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Francesca Sciandra is a UK-based visual artist specializing in painting and experiential art. Her work explores the power of imagination, representing what we see and feel, drawing inspiration from nature, dreams, and emotional landscapes. She received a Bachelor of Architecture from The Cooper Union and a degree in Graphic Design from Parsons School of Design. Francesca is also an experienced educator and facilitator in the arts and creates and teaches online art courses. Beyond her art, she is a qualified therapist and psychotherapeutic counsellor.

Ian Smith is a software developer at Spark. He writes about woodworking, electronics, 3D printing, and more on his blog. He also shares book notes, including a review of Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary."

Alexander Sandberg is a self-taught software engineer from northern Sweden, now living in Austria. Driven by curiosity, he enjoys creating, exploring, and learning. He appreciates good design and polished experiences and considers himself a product-minded engineer. Alexander has a master’s degree in product design. He focuses on crafting simple but beautiful apps and experiences with Swift and SwiftUI. He works as the Lead iOS Engineer at Composer and is a member of the Swift Website Workgroup. Alexander is also working on a time tracking app called Balance.

Tan is a self-taught programmer with a passion for R, Shiny, NFL, and pumpkin carving. Currently, Tan works as an Engineering Manager for Teamworks Intelligence Soccer. They are the creator of DynastyProcess and a maintainer of nflverse and ffverse. Tan also mentors at DSLC Slack Community. Prior to their current role, Tan's diverse background includes experience as a residential property manager, construction data analyst, fantasy football writer, live-coding streamer, marathon rower, and adult rowing coach. Outside of work, Tan enjoys volleyball, weightlifting, skiing, cooking, and spending time with their dog, Jasper.

Nadia Payan is a transformational teacher and certified master life coach. She coaches privately with executives and creates spaces for accessible coaching. Nadia is also an author, an artist, and a TEDx speaker. Her approach blends spiritual, psychological, and somatic practices. She is a third culture, mixed woman, embodying a bridge between Moroccan, Colombian, and USA cultures. Nadia is also a certified Montessori educator for early childhood. She trusts the inner wisdom of her students and poses questions that create deep reflection.

Julian Stark is a freelance WordPress developer based in Tübingen. With over 10 years of experience since graduating with a M.Sc. in Business Informatics, he develops WordPress solutions for businesses and web agencies. He specializes in creating custom WordPress websites, plugins, interfaces, and themes, with a focus on user-friendliness, SEO, and speed. Julian offers a range of services including web design, programming, and maintenance, ensuring clients have technically up-to-date, responsive, and SEO-optimized websites.

The creator of SILENT COMICS is an Illustrator & Designer who started the project as a departure from client work. SILENT COMICS is an experiment to prototype, design, and publish wordless comics, aiming to re-explore the format with the continuity of storyboards and widescreen comics. The blog shares the project’s slow progress. They are drawing silent comics for those who love comics but don’t feel like reading.

Star Victoria Power, also known as Slide20XX, is a composer with over 10 years of experience in the video game industry. Having decided to write music for games at 13, Star helps game teams with strong, unique aesthetics save time on audio by creating music that is researched, perfectly matched, and always on time. Star's first major soundtrack release was recognized by Bandcamp as one of the best video game releases of 2021, and its tracks have amassed over 1.5 million listens across streaming platforms. Star has also performed at MIT’s “Hacking Arts” Festival and in Madrid, Spain as part of the Red Bull Music Academy.

Jason Kleinberg welcomes visitors to his online universe. He helps people learn the fiddle through his online course, FiddleHed. He also composes music that has been used in film, TV, and radio. He enjoys everyday activities, though he feels they don't amount to much.

Joel is the founder of Bloomsoup, a platform dedicated to exploring the art of living well through books. He shares wisdom nuggets from a variety of books and applies them to real-life situations. With a background in health, including experience as a physiotherapist and acupuncturist, Joel has also worked as a freelance writer and online marketer. He aims to provide resources covering business, culture, philosophy, psychology, and wellbeing to help others discover the meaning of life and improve themselves.

Wesley Ross helps startups find product-market fit and drive sustainable growth. He offers strategic product guidance to growing startups, drawing on his experience scaling products at Phrase from startup to over $10M in revenue. Wesley provides services ranging from product-market fit audits to fractional CPO partnerships, focusing on growth metrics, roadmap prioritization, and retention optimization. He is also the founder of OpsYard, an app development agency, and the owner of NoMoonshots, a product studio.

Nicola Rushton is a product designer who enjoys creating software for startups and "startups-at-heart." She is a product design generalist with experience in the entire design process, from strategy and early-stage research to high-fidelity UX/UI designs. She has worked with startups and industry leaders such as Pivotal Labs, Google, Atlassian, and Telstra. Nicola is comfortable with complexity and ambiguity and enjoys working closely with engineers. She has run design at startups, been a freelancer, consultant and mentor, and spoken at conferences about collaborative research and ethical design.

Étienne Garbugli is a consultant and author who helps product-led SaaS companies increase revenue through lifecycle email strategies. He is the author of *The SaaS Email Marketing Playbook*, *Lean B2B*, *Find Your Market*, and *Solving Product*. He built the email program that drove 4x revenue growth at LANDR. Étienne is also a three-time founder. His presentation, *26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I’d Known at 20*, has been read by over 33 million people.

The Finanz-Designerin focuses on helping people achieve financial freedom in 5 years. She hosts a podcast covering topics such as P2P lending, stocks and ETFs, Amazon self-publishing, and Amazon FBA. She also shares her experiences as a sidepreneur and discusses her passive income strategies.

Jampa James Alfieri is a dharma poet and self-described fool exploring the space between worlds through poetry and sound. He is currently on a two-year mountain retreat and publishes a newsletter called Bardo Blues. Jampa describes himself as a recovering rat racer and sense maker who once clung to his rational mind. He strives for enlightenment and wants to give his life to beauty, truth, and a dharma that can flow from the temple to the dance floor. He explores the intersection of the sacred and the current state of the world, acknowledging the 'collective nightmare' while seeking a better way.

Dave Thomas is a consultant who helps teams and individuals simplify their work to deliver value faster, more accurately, and with less stress. A Brit who has lived in the US for 30 years, he has a long history in software development, including co-owning a software house and freelancing. He co-authored The Pragmatic Programmer and was involved in the creation of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Dave is also known for his contributions to the Ruby and Elixir communities, including writing Programming Ruby and Programming Elixir. He co-founded The Pragmatic Bookshelf, which has published almost 800 titles. He has given over 400 talks at events worldwide.

David LaVine is the founder of RocLogic Marketing, an inbound marketing consultancy focused on helping engineering and software development companies generate sales-ready leads. With a background in engineering, David understands the technical aspects of these businesses and the frustrations that can arise when marketing efforts don't align with the company's expertise. He helps clients clarify their messaging, develop niche marketing strategies, and analyze their digital marketing efforts to improve lead generation. David is an advocate for the inbound philosophy, focusing on positioning companies ahead of when potential customers need their services.