Writer Molly Young: “There are certain things that should be reserved for an offline space where the entity can't find them.”

The New Consumer’s Dan Frommer: "Good work is what drives signups.”

Writer and reporter Brian Anderson: “I always tell my students that media has been in a state of crisis forever.”

HEAVIES writer and SSENSE editor Chris Gayomali: “Just because you read something doesn't mean you're going to buy a razor subscription.”

Writer Will Leitch: “I see a blank page and I get to fill it. That’s amazing.”

Nimble and The Subtext founder Carissa Justice: “How do you describe a technology that feels very sci-fi but is quite real?”

TPF’s first intern Krish Gupta: “Honestly, people are very willing to help people who still want to be in journalism.”

A Continuous Lean founder Michael Williams: “I’m not changing the world; I’m just trying to sell you pants.”

Normal Sport founder Kyle Porter: “Going out on your own is hard short term. Long term, it's going to pay dividends.”

Motormouth Media’s Judy Miller Silverman: “Follow your heart before you follow the money.”

Writer and documentary filmmaker Kevin Lincoln: “My career is a succession of happy accidents. If you put yourself out there and try enough different things, you wind your way to the place you want to be.”

Writer Ted Brown: “It’s fine if a client comes back with a line that you don't like. That is different from them coming back with a line that is bad. You have to learn the difference between those things very, very quickly.”

After School founder Casey Lewis: “The weirdest and most surprising thing that I've learned is TikTok really does translate to newsletter signups.”

VHS Ventures’ founder and managing partner Sumeet Shah: “I get excited about putting good people in a room and all of us having an opportunity to learn.”