Hailey Bieber
Founder & Creative Director, Rhode
Embrace Mistakes
[As an entrepreneur], I've had to accept the fact that there is no such thing as a perfect launch…The mistakes are really part of the process, and you have to accept those mistakes and be able to learn from them so that you can actually improve your brand and help drive it forward.”
Grammy Award-Winning Musician, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Megan Thee Stallion
Make All Your Dreams Your Plan A
Comedian, Actor & Writer
Benito Skinner
Be Intentional With Content Creation
You can't go out and build a brand sitting behind your computer all day…The relationships with the community helped humanize us [because] they could see that there are real people behind this brand and product.”
Foster Community Engagement
COO & Cofounder, StockX
Greg Schwartz
Steve Case
Chairman & CEO, Revolution LLC and Cofounder, AOL
We need to back entrepreneurs everywhere if we’re going to create jobs everywhere, hope everywhere and opportunity everywhere. Otherwise, this divide we have in this country is going to get even greater.”
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Left to right: event speakers Gail Becker, Founder & CEO, CAULIPOWER and Abhi Ramesh, Founder & CEO, Misfits Market and moderator Maggie McGrath, Senior Editor, ForbesWomen (Credit: Nick Carter)
[Raising capital] is all about the founding team and the founders. Do the people across the room believe you're crazy enough to build this crazy thing that you want to build, or do they think you're not going to be scrappy and resourceful enough to do it?”
Cofounder &
Co-CEO, Gopuff
Rafael Ilishayev
I believe that most people’s biggest problem is that they have not identified a goal which they’re super passionate about pursuing and accomplishing.”
Comedian & Author
Steve-O
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At Microsoft, we have several initiatives that we're using to make sure that we're not just building sustainable things with low carbon footprints, but we're sustaining the communities that we're building in as well.”
COO, Industry & Business Applications US, Microsoft
Ashley
Haynes-Gaspar
Be honest with who you are in your sound and…just be you because anything forced, people are going to be able to tell right away—no matter how well you think you've got your act now.”
Singer & Songwriter
GIVĒON
I didn't see anybody who looked like me when I started my company…That's why I'm so passionate about investing in women of color [and] telling people that if they have mental health issues, they should not count themselves out.”
Founder & CEO, The Newsette and Cofounder & Co-CEO, Wondermind
Daniella Pierson
At this year’s summit, Forbes convened dozens of trailblazers across multiple industries