Mara Slade

Writer, mother, ad-agency dropout, mental health advocate, entrepreneur with the soul of an English major

[alexandra scaggs @alexandrascaggs]

"oh, shit, OK" - chief executive of RH (fka Restoration Hardware)

[Mara Slade @maraslade]

"The US is 33rd out of the 37 richest nations in child care investments — behind Mexico and Romania" and "American parents spend more than a quarter of their earnings on child care." Time for #POTUS and #Congress to act. https://t.co/dTXXMtFLaD

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Starting to seem likely we'll see the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on planet earth this weekend. Death Valley headed for 132???

https://t.co/kCaLb9pSCj

[Drew Tuma @DrewTumaABC7]

Gotta love passing through the Caldecott and going from comfortable to straight up oppressive heat.

Trying to think if there is any other place in the country that has a massive temperature spread in this short of a distance ~15 miles

[Amanda Goetz @AmandaMGoetz]

If you hire someone because they are good at their job

then tell them exactly what to do, when to do it and how to do it

And then wonder why your company isn’t innovating or growing

It’s because of you.
You are the limiting factor.

Hire great people
Tell them what success looks like
Give them the resources
And let them go!

Micromanaging is the death of creativity and motivation.

[Fortune MPW @FortuneMPW]

“As a result, they have been able to adjust their business models, shifting their focus from growth at all costs to prioritizing profitability,” says Female Founders Fund founding partner Anu Duggal. https://t.co/TrpEF4mFOb

[Fortune MPW @FortuneMPW]

Nearly two-thirds of workers (64%) have missed work in the past year due to their families’ health needs, according to Maven Clinic’s 2023 State of Fertility & Family Benefits report released this week. https://t.co/QvkrgmPK3y

[Mara Slade @maraslade]

@arshgoyal13 @LALoyolan @arshgoyal13 thank you for sharing!

[Amanda Goetz @AmandaMGoetz]

This is the 128th mass shooting in the US this year.

[Sara Mauskopf @sm]

We closed schools for years due to the risk of what could happen if our kids got Covid but every day we let our kids risk getting shot and killed at school.

[Mara Slade @maraslade]

The crux of the issue is gun access in America. Other countries have figured this out. Legislators/Congress people - the time to act is now.

#gunaccess #citizenship #momlife #leadingcauseofdeath #CitizenJournalists

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

You can watch my full, powerful interview with gun violence survivor and trauma surgeon Dr. @JosephSakran here: https://t.co/5ZN0JaF1JK

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

You can watch my full, powerful interview with gun violence survivor and trauma surgeon Dr. @JosephSakran here: https://t.co/5ZN0JaF1JK

[Amanpour and Company @AmanpourCoPBS]

Yesterday an elementary school in Nashville became the scene of the latest mass shooting in America. Dr. @JosephSakran survived a bullet wound to the throat at age 17, and is now a trauma surgeon regularly seeing the damage caused by gun violence. He joins the show. @amanpour

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

New year, new you

[Amanda Goetz @AmandaMGoetz]

I now work for a company with over 300 employees and am building 3 brands from scratch

making 10x the amount I was paying myself at HOW.

I’m operating out of a place of peace and not survival.

A few thoughts….

[Sarah Finnie @SarahFinnie51]

Highly recommend: the smarties @CoveringClimate scoured @IPCC_CH report—here are 8 key points “translated” into language non-scientists can easily understand + share. Including elephants in the room. Invaluable! Kudos @markhertsgaard &team. @CeresNews @IGS_BU https://t.co/VFgg66TDs5

[Jackie Speier @RepSpeier]

This is dejavu all over again. SVB CEO SELLS $3.6m in stock 2 weeks before takeover In 2008 Lehman Bros CEO puts mansion in wife’s name before the crash. Time to clawback $.

[Mara Slade @maraslade]

My guess is @firstrepublic customer base is savvy enough to understand how capital markets work; Investors -- stop the fear contagion already... https://t.co/Bqbr1InOlk via @sfchronicle

[Charles Etoroma @chvrlesjr]

Never underestimate the power of copy

The copywriter behind Slack’s update jargon deserves a monumental raise