joining me today on "studio 1.0," aileen lee, founder of cowboy ventures, kirsten green of forerunner ventures, and maha ibrahim, general pointer -- partner and can ventures. ♪ emily: in april of 2018, you all were the cover of forbes magazine. this is space normally reserved for men, male billionaires, and this is the first time a group of women was on the cover. when you saw this, how did it make you feel? >> we were all in awe, months of work and frankly this point decades in the background conversations, and wondering whether our industry was finally going to be as diverse as we all wanted it to be. i would say that the first reaction we all felt was this level of awe that it was coming to the forefront. emily: aileen, it was about a year before that you wrote an email to 20-some female vc's and you had had enough. what was the spark that was the fire that got you to do that? aileen: when you enter venture enter tech, after being fortunate enough to go to good high schools and selective colleges, there are as many women as men in your undergraduate class and you wind up in tech. y

joining me is aileen lee, kirsten green, and maha ibrahim, all founders. ♪ april of 2018, you were allthe cover of forbes magazine, a space normally reserved for men, male billionaires, and this is the first time a group of women was on the cover. when you solve this, how did it make you feel? awe,, nation of months of work, and decades of conversations and wondering whether our industry would be as diverse as we wanted it to be. the first reaction was this level of awe that it was coming to the forefront. emily: it was about a year before that you wrote and email vc's and you had had an enough. what was the spark that was the fire? enter enter capital, ,ech -- venture capital, tech after good high schools and selective colleges, there are as many women as men in your undergraduate class and you wind up in tech. you look around the table and there are no women, no people color, a bizarre universe. >> i know enough of these women. we are friendly with each other. we compare notes about these issues. there is enough of us now. we all feel the same way. we are starting to collaborate more

emily: aileen lee, kirsten green, maha ibrahim, thank you. >> thank you.captioning made possible by bloomberg television] >> coming up, highlights from coverage of the world economic forum in davos. >> chaos and trade tensions, sparking debates about what is next. >> i think we can get the deal and implement it march 29. >> if we can't get a deal, we have to delay brexit. >> high don't think anyone side prevails. >> the imf cuts its growth forecast again. how the world economy looks. >> do i see a recession? no. >> easing is premature. >> i can see people taking a defensive position.