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I am really, really thrilled today to introduce Sukinder Singh-C Cassidy, who is going to speak with us today.

Sukinder is an amazing entrepreneur, repeat entrepreneur, has been a big mucky muck at Google and now has her own venture called Joyous.

And I think we should stop listening to me and start listening to her.

So without further ado, Sukinder, take it away.

Thank you, Heidi. And obviously I'm absolutely delighted to be here.

But whether you know it or not, Heidi was the big muckety-muck.

And the first time I had the privilege of meeting her was when

I was at Google and leading our women's leadership community and trying to expose the women

leaders at Google to, you know, and how to think about venture, entrepreneurship, whatever, you know,

whatever perspective I could bring them outside of Google on leadership. And really, there was no better

for a speaker to have than Heidi, because she is in many ways the original female entrepreneur

in the Valley and one that a lot of us looked up to. I certainly did when I was 27 and starting

my first company as, you know, a role model for me and certainly for a lot of women in the Valley

who are thinking about

starting their own ventures. So really, not me, but Heidi. First of all, I'm absolutely delighted

to be here. I think it's always incredible to come to Stanford. I did not have the privilege

of going to Stanford. I grew up in Canada. I went to school in Canada, but just, you know,

such a respected, an amazing institution. And obviously being in the Valley but just, you know, such a respected and amazing institution.

And obviously being in the Valley for the last 15 years, you know, there's no way you cannot feel the presence and the influence of Stanford.

So delighted to be here. I know you guys have a lot of great speakers who come in, speakers who have been very successful, you know,

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