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Good job Roman, I enjoyed Mallette's interview. I'm not sure if having a completely heterogeneous set of guests is a good idea, rather than focusing on smaller niches. This way I feel like there are low chances that I'd be interested inyour next guest. On a positive note, the simple layout looks really effective to me.

P.S: I know it's a bit off-topic, but knowing Roman is Russian, I'm impressed by his american accent, I wonder how he got to achieve that. I'm Italian, I have lived a bit in UK in the past, and now when I speak English I sound like the Queen on crack, and there's no apparent way to fix my pronunciation.

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I think you never know what you may find interesting. I don't really want to find a niche. Mixergy covers founders, but for me it's more exciting to talk to just different people, not necessarily entrepreneurs. That's the point.

About the accent. As you can see in some of the interviews, it's not always perfect. But in my opinion the thing that matters is that people understand you perfectly and enjoy talking to you. That's what I'm trying to achieve. Having a nice accent is nothing if you say stupid things. So, don't worry about it?

I agree with you. A lot of folks are doing niches. But few go talk to the guy who is walking to his 5pm gas station job. I'd love if you focused across high-end and low-end jobs.

I get tired of hearing about nothing but startups. Maybe talking to someone who's awesome for other reasons, like an ultramarathon runner, would be refreshing and just as inspiring.

I agree. People that have achieved something that takes a lot of skill or plain dedication and determination, but aren't in the technology startup crowd have just as much to say about overcoming obstacles as anyone else.

It's a lesson for the audience to abstract the ideas and apply it to themselves if they wish to use this as an educational tool.

How this 20-something kid made millions!!! Next on Mixergy.

I'd love something like TED but more informal.

NPR - fresh air

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