Adam D'Augelli

Describing without doxxing is a delicate exercise, but here goes: think a late Che Guevara beard, Unibomber sunglasses, and everything else giving off a pragmatically nondescript, “undercover FBI agent” vibe — except, of course, the pleasant and amiable demeanor.

And I really like Le's philosophy about the future of alternative meat options, she said: "No one called a veggie burger an 'alternative meat' 10 years ago, it was just a veggie burger. The fact that we're calling it 'alternative' today means that there's something conventional, and I'm really excited because looking forward 10, 20 years, plant-based WILL be a conventional option. It won't just be bacon...and it'll be from a plant source. And that's really the future I'm so, so excited about."

If you see a constellation of new companies, tackling largely the same problem, being birthed AND you can’t understand why they are growing so popular, then chances are a new category is being born

“You may have a problem, but in the current state of mental health, you may need to wait three weeks before you can see someone,” he said. “All that time, your need is festering. To be able to take out your cellphone and have a conversation right then with a coach is powerful.”

If you were trying to doom a newly invented currency to irrelevance, naming it “cryptocurrency”1 would have been a crafty first step. “Crypto” means hidden or secret, and often describes a target of popular suspicion and fear, as in crypto-fascist or crypto-communist. But now, despite the jitters natural in a global pandemic, cryptocurrencies are rapidly gaining popular support as alternatives to gold (a store of value) and the dollar (as a means of payment).

"You can't bring facts to a feelings fight." That’s a line by Michael Dempsey on a recent interview. He said he originally got it from Adam D'Augelli.