Bozoma Saint John

It's important to be an ally. You don't have to be a black woman to think we should have more black women in tech.

The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It's not up to one company - it's up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward.

Because my husband, Peter, died young, I've already faced the scariest thing in my life. Now I live out the dreams for both of us.

Being a black woman in America and the world and in corporate situations is something to be celebrated.

Bring your whole self to work because, that way, you can bring full ideas and the wholeness of your unique abilities.

Even though society has come a long way in correcting the inequalities between men and women in the workplace, it still has to be said that women are oftentimes subconsciously playing to the gender roles which we are taught from birth.

Live today as if you don't have tomorrow: my husband was diagnosed and killed by cancer within six months.