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Quentin Hardy has written about business, finance, and technology for some of the world’s leading publications and served as Head of Editorial for Google Cloud. An award-winning writer, frequent television guest, and sought-after event moderator and speaker, he has a rare talent for demystifying complexity.

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Whatever you do, your most interesting work involves creating well, finding meaningful connections, and communicating at the highest level.

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Casey Newton writes a leading technology newsletter and also co-hosts “Hard Fork,” a popular and very entertaining tech podcast.

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I interview one of the nation’s leading researchers into online political manipulation about what it is, how it works, who are the key actors, and what working in this field does to a researcher.

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I’ve known Quentin for almost two decades, as a journalist, a conversationalist, an editor and a writer. He’s quick, sharp, and fun, an original thinker who helps his audience understand the world in new and engaging ways.

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Quentin is great at his craft and has the ability to see around corners. He is knowledgeable and passionate about helping his clients with unique insights.

DAN SCHEINMAN, ANGEL INVESTOR IN ENTERPRISE TECH, FORMER SVP AND GENERAL COUNSEL, CISCO SYSTEMS

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Quentin is a master storyteller. He’s able to simultaneously simplify technology and peel the layers of cruft to communicate core concepts from a customer’s perspective. Working with him translates into high quality output. He had a hand in standout Google Cloud keynotes, webinars, white papers, launches and more.

CAROL CARPENTER, CMO UNITY TECHNOLOGIES, FORMER GLOBAL VP OF MARKETING, GOOGLE CLOUD

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Ferociously smart, effortlessly funny, equally at home talking about the Renaissance or AI, Quentin Hardy is the epitome of unartificial intelligence.

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LGTM LLC

LGTM is an acronym that is popular in the software industry. It stands for “Looks Good To Me,” and means the product has been thoroughly inspected and meets with approval. At Google, a paradise of acronyms, LGTM is also used for approvals for writing and other communications; everyone involved in the project signs off on the work before it’s published. 

LGTM means everyone’s happy, it’s good to go.

FWIW, Google execs were pretty surprised no Xoogler had created a company called LGTM before. AFAIK, they thought it was a nice way to commemorate my time there.

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