When I transitioned from academia to starting a tech company, I didn't have many role models, especially in Miami, which wasn't a startup hub at the time.

I didn't look like the typical biotech or healthcare founder; I'm a woman of color without advanced degrees like an MBA or MD, which made me feel inadequate at times.

Working at Google was a great experience, but I never wanted to be an employee forever; I always felt the pull to be a founder.

I was inspired by innovators like Elon Musk, which led me to pursue investing as an angel investor, focusing on companies that can impact millions of lives.

I fell into entrepreneurship accidentally; I went to college to be a computer programmer, but after the dot-com bubble burst, startups weren't on anyone's mind.

I gave my co-founder the chance to be CEO at Posterous, but I realized I had the potential to be a visionary CEO myself.

I was 23 when I became a founder, transitioning from studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki to the tech industry, which felt unconventional for someone with my background.

The CEO of a startup needs to be in a learning mindset, as I learned during my time at Apple, where I worked on software but realized I wanted to focus on hardware.

I never planned on creating a model for change for companies; it emerged from a few lectures where CEOs urged me to do so.