in tech; there were very few black women in the fashion game. We didn't have our Grace Jones - Grace Jones was before my time. We didn't really have a lot of black women in electronic and punk who were celebrated in the same levels as, say, your big mega-superstars.

We are putting a lot of investments behind building customer loyalty. We need to make sure we keep investing in the right tech that will help customers. If we keep doing that well, we will keep progressing.

It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women in tech.

I've been Tech N9ne since '88.

We are looking for a technology partner, as India is way behind the world as far as tech goes.

Over time, shop classes sort of disappeared or got marginalized in the states. I don't really know why. Now with tech like 3-D printers and CNCs, shops have acquired a new shine.

Sometimes I speak out on women in tech issues.

If we can figure out how to give more Americans a shot in tech, a shot at the ordinary jobs that don't necessarily afford rock star status or come with generous stock options but that can sustain middle-class life, then we might just take a step toward stitching our nation back together.

I want to help bring tech jobs to middle America and help us create more innovation clusters.

I am not a tech savvy person at all.

Georgia Tech definitely helped me a lot. I don't know about coming out of high school. But Georgia Tech was good for me. I got a lot stronger, a lot more used to not having the ball in my hands all the time, moving without the ball, setting screens.

My dad has never had a mobile phone or computer. And that was the way when I grew up, so I still take tech with a pinch of salt.

I was doing music tech as a subject and learned how to use Logic Pro and that's when I kind of had a platform to put my ideas on. It all just went from there.

We were in the last generation to grow up without a cell phone being a part of our lives at all, without tech things and having any of that.

India has long been an exporter of talent to tech companies... But it is India that's now undergoing its own revolution.

What I learned with tech companies is I gotta give people room to experiment, and also to make what might later on be a mistake. This is the attitude I want to build within San Francisco - give some time to the tech community.

We need to have women as role models, both inside and outside corporate America's leading tech companies, leading the path for other women.

I've had the opportunity to experience firsthand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.