I didn't play any extreme sports growing up. I never surfed, and I grew up in Santa Cruz. I was very good at doing what I was told, taking direction, and staying middle of the road. I mean, they called me 'grandma' in college.

Eventbrite is 50-50 male-female, and this has been accomplished organically.

That seems to be my superpower - really understanding what motivates people.

If you want to build a sustainable culture, you have to have a strong philosophy and then let people do with it what they will and be OK with that.

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.

Widening the talent pipeline sufficiently will require a generational commitment to teaching math and science, providing technical training, and mentoring young people of all backgrounds so they understand the full range of possibilities that a career in technology affords.

Football is what I know, it is what I love, it is what I have worked my whole career at, and I thrive on every element that goes into building a winning football team.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.