Kirsten Green Quotes

The venture community is largely male.

The stereotypes really play into what kinds of companies women can get funded for.

I don't think business news is just for old white men with money.

America cannot turn its back on the economic future and women-owned businesses are part of that future.

Clearly, there is a gender imbalance when it comes to venture capital and entrepreneurship.

Any successful company has female models.

If you're not funding female-founded firms, you're leaving behind half your talent.

I'm not a woman in the 'Den,' I'm a Dragon, we're all there to invest, it has nothing to do with gender.

The executive female talent gap is real, and that's why it's critical to champion women throughout their careers.

I don't like tokenism. I don't like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.

I'm looking to see more women of color not only in companies in technology, but also creating companies.

It... does... not... have... to... be... pointed out all the time. Like, 'Isn't it great that you're black, and you're a woman?' Isn't it great that the show's good? I would just love for it not to be a thing - for it just to be, like, super norm.

Hopefully I can play a role where I'm not stigmatized to just being a trans woman.

Finding entrepreneurs from diverse and international backgrounds is a top priority for us at Y Combinator.

I think there are two challenges - and one challenge is how to diversify the workforce in the technology industry, and the other challenge is how to diversify the people who are starting companies.

If a company want to cast its net widely, they will absolutely find qualified women. I don't really think there are any real barriers to that.

We can all think we're discriminated against, and I'm sure many of us are. But I see a ton of optimism in corporate America around the advancement and retention of women.

If you're a set of guys looking to start a company, think about women you could team up with - they will see things differently and solve problems you didn't even realize you had.

I am a businessman.

I never had a problem with the people I was close to because I was playing football with them, and they knew I could play. It didn't matter that I was a girl.

We need to intentionally invest in health, in home ownership, in entrepreneurship, in access to democracy, in economic empowerment. If we don't do these things, we shouldn't be surprised that racial inequality persists because inequalities compound.

While it can be challenging for women with disruptive, technology-based ideas to acquire significant funding, in my experience, once I was able to raise that funding, I was met with droves of people offering to help me fulfill my dreams.

From its conception, I wanted Bumble's culture to match its values. If women were taking charge on our app, then they'd be running the show behind the scenes, too.

I would be remiss not to take advantage of this platform that I have, because I don't want any other woman or girl feeling like the way that I felt: that I didn't belong, that I would never succeed in the medium that I'm choosing to pursue because my hair isn't straight or my skin isn't light or my eyes aren't bright.

As a woman in this organization, I can say that I don't ever feel that I was discriminated against or prevented from opportunities.