How much you know about yourself can make or break you as a leader, team manager and an individual contributor. Some people call this emotional intelligence, some call it self-knowledge. It is THE most important thing to grow. There are multiple effective ways to increase your self-knowledge over time and ways to grow towards your better self - being connected with yourself and to others. Among the ways to increase self-knowledge, i love the personality tests (the Myers-Brig

When your little gremlin voice screams "NO", it is time to let your real voice say "YES". Google employees have now unleashed their voices: women and allies together. This walkout was one of the most publicized and organized one. Seems like the cook-pot has had enough and the steam is out. Last Thursday, I was in the crowd at the Google walkout in Playa Vista, Los Angeles. I was listening attentively to my colleagues, Google employees, who raised their voices to express thei

There is a lot to be learned in the Bay Area, world reknown excellence, breakthrough innovation, self-development, life passions. There is also a lot to leave behind. Here are my 5 reasons to leave San Francisco as a Diverse Tech Worker on Independence Day: July 4, 2018 Good Bye San Francisco See you later, maybe? There is so much I could say about San Francisco. It was an eye opening city for me and jaw dropping city in terms of personal growth and self-development. I could

What is your #1 life goal and Why? I love to ask this question. It is a simple one, only a handful of human beings can give me a an answer in 15 seconds or less. It often comes with a lot of muffled words one of top of another. Which seem to make sense, but really doesn't. Welcome to your life. There is a lot of busyness, a lot of stuff on the To Do list... Which stresses you out. I spent years researching goal setting and goal achievement. I am obsessed about this topic whi

Back in 2011, I was a female entrepreneur raising money in Silicon Valley for my toddler gaming company. I attended a tech conference, stood up on a chair, and shouted to a crowd of 500-plus attendees that I was looking for a seed investment and I was available to talk. I got one taker. Fast forward six years later, I am now an angel investor and a tech worker in the Bay Area. Looking back at this episode, I realize that having access to capital is crucial for your company to

This is the part 2 of the series "Make Room for Women in Tech" blog posts. Former First Lady Michelle Obama suggested that we “Make more room for women in tech” in Silicon Valley. #1 The media: Powerful VCs featured in the Style Section Female VC portray of Shelly Kapoor Collins is published in the Style section. Is she a fashion model or is she an investor investing in women-founded startups? #2 Follow the money: Whoever has the money has the power. In the Silicon Valley sta

I can tell you: it really takes something to be a women in tech... a Black person and a Black women in tech. It takes everything. Everything you've got. “Make more room for women in tech.” -Michelle Obama Former First Lady Michelle Obama suggested that we "Make more room for women in tech." Current situation shows that it will be hard to succeed as we are building on top of a broken foundation of prevalent sexism and racism. We will need to break things. Hit hard. Destroy som