Lesson number one: opportunity can be manufactured. Yes, you can wait around for the right set of circumstances to fall into place and then leap into action but you can also create those set of circumstances on your own. In so doing, you manufacture your own opportunities. This has helped me immeasurably.

In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.

I was writing and developing software for alumnae to be able to connect and communicate.

I started out as an artist, and I continue to think of myself as an artist first, and a technologist and entrepreneur after that.

This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis - and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.

The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.

Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.