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In this episode, Derrick is broadcasting from California as he visits his family. Ben went to Vermont last week and quickly realized how relaxing it is to be outside and see greenery. Such a different feel from the tension in the city.

Ben has been chatting with a couple of people about consulting as a revenue officer. He had an interesting chat with someone but their visions just weren\u2019t aligned in terms of value and compensation. Also it turned out this person wasn\u2019t the decision maker, and the founder wasn\u2019t as agreeable to Ben\u2019s terms. Lesson learned - always talk to the decision maker. Ben is also struggling with whether he really wants to be involved in consulting. He may want to just focus on his product. Enjoy the show.

Today\u2019s topics include:

Buying Apple laptops and how tricky it can be.
\nWhen interviewing and making offers it\u2019s always a good idea to talk to the decision maker.
\nLaunching info products and being smart about the automation and marketing.
\nBen\u2019s idea for a SaaS starter kit has been getting positive feedback.
\nDerrick shipped a new Drip feature called sharing workflows.
\nThere will be a gallery with workflows that people can just click on and use.
\nDerrick is making good progress and writing less code, so that he won\u2019t be the bottleneck on his team.
\nIt\u2019s motivating to have people focused on their area of expertise.
\nChallenges of getting new hires and team members up to speed.

Links and resources:

Drip
\nLeadpages
\nThoughtbot
\nWWDC2017
\nSunSpider JavaScript Benchmark Test
\nBrennan Dunn
\nHow to exit the Vim editor
\nPodcast Motor