Both men and women react negatively when women negotiate on their own behalf. A man can just negotiate: "I have a better offer. That's not enough to make my family's ends meet." No one feels bad about it. But when a woman does that, there's a backlash.

Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.

I want to tell any young girl out there who's a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.

Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.

No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential.

Every woman I know, particularly the senior ones, has been called too aggressive at work. We know in gender blind studies that men are more aggressive in their offices than women. We know that. Yet we're busy telling all the women that they're too aggressive. That's the issue.

Don't be afraid to ask the 'dumb' question, everyone else will be relieved you had the guts to ask!