STACY BROWN-PHILPOT

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Everyone loves bunnies.

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.

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

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.

I grew up in the city of Detroit, where things were just bad.

You have to learn to get through it yourself, because there are going to be times in your life when there's going to be no one else around but you.

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.

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.

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.

With Ikea Group ownership, TaskRabbit could realize even greater opportunities: increasing earning potential of Taskers and connecting consumers to a wide range of affordable services.

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

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

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.

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