A nephew of my friend works in Shenzhen Hospital. He is being transferred to Wuhan to study the new pneumonia virus. He called and asked to tell all my friends that if a runny nose and sputum occur during a cold, it cannot be concluded that it is new-type coronavirus pneumonia. Because coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough without runny nose, this is the simplest way to identify it. He also informed that the new type of coronary pneumonia virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed in an environment of 26-27 degrees. Therefore, drink plenty of hot water to prevent the virus. As long as the body maintains heat, eat more ginger and do more Exercise, you will not be infected with the virus. If you have a high fever, cover under quilt and drink ginger soup to increase the body's heat energy without the need for a vaccine. Eating more ginger, garlic pepper, and pepper can solve it; eat less sweet, sour, and salt! Don't go to cold weather areas. The virus will disappear completely when exposed to the sun. Everyone can share it and help one by one.

Below is medical advice from Albert’s doctor friend regarding Wuhan pneumonia. Please read through as this disease is spreading quickly in Asia. Dr. Yuen Kwok Yung, a highly respected doctor during the previous SARS period gave the following advice in a speech yesterday. 1. He suggests Hong Kong people should try to avoid going to China during this period of time. 2. If going on a flight, make sure you wear a mask. 3. Always have antiseptic cleanser or towel readily available. 4. The virus “Coronavirus” is similar type of virus like the previous SARS or MERS. This time it is OC43. There is still no known method of tackling this virus. 5. If you have to go to the market, make sure you wear a mask. Be very vigilant. 6. Health Authority announced that this virus is very serious. However, as the virus is found to be able to enter your body if your throat or throat mucous is dry, the one precaution they suggest which can be taken is to ensure your throat or throat mucous is always in a moist condition. In fact, they suggest not to allow your throat to become dry, as in 10 minutes of being dry, the virus will find ways to enter into your body. So do not refrain from drinking water, always have a bottle handy. For adults, they suggest drinking 50-80cc of warm water; for children 30-50cc. Just drink if you feel your throat is dry. Do not hesitate. However drinking more than the amount recommended is not necessary, as it will just want to pass through your system. The idea is to “Keep your Throat Constantly Moist” 7. Before end of March, try not to enter crowded places, MTR or public Transport, and wear a mask if necessary. 8. Avoid eating too much deep fried food and take plenty of Vitamen C. 9. Control Centre advice on symptoms of this virus: - fast and high fever, hard to lower, but if successful, the fever will return very soon. - next stage is coughing, in long duration, people affected are mainly children. - Adults has mainly throat symptoms, together with headaches and physical discomforts. - the virus is “highly” contagious. - elderly and young children are most susceptible, so take super precaution. I am afraid this is best I know how in translating for my dear friends and family’s benefits. Good health to everyone.

AS RECEIVED: The new NCP coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days, how can one know if he/she is infected. By the time they have fever and/or cough and goes to the hospital, the lungs is usually 50 % Fibrosis and it's too late! Taiwan experts provide a simple self-check that we can do every morning: Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If you complete it successfully without coughing, without discomfort, stuffiness or tightness etc it proves there is no fibrosis in the lungs, basically indicating no infection. In critical times, please self-check every morning in an environment with clean air! SERIOUS EXCELLENT ADVICE by Japanese doctors treating COVID-19 cases. Everyone should ensure your mouth & throat is moist, never DRY. Take a few sips of water every 15 mins at least. WHY? Even if the virus gets into your mouth...drinking water or other liquids will WASH them down through your oesophagus and into the stomach. Once there in tummy...your stomach ACID will kill all the virus. If you don't drink enough water more regularly...the virus can enter your windpipes and into the LUNGS. That's very dangerous. Pls send and share with family, friends and everyone about this ! Take care everyone n may the world recovers from corona virus soon. May all be well n happy 🙏

This was copied and pasted: I got this from a friend—good advice—- My sister’s husband sits on various boards. This is what he just sent me: I came across this from Stanford hospital board. This is their feedback for now on Corona virus: The new Coronavirus may not show sign of infection for many days. How can one know if he/she is infected? By the time they have fever and/or cough and go to the hospital, the lung is usually 50% Fibrosis and it's too late. Taiwan experts provide a simple self-check that we can do every morning. Take a deep breath and hold your breath for more than 10 seconds. If you complete it successfully without coughing, without discomfort, stiffness or tightness, etc., it proves there is no Fibrosis in the lungs, basically indicates no infection. In critical time, please self-check every morning in an environment with clean air. Serious excellent advice by Japanese doctors treating COVID-19 cases: Everyone should ensure your mouth & throat are moist, never dry. Take a few sips of water every 15 minutes at least. Why? Even if the virus gets into your mouth, drinking water or other liquids will wash them down through your throat and into the stomach. Once there, your stomach acid will kill all the virus. If you don't drink enough water more regularly, the virus can enter your windpipe and into the lungs. That's very dangerous. 1. If you have a runny nose and sputum, you have a common cold 2. Coronavirus pneumonia is a dry cough with no runny nose. 3 This new virus is not heat-resistant and will be killed by a temperature of just 26/27 degrees. It hates the Sun. 4. If someone sneezes with it, it takes about 10 feet before it drops to the ground and is no longer airborne. 5. If it drops on a metal surface it will live for at least 12 hours - so if you come into contact with any metal surface - wash your hands as soon as you can with a bacterial soap. 6. On fabric it can survive for 6-12 hours. normal laundry detergent will kill it. 7. Drinking warm water is effective for all viruses. Try not to drink liquids with ice. 8. Wash your hands frequently as the virus can only live on your hands for 5-10 minutes, but - a lot can happen during that time - you can rub your eyes, pick your nose unwittingly and so on. 9. You should also gargle as a prevention. A simple solution of salt in warm water will suffice. 10. Can't emphasis enough - drink plenty of water! THE SYMPTOMS 1. It will first infect the throat, so you'll have a sore throat lasting 3/4 days 2. The virus then blends into a nasal fluid that enters the trachea and then the lungs, causing pneumonia. This takes about 5/6 days further. 3. With the pneumonia comes high fever and difficulty in breathing. 4. The nasal congestion is not like the normal kind. You feel like you're drowning. It's imperative you then seek immediate attention.

卫生局发出的通知：这次的EB流感很严重，有预防的方式，就是要保持喉咙黏膜的湿润，不能让喉咙干燥，因此一定不要忍耐不喝水，喉咙的黏膜干燥，在10分钟内病毒就能入侵体内。每次喝50-80cc的温水，孩子30-50cc，依年龄大小，觉得喉咙有点干就喝，不要考虑，也不要忍一下，手边要保持有水可以提供喝才行，水不用一次喝很多，那样是没用的，很快排出体外，而是要一直保持喉咙湿润不干燥才是正确。在3月底前，人多的地方暂时不要去，坐地铁或公车，有需要便请带口罩。炸物辣食先暂停，维他命c要补充够。（大家把这条信息发到家长群里） 疾控中心提醒：近期流感特点：1，快速高烧，不易退，退烧后再次发热。2烧后转入咳嗽期，持续时间长。3儿童居多。4成人以咽部症状为重，伴头痛和周身不适。5传染性强。温馨提示，家长们，家里老人孩子注意谨防全中！ ※室温一定不要高，25度 最近病毒严重，大家照顾好自己的身体，同时提醒孩子注意卫生 Notification from the Department of Health: The EB Flu is very serious this time, The way that has precaution, want to keep throat mucous membrane wet, cannot let throat dry, therefore must not endure not to drink water, the mucous membrane of the throat is dry, in 10 minutes the virus can invade the body. Drink 50-80cc of lukewarm water each time, the child 30-50cc, depending on age, feel the throat a little dry to drink, Dont think about it, dont hold back. Keep water on hand to provide water. Water doesnt have to be drunk at a time. Its useless to get it out of the body quickly. Its right to keep your throat moist and dry all the time. Before the end of March, places with a large number of people should not go. If you need to take the MTR or bus, please wear a mask. Dont make it hot. Dont take too much vitamin c. (Everyone sends this message to the parent group) The CDC reminds: the recent flu characteristics: 1, fast high fever, not easy to reduce, fever after the re-fever. After fever, turn into cough period, the duration is long. Children predominate. Pharyngeal symptoms were the most common symptoms in adults, accompanied by headache and general malaise. 5 Highly contagious. Warm reminder, parents, the old people and children of the family to beware of the whole middle! ※Room temperature must not be high, 25 degrees The virus is serious recently, everybody takes care of oneself body, at the same time reminds the child to pay attention to hygiene to clean, drink water more. 🎉🎉🎉🙏🙏🙏

Okay, I'm just going to stand here and take this all in 40 years not letting go of this. So just quickly, thank you Hollywood Foreign Press for giving me this honor. It's been an amazing journey and incredible fight to be here today. But I think it's been worth it. I remember when I first came to Hollywood. It was a dream come true until I got here because look at this face. I came here and was told you're a minority and I'm like, no, that's not possible. And then someone said to me, you speak English. I mean, forget about them not knowing Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Asia, India. And then I said, yeah, the flight here was about 13 hours long. So I learned. As time went by, as I just turned, I turned 60 last year. And I think all of you women understand this as the days, the years and the numbers get bigger, it seems like opportunities start to get smaller as well. And I probably was at a time where I thought, well, hey, come on, girl, you had a really, really good run. You worked with some of the best people, Steven Spielberg, Jim Cameron and Danny Boyle. And so it's good. It's all good. Then along came the best gift, everything, everywhere. All at once. Shut up, please. I can beat you up, okay? And that's serious. And I thank you, A24, Leyline, for believing in these two goofy, insanely smart, wonderful geniuses, the Daniels, who had the courage, who had the courage to write about a very ordinary immigrant, aging woman, mother, daughter, who was the worst thing trying to do her audit. She was being audited by the IRS, played by the most amazing Jamie Lee Curtis. I love you. I was given this gift of playing this woman who resonated so deeply with me and with so many people, because at the end of the day, in whatever universe she was at, she was just fighting, fighting for love, for her family. And without Evelyn Wong was no one without Kee Kwe Kwan, Raymond Wong, and there was no joy in her life without Stephanie Hsu, the most amazing Stephanie Hsu, and my hard dog lover, Jamie Lee Curtis. To Jonathan Wong, my producer, thank you for being there with us every step of the way. My managers, David Unger and Kit Wong, who believed in me. And this is also for all the shoulders that I stand on, all who came before me, who looks like me, and all who are going on this journey with me forward. So thank you for believing in us. Thank you. Thank you so much.

* Help share 🙏: --- √👍👍 * Doctors in China confirm. 這 是 100 ％ 準確 的 信息 ， This information is 100% accurate 對於 每個 人 都 非常 有效。 Very effective for everyone 為什麼 中國 大陸 過去 幾天 大大 減少 了 感染 人數 China has significantly reduced the number of infections in the past few days. 除了 戴 口罩 勤 洗手 外 ， Besides wearing masks and washing hands 他們 只是 簡單 地 每天 漱口 3 次 鹽水 They also gargle salt water 3 times a day 完成 後 ， 喝水 5 分鐘。 After that, drink warm water for 5 minutes nails 因為 該 病毒 只能 在 喉嚨 中 侵襲 ， Because the virus initially only attacks the throat 然後 再 侵襲 肺部 Then just attack the lungs 當 受到 鹽水 侵襲 時. When hit by salt water 該 病毒 會 死亡 或 胃中 胃中 下來 並 在 胃中 銷毀, The virus will die or descend and disintegrate in the stomach   這 是 預防 冠狀 病毒 流行 的 唯一 方法 ， This is one way to prevent Covid19 from being used by people.   市場 上 沒有 藥品 There is no medicine on the market   所以 不要 購買。 No need to buy   童 綜合 王叔 昂 醫師 醫師 ： The General Hospital stated   新 冠 肺炎 在 還 沒有 來到 肺部 之前, Before the crown pneumonia / virus reaches the lungs     它 會 在 喉嚨 部位 存活 4 天 The virus lives in the throat for 4 days   在 這個 時候 ， 人們 會 開始 咳嗽 及 喉痛。 At this time, the infected start to cough & sore throat.   如果 他 能 儘量 喝多 溫 開水 及 或, If you can drink as much warm water as possible nails or salt water   就能 消滅 病菌。 Can eliminate viruses   儘快 把 此 訊息 轉達 一下 ， Hurry and spread this message.   因爲 你 會 救 他人 一 命！ Because you will save someone's life 由 刘 赞 坤 翻译 于 2020 年 4 月 2 日 Translated by Liu Zan kun on April 2, 2020 Good afternoon, always healthy greetings #Sangatlawanviruscorona 🙏

永遠不要在飛行中這樣做！！！ （以下是谷歌翻譯的，英文原文如下為朋友臉書分享的） ————- 如果您經常乘飛機旅行，請注意過於友好的健談座位鄰居。 年長的女士過來坐在我旁邊的飛機上。 她讓我幫她把包放在頭頂行李箱裡。 但是坐在對面的一位紳士很快就走了進來。 （我個子不高，頭頂行李箱是我不惜一切代價盡量避免的。 她立即​​坐下，開始了談話。 她很愉快，說得很好。 所以，我們在飛往迪拜的航班上一直在聊天。 突然，當飛行員宣布我們現在開始下降到 DXB 時，我的好朋友“出現”了胃痛。 我懷著一顆善良的心，按下了空姐的按鈕，空姐過來查明問題所在。 我告訴她我的同桌感覺不舒服。 而這位女士，她突然開始稱呼我為“我的女兒”。 空姐告訴我，除了給她一些止痛藥，等我們降落，他們什麼都做不了。 飛行員宣布我們在船上有醫療緊急情況，並建議我們所有人保持冷靜。 我的新朋友哭得像瘋了似的流著汗。 她拒絕放開我的手……每個人都以為我們認識對方。 因此，我們降落在 DXB，幫助將行李放在頭頂行李艙的同一位紳士取出了她的行李。 但當他拿走行李時，他建議我與這位女士保持距離，並向機組人員明確表示我們不是一起旅行。 他是天賜之物！ 所以確實，機組人員來問我是否有親戚關係，我斷然告訴他們我們是在飛機上認識的。 我根本不認識她。 所以，我們開始下飛機，當我說再見時，她一直求我提她的手提包。 我好傷心……但這位先生看著我的眼睛，用力地搖了搖頭。 他遞給我一張紙條，告訴我讓機組人員處理她。 所以，我下了飛機，讓我的“新朋友”等待輪椅，被機組人員處理，感到非常內疚。 當我們等待行李通過時，我聽到了這種騷動。 我的“新朋友”正在奔跑，試圖逃離機組人員，從輪椅上下來！ 她帶著手提包離開了空姐，帶著剩下的手提行李就往出口跑了！ 幸好機場警察比她快。 他們抓住了她，把她戴上手銬帶了回來。 這位女士開始呼喚我。 我的女兒……我的女兒！ 你怎麼能這樣對我......那是我趕上的時候。 她攜帶毒品，並試圖牽連我！ 幸運的是，幫她拿行李的那位先生上前告訴機場警察，我和她剛剛在飛機上相遇。 警察拿走了我的護照，並要求她透露我的全名，如果我們真的一起旅行的話。 靠著上帝的恩典，我什至沒有告訴她我的名字！ 我仍然被要求跟隨警察到一個小房間，在那裡我受到了廣泛的訊問。 我在哪裡遇到她？...我在哪裡登機...她在哪裡登機。 等等......我的行李被廣泛搜查並除塵以尋找指紋。 他們把她所有的行李都撣掉了，在她的行李或手提包上都沒有找到我的指紋！ 我被告知永遠不要在飛行中或在機場觸摸任何人的行李。 所以，從那天起，我不管你有多少行李，你自己來處理。 我什至不會給你推車來放你的行李！ 你的行李……你的問題……是我的政策。 如果你無法到達頭頂艙，而我是最近的人，請打電話給機組人員，因為我只會給你一個白眼，然後把目光移開！ ——— NEVER DO THIS IN A FLIGHT!!! If you travel by air a lot, beware of over friendly chatty seat Neighbour's. The older lady comes and sits next to me inside the plane. She asked me to help her put her bag in the overhead luggage compartment. But a gentleman sitting across quickly came through. (I am not very tall, and the overhead luggage compartment is something I try to avoid at all costs. Immediately she sits down she strikes up a conversation. She was very pleasant and well spoken. So, we chatted all through the flight to Dubai. Suddenly, when the pilot announced that we were now proceeding to begin our descent into DXB, my good friend 'developed' stomach pains. Me with my good heart, I pressed the steward's button, and the stewardess came to find out what the problem was. I told her my seat mate was not feeling well. And this lady, she suddenly began to address me as 'my daughter'. The stewardess told me that there was nothing they could do except give her some painkillers and wait until we landed. The pilot announced that we had a medical emergency on board and advised us all to stay calm. My new friend was crying and sweating like crazy. And she refused to let go of my hand... everyone assumed we knew each other. So, we landed at DXB and the same gentleman who helped put up her luggage in the overhead compartment removed her luggage. But as he removed the luggage, he advised me to distance myself from this lady and make it clear to the cabin crew that we were NOT travelling together. He was a godsend! So indeed, the cabin crew came and asked me if we were related, I categorically told them we had met on the plane. I didn't know her at all. So, we began to deplane and as I said goodbye, she kept begging me to carry her handbag. I was so torn... but the gentleman looked me in the eye and emphatically shook his head. He passed me a note telling me to let the cabin crew handle her. So, I exit the aircraft and leave my 'new friend' to wait for the wheelchair and be handled by the cabin crew feeling very guilty. As we waited for our luggage to come through, I hear this commotion. My 'new friend' was running, trying to escape the cabin crew, having gotten out of the wheelchair! She left the stewardess with her handbag and just ran towards the exit with the rest of her hand luggage! Luckily the airport police were faster than her. They got hold of her and brought her back in handcuffs. This lady starts calling out to me. my daughter... my daughter! how could you do this to me..... that's when I caught on. She was carrying drugs and she was trying to implicate me! Luckily for me, the gentleman who had helped her with her luggage came forward and told the airport police that me and her had just met on the plane. The police took my passport and asked her to reveal my full names if it was true we were travelling together. By God's grace, I had not even told her my first name! I was still asked to follow the police to a little room where I was questioned extensively. Where did I meet her?... where did I board... where did she board. Etc... And my luggage was extensively searched and dusted for fingerprints. They dusted all her luggage, and my fingerprints were not found anywhere on her luggage or on her handbag! I was let go with advice never ever to touch anyone's luggage either in flight or at the airport. So, from that day, I don't care how much luggage you have, you will deal with it yourself. I will not even offer you a trolley to put your luggage on! Your luggage... your problem.... is my policy. And if you can't reach the overhead compartment, and I am the nearest person, please call the cabin crew because all I will do is give you a blank stare and then look away!

轉發： 遇到事件，我覺得他的處理方式很好，跟大家分享，也提醒大家警覺！ 事情經過是這樣的： 一天晚上經過台大醫院教學部旁，看到一位女孩面色痛苦、略帶啜泣倒臥在牆邊，我過去問她還好嗎 ? 要不要幫她叫救護車 ? 她說不要，但請幫她打這支電話 (093xxxxx) 聯絡家人，由於之前不少詐騙社會新聞，我擔心用我的手機打，對方就會有我的資料、或者女方家屬會誣賴我是肇事者等等…..這類的理由，所以我不敢打；又由於臺大醫院就在旁邊，我跟她說我去通知醫院的人或打叫護車來好嗎？她又說不要，只重複說著：「請幫我打這支電話連絡我…..（她斷斷續續講)」然後她就昏倒了！ 她竟然就這樣昏倒了！ 我知道： 1.我不會丟下她不管。 2.我不敢去碰觸她，怕她旁邊有伙伴會突然圍過來指責要我負責....等之類。 這些想法都在一秒內閃過，我馬上拿起手機打119叫救護車，正當我跟救護人員通話時，她起身跑掉了！她竟然起身跑掉了！ 我只好跟119人員說暈倒的人已經自己跑走了，應該不用救護車了，不好意思，謝謝。 或許哪天你、我都有可能身歷其境，有智慧的您，學到了嗎？ 台灣變了，多事不得！ 台灣變了，到處都有陷阱！要冷靜思考三思而行！ 否則，有可能行善不得，反被害遭殃 Encountering an incident, I feel that his handling was very good. I want to share it with everyone and remind everyone to be vigilant! Here's what happened: One evening, passing by the teaching department of National Taiwan University Hospital, I saw a girl lying by the wall with a painful expression, tears in her eyes. I approached her and asked if she was okay and if she needed me to call an ambulance for her. She said no, but asked me to make a call (093xxxxx) to contact her family. Due to previous incidents of scams reported in the news, I was worried that if I used my phone, the other person would have my information, or the girl's family might falsely accuse me of being responsible, and so on. For these reasons, I didn't dare to make the call. Since National Taiwan University Hospital was right nearby, I suggested that I could inform the hospital staff or call an ambulance for her, but she refused and kept repeating, 'Please make this call to reach me...(she said this intermittently),' and then she fainted! She fainted just like that! I knew: 1. I wouldn't leave her unattended. 2. I didn't dare to touch her, fearing that someone nearby might suddenly come and accuse me of being responsible. All of these thoughts flashed through my mind in a split second, and I immediately picked up my phone and called 119 for an ambulance. While I was on the phone with the ambulance personnel, she got up and ran away! She actually got up and ran away! I had to tell the 119 personnel that the person who fainted had run away on her own, so there was no need for an ambulance. I apologized and thanked them. Perhaps one day, you and I could both find ourselves in such a situation. Did you learn something from this? Taiwan has changed; it's a complicated place! Taiwan has changed; there are traps everywhere! We need to think carefully and act prudently! Otherwise, trying to do good may lead to harm instead!"

Adam Rogas – CEO and Co-Founder of NS8 by IdeaMensch · Nov 30, 2016 287Share Tweet 66Share Adam-e1480959343307 Find a problem you think you can solve and really focus on it. Resist the urge to move from that problem until you have demonstrated by positive user feedback and growth that you have actually solved it. Adam Rogas is the CEO and Co-Founder of NS8. With over 14 years of senior development and management expertise, as well as extensive knowledge in the fields of online fraud and spam filtering, Adam brings a tremendous amount to NS8. He was a founder of LoadMail and has worked as a trusted advisor to Postini, London Board of Tourism, Vivendi Universal, and Napster. In each case, Adam has helped implement big data, email, spam and virus filtering, and data security solutions. Mr. Rogas has architected extremely large-scale spam and virus filtering platforms, dealing with well over 100,000 messages per hour. He has also played a central role in the architecture of numerous large scale analysts solutions. Adam brings his love for safe, effective communication and startup ventures to NS8. He is married and also calls Las Vegas, Nevada home. Where did the idea for NS8 come from? My partners and I have run some significant and highly transactional websites and services prior to NS8. We understood that the common threads of fraud, abuse and poor user experience affected each of them in some way, shape, or form. Knowing this, we felt there had to be a better way to protect these types of sites and services, from being abused, regardless of their size. We also knew that any solution we created had to be easy to deploy, manage, and understand. What does your typical day look like and how do you make it productive? In an early stage company you are wearing lots of hats. I work a ton of hours. So, the key for me, is to keep my thoughts organized. I usually divide my day up into 3 or 4 segments and then identify what I think I can accomplish in each one of them. Once I do this, I make a list for each segment. This gives me a semblance of structure to my day that helps me get my mind right for the tasks I have to tackle. It also helps me walk away and not overthink the ones I have already completed. How do you bring ideas to life? I usually start with an idea or something that would really matter to a specifc group of people and then I start asking questions. I will then usually build some simple example, or take steps to create what I’m trying to do, and show it to people get feedback and repeat until I reach my goal. What’s one trend that really excites you? It has gotten easier and easier to bring big ideas to life, and to compete, due to the growth of cloud services. To me, it really levels the playing field for a lot of ideas, that just 5 years ago, would have been impossible for all but the largest companies to bring to life. What is one habit of yours that makes you more productive as an entrepreneur? I try to be fairly aware of my own ADD and so I will make lists to hold myself accountable for the items on them. I also try to solve this problem in our hiring practices by surrounding myself with people that are very detail and process focused. What advice would you give your younger self? Find a problem you think you can solve and really focus on it. Resist the urge to move from that problem until you have demonstrated by positive user feedback and growth that you have actually solved it. If you do that, and continue to do it over and over again, you will be successful. Tell us something that’s true that almost nobody agrees with you on? That I am a good singer ? I don’t know that I am very persuasive here …. but I do know I can’t sing. As an entrepreneur, what is the one thing you do over and over and recommend everyone else do? I am constantly talking to our customers. I try to involve them early on, and very often in our process. This is one area I struggle with as we evolve and scale our product development processes, but it is critical to maintaining that connection as to why your customers want your product in the first place. What is one strategy that has helped you grow your business? Please explain how. Surrounding myself with supremely talented people and partners. It has been instrumental to my own growth and the growth of my businesses. What is one failure you had as an entrepreneur, and how did you overcome it? That would probably be my first company, Load Ltd. Load was a hosted application service provider before there was a term for Software As A Service (SaaS). We had a popular email product called LoadMail, that was used by a number of major companies. About 1 year into the business we chose to offer additional services above and beyond just mail and it was this decision that would prove to be our failure. As a team, we didn’t fully understand how diversifying our focus would negatively impact our effectiveness. I tell everyone who asks for advice to pick a problem you can solve and focus on solving it well. Successful entrepreneurs have one thing in common — they never give up. What is one business idea that you’re willing to give away to our readers? I like ideas that take subject knowledge and find a way to productize it. One idea I had was to do this for athletic departments in D1 schools, so they could crowdsource from their athletes, managers, and students the creation of social marketing content. They could then manage it from a centrally controllable compliance system. Or Plastics !! Invest in Plastics (god I’m old) What is the best $100 you recently spent? What and why? Money spent on experiences, dinner with my wife or friends, or money that helps someone. Recently, since we are living across the country from each other, it would be dinner with my wife the last time I was at home in Las Vegas. What is one piece of software or a web service that helps you be productive? How do you use it? Slack. It helps our entire team communicate. What is the one book that you recommend our community should read and why? “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek. It helps you think about what you are building in a way that really focuses on how it will be consumed by those whom you are selling it to. What is your favorite quote? “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” -Winston Churchill Tell us about one friend or acquaintance of yours who we should interview on IdeaMensch. Who are they, what are they doing and what’s their email address? I actually have two Nick Jones, Nick and I started what was our first real company together Load Ltd along with my current business partner Paul Korol. Nick’s is currently working on a great project focused on personal and affinity based content creation called JRNL.com, they have recently been through boom Startup a SaaS focused startup accelerator in Salt Lake City and have just completed a seed round of funding. John Njoku, John is working on a great project RentHub.com, which is at the intersection of Multifamily Residential Realestate and Big Data Analytics. RentHub has some huge clients such as StarWood capital and The Lefrak Organization and has recently completed the Elmspring accelerator based in Chicago. Contact : https://www.ns8.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ns8 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ns8inc Twitter: @ns8inc 287Share Tweet 66Share Filed Under: Interviews, Software, Technology Tagged With: Herndon, Virginia https://ideamensch.com/adam-rogas/