People say to me, 'Has being a woman helped or hindered your career?' And the answer is yes.

When you speak to a man or a woman about money, they will use water visualizations. For men, it typically is a river. Money comes in; money goes out. The level rises; the level sinks. For women, when you talk about money, to her... it's a pond. It's a set amount. She husbands it, and it typically goes in one direction... which is down.

I prefer the word "engagement." Instead of empowerment, it's enabling women to engage in business.

Technology is going to play an increasingly, increasingly, increasingly important role in every industry. And it's good.

Women tend to have a better track record in investing - when they invest - than men do, because they tend to take a longer-term perspective. They tend to trade less. They tend to shift in and out of stocks or mutual funds less often.

Women, girls and young ladies tend to be as good or better at math than boys, but you didn't think that either.

What I saw a thousand times during the downturn was, 'We'd like to give her that opportunity, but we need to go with the sure thing - we can't afford diversity right now,'