Paula Long was about to take her first network storage company, EqualLogic, public when Dell came in with an offer she couldn't refuse: $1.4 billion for the startup. While she's had great success in tech, she's not afraid to admit that she needed a better work-life balance and to encourage that for her employees at her new startup, DataGravity.
"I missed a lot of moments in my family's life, especially with my son," Long told the Huffington Post. "...My family knew I was there if they needed me, but they tried not to need me. This is why I push people to work from home so they can pick up their 5-year-old on the first day of kindergarten. I make sure people know these little moments are important, and you can't get them back."