Author name: Taylor Jacobson

How Focusmate made me go bald

[This is a guest story written by Focusmate user Rachel Morgan-Trimmer.] I walked in the door, the weight of disappointment heavy on my shoulders. “Oh, you had your hair cut!” said my husband. “Yeah,” I replied, “But I don’t really like it. All of us have had a bad haircut of course, and mine came a the time that Macmillan (a well-known cancer charity)

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Watch Focusmate founder pitch Tim Draper on Season 2 of Meet The Drapers, this Saturday 12/8!

Focusmate was one of 36 startups selected amongst thousands of applicants to pitch on Season 2 of Meet The Drapers. The episode airs this Saturday, December 8th, at 6pm ET / 3pm PT, to millions of viewers ???? in 167 countries. What is Meet The Drapers? Meet The Drapers is a TV show produced by

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Product Update – November 26, 2018 – Database Architecture

I hope you all in the U.S. had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Recent Updates Database architecture. From a user perspective, our recent work might feel a bit boring or irrelevant. That’s because most of it is happening on the back end, where we’re making the way that bookings happen more flexible. This will enable a

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Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time – Interview with Stephen Warley, Life Skills That Matter

[video_player type=”youtube” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”]aHR0cHM6Ly95b3V0dS5iZS9HN1NfUkExeWZ5TQ==[/video_player]   Ever feel like you’re moving too slowly? Sleeping too much, to deal with hard-to-quantify stressors? Today I interviewed Stephen Warley, founder of Life Skills That Matter, about how to manage your energy. Listen in to learn: The simple weekly ritual Stephen uses to build intention

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Product Update – November 6, 2018 – Session Naming, Workspaces

Below are the latest product updates and plans, as of today, November 6, 2018 (go vote!). New Updates Session titles. You can now add a title or name to your sessions.  Watch a short tutorial.   Upcoming sessions area. The upcoming sessions area has new logic: it will show sessions today and tomorrow. If you have

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Product Update – October 22, 2018 – Video Fixes, Session Protocol, Session Naming

Dear Focusmate fam, Below are the latest product updates and plans, as of today, October 22, 2018. We missed one Product Update due to [insert excuses here… Mike’s baby was born!] but we’re back on track and looking forward to your feedback in the comments! New Updates Jitsi fixes ongoing. We removed several Jitsi features that

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