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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Help, Someone, Hire, Convenient

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Woman, Think, I Think, Robot

The way to connect to people is to relate to who they are and do something that stretches you outside of your comfort zone.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

People, Way, Your, Comfort Zone

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Mom, Insurance, Dropped, Claims

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Doing, Execution, About, Entrepreneurship

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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Hardest Part, Expanding, Internationally

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Mom, City, Had, Detroit

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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

City, Bad, Were, Detroit

Everybody in my family who had a job worked in the auto industry or something related to it.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Everybody, Worked, Auto, Auto Industry

I walk into a room, there's one or two black women. There aren't that many because the pipeline of talent just isn't there.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Black, One Or Two, Many, Pipeline

I used to spend my time more on process than strategy. Now, I prioritize my time around strategy, people, and process.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Process, More, Used, Prioritize

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Education, Year, Penn, Ivy

The hardest moments of your life in your 20s will provide some of the greatest lessons that will come in handy later.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Will, Some, Come, Handy

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Business, College, Meant, Meant To Be

Our end goal is for TaskRabbit to be for everybody and everywhere and every device.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Goal, Everybody, Everywhere, Device

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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Strong, Making, Which, Communities

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Think, Excited, I Think, Everyday

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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Love, Fell, Which, Everyday

I have learned, as I get older, just to be who I am.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

I Am, Get, Learned, I Have Learned

I like to swim a few times a week. It's relaxing, and no one can call, email, or text me while I'm in the pool.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Week, Relaxing, Like, Email

There are always people looking for extra income.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Looking, Always, Income, Extra

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Woman, Exception, Visibility, Norm

I went to a special public school that was much more focused on academics and learning. My two best teachers were in accounting and calculus, so I fell in love with that, which made me want to go into business.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Love, Best, Public School, Accounting

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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

College, Actually, Studied, Accounting

There are lots of little brown girls out there who want to do something to change the world, and all I want to do is help them get there.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Change, Want, Them, Change The World

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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Mentor, She, See, Champion

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Career, Big, Role, Big Problem

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

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Work, Education, Work Hard, Representative

I try to take moments to get brain food - I read, I listen to talk radio - and fill my own self with learning.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Own, My Own, Read, Talk Radio

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.

- Stacy Brown-Philpot

Affordable, Wide Range, Wide, Connecting

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