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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

She doesn’t play Wii games so much as make new avatars and give them new names. But then why did my son make his headshot for Google a kind of corporate power-pose—with his arms behind his head, as if leaning back at a giant desk? My daughter loves to make avatars of all kinds. We discussed this—and I got it. How in the world?

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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

She doesn’t play Wii games so much as make new avatars and give them new names. But then why did my son make his headshot for Google a kind of corporate power-pose—with his arms behind his head, as if leaning back at a giant desk? My daughter loves to make avatars of all kinds. We discussed this—and I got it. How in the world?

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

His name is Tomas Pueyo. And in fact, The Lean Startup is very much that. So you have countries like Australia, New Zealand, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Finland and many, many more. He was not a famous author. He wasn't a media star. Tomas Pueyo : Thank you, Eric.

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Here are The Missing Positives of This Election

Both Sides of the Table

We still do have a long way to go on gender equality and Hillary becoming president — whatever your political leanings or views — will go along way towards telling young women anything can be achieved. When I went to add partners at Upfront I called an LP of mine and told him I was trying to recruit a new partner named Kara Nortman.