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How Does Offscreen Magazine Do Ads?

Kai, the founder of Offscreen, sells only a few spots for ads that feature only the logo an two lines of text for each advertiser. Slack always just says: "Hey, it's Slack. Want to try us? Use this code. If not, have a nice day!" It's a really refreshing take on ads in today's world.


What Are John's Thoughts On Health In The Midst Of The Chaos Of Busy Seasons ?

John remembers working non-stop and not eating had detrimental impacts during the 2 year period of starting GeekWire. He began playing soccer in the middle of the day, running some, drinking smoothies every morning and realized he was much happier. Healthy body and healthy mind go hand-in-hand.


What Was One Of The Biggest Lessons Shauna Learned At A Young Age ?

Her grandfather instilled in her tenacity and fearlessness. She learned about self-care and hard work.


What Is Art?

Art is organizing. It is also an anchor, not an accessory to movement. Art possesses rhythmic communication, coded emotional cues, and improvised feelings of critical thought.


How Can A Teacher Become Familiar To Their Students Vs. Their Students Becoming Familiar To Them ?

A teacher can tell stories about themselves. This opens up channels of communication and makes the teacher more approachable to their students.


What Does She Hope To Bring To Hiring Her Staff?

She hopes to place her staff with executives who have been treated well during their transition. She prides the company on treating her people well when they were transitioning. Overall, it’s a mutual understanding between the client and company.


How Can Phones And Computers Potentially Impede Productivity?

If you can afford it, buy the fastest devices available. Time spent waiting for booting up, loading, etc. is time wasted. Compounded over the course of a year, it's a lot of hours you could be doing something else.


What Is The Best Economic Policy For The United States?

Immigrants start a disproportionate number of startups, and startups lead to economic prosperity. Meanwhile, visa issues are the single best way to kill startups. Having an open-door policy would be great for America's economic growth.


Does Matt Mullenweg Think That Wordpress Dominance Would Be A Problem For The Internet?

Matt says that WordPress could get to 85% market share and it would not have any negative impact. If anything, it would allow people to focus more on what makes their business different, and not spend time recreating the WYSIWYG, the user system, the login, and all the stuff that you just do not need to recreate when WordPress solves your needs.


What Did Alexis Ohanian Get Out Of Being A Dad So Far?

Alexis says that after becoming a dad, he has unlocked a new part of the world that gave him a sense of purpose, but also a sense of pride. Being a dad also came with a tons of frustration and a ton of life hacks.


How To Solve Misalignment With Team Members?

When you are frustrated with somebody, it means something needs to change, and there are only two ways to solve misalignment, either part ways, or both people have to change.


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