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Hi everyone. You're listening to after hours. I'm young me. I'm Felix. I'm here. I'm Rowie.

So I heard this rumor that the three of you are teaching in an executive education program together. Is that true? I know it's true. Can you imagine?

I think there's also a rumor that a third of the participants have asked their money back once they heard that this is real.

It's all seriousness. It must be fun. Are you having fun? Yeah. The thing I like most about this particular program, because they're mid-career, they literally think of this as a sort of midway point through their careers.

It's a moment to reflect, to re-skill, to reimagine, and it's a really poignant moment to engage with someone.

Yeah. I also feel that it's a reminder of how special a classroom can be. So for many younger people who are in our classrooms, they've spent their entire lives in classrooms.

And with some of the executive education participants, what's great is they haven't been in a classroom in a long time.

And so they come to, I think, really appreciate what it means to be in a room with other people who are accomplished and thinking about ideas.

That's a really fun, refreshing experience. Yeah.

In all honesty, I envy those participants. To have all three of you, it's so special, they're very fortunate.

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As for tonight, we brought topics to talk about. Feelings. You've read a topic you wanted to discuss.

Yes. I would like to talk about online platforms, internet companies that have some sort of a matchmaking role.

Think e-commerce, think dating apps. I think they're really interesting companies in that space that I would love to explore.

Okay. Great. And then I want to talk about work from home. And what you think about companies deciding that they're going to let their employees work from home permanently from any location.

So one of the things I think we're all thinking about is once we are safely on the other side of this pandemic, what it's going to mean to go back to work.

So there are a number of companies like Twitter, Zillow, Facebook, and others that have already announced that they're going to let employees work from home permanently from any location.

And so I have a bunch of questions for you guys. Do you think these companies are making the right decision? Have they made their decision to rashly?

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