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Lexi Lewtan the founder of Centered, where she's building the Masterclass for Mental Health. Previously she ran operations for AngelList's Talent Platform, scaling it from zero to $20m in revenue. She has a deep background in the startup world, previously working at Hired & betaworks. In this conversation you'll learn: lessons in recruiting & the 80/20 of hiring the business model behind AngelList Talent & Hired tools to help you deal with focus, anxiety, depression & work stress the difference between CBT & DBT why depression feels like playing life on "hard mode" Let us know what you think on Twitter, I'm @bzaidi and she's @lexilewtan Timestamps: 00:00:00 Preview 00:02:12 Lexi Intro – Betaworks, Hired, AngelList, Centered 00:03:36 Hired Raised $150mil – What Went Wrong? 00:07:23 Moving to AngelList 00:09:34 Superpower 00:12:24 Experiments at AngelList 00:15:50 Hiring Pricing Model – 15% of salary vs flat fee 00:21:30 Lessons In Recruiting 00:23:54 Scraping & Growth Hacking 00:26:57 80/20 Of Recruiting 00:29:35 Advice To New Grads 00:33:46 Centered Origin Story 00:35:57 CBT vs DBT 00:40:17 Tools For Mental Health 00:42:54 Focus: Planned Obsolescence 00:44:45 Motivation + Values 00:48:04 Tool for managing anxiety – “shut the door” 00:49:28 Managing Depression 00:51:00 Inner Child Exercises 00:53:37 Journaling 00:56:08 “Life Becomes Hard Mode” - Defining Depression 00:59:55 Future Of Mental Health Thank you to our sponsors: Space - the easiest way to engage your team over audio: http://www.JoinSpace.co Micro Acquire - the largest startup acquisition marketplace, join 50k+ others and buy or sell your startup: http://www.microacquire.com