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Yvonne: Welcome to Yvonne Week! 2 00:00:01.201 --> 00:00:05.005 I'm gonna be answering some of the questions that you guys sent in for the Q&A. 3 00:00:05.005 --> 00:00:06.873 and I hope you enjoy the series. 4 00:00:06.973 --> 00:00:09.776 Isman says, what are some crazy amounts of money 5 00:00:09.776 --> 00:00:12.512 that you guys have spent on a video that you did not think made sense? 6 00:00:12.512 --> 00:00:16.783 Okay the first one that comes to mind is the obvious gold Xbox controller, 7 00:00:16.783 --> 00:00:18.752 that made zero sense to me. 8 00:00:18.752 --> 00:00:21.488 I feel like there's different ways to quantify what's- 9 00:00:21.488 --> 00:00:22.455 Like what makes sense or not. 10 00:00:22.455 --> 00:00:25.191 There's the sheer amount of money, and then there's the 11 00:00:25.191 --> 00:00:28.795 okay well what's the return? How many views did it get? Did it get sponsored? 12 00:00:28.795 --> 00:00:31.865 For that one I don't know if I can justify it in any way. 13 00:00:32.732 --> 00:00:34.534 Sammy: Did we lose a lot of money on it? Or- 14 00:00:34.601 --> 00:00:36.770 Yvonne: Well, okay the thing about gold is that 15 00:00:36.770 --> 00:00:38.371 it's technically an investment right? 16 00:00:38.405 --> 00:00:42.042 So I think that gold is probably worth more than it originally was, 17 00:00:42.042 --> 00:00:45.812 but it just seemed so unnecessary. 18 00:00:46.513 --> 00:00:48.314 nil_pointer says, why pharmacy? 19 00:00:48.381 --> 00:00:52.185 When I was in high school I had dreams of getting into UBC, 20 00:00:52.185 --> 00:00:53.553 which is where I went to university; 21 00:00:53.553 --> 00:00:57.924 and I didn't really have any more beyond that, except that I loved sciences, 22 00:00:57.924 --> 00:01:01.194 and I loved helping people, and I knew that I enjoyed health care; 23 00:01:01.194 --> 00:01:04.864 and whether that was parental expectations with Asian parents and all that, 24 00:01:04.864 --> 00:01:07.567 or just me genuinely loving science and helping people, 25 00:01:07.567 --> 00:01:09.702 and kind of that meshing together really well. 26 00:01:09.702 --> 00:01:13.573 I was just doing general sciences and I wasn't really sure which 27 00:01:13.573 --> 00:01:17.177 field in health care to go into, and a couple of my friends were like, 28 00:01:17.177 --> 00:01:18.678 oh yeah we're going to apply for pharmacy now. 29 00:01:18.678 --> 00:01:21.314 I was like, oh pharmacy? Like I had never really thought of that before. 30 00:01:21.314 --> 00:01:23.817 Usually when you think of health care, you think of being a doctor, 31 00:01:23.817 --> 00:01:26.419 you think of being a nurse, or you like being a physiotherapist, 32 00:01:26.419 --> 00:01:28.054 or some of those like really obvious ones. 33 00:01:28.054 --> 00:01:30.557 A lot of pharmacists tend to be kind of behind the scenes; 34 00:01:30.557 --> 00:01:33.960 but when they said that I was like, oh that actually makes a lot of sense. 35 00:01:33.960 --> 00:01:37.597 Like I'm the kind of person that's really meticulous and organized, 36 00:01:37.597 --> 00:01:42.402 and it seemed kind of like it was meant for me honestly; 37 00:01:42.435 --> 00:01:45.071 So I applied and I got in; 38 00:01:45.071 --> 00:01:47.740 and unfortunately my friend didn't get in, so I felt really bad about that. 39 00:01:47.740 --> 00:01:52.078 I feel like I kind of took her spot, but she got in the next year so it was okay. 40 00:01:52.078 --> 00:01:55.915 Okay, Dawson621 says, what's one thing in your house that was the result 41 00:01:55.915 --> 00:01:58.318 of a sponsored video that you actually enjoy? 42 00:01:58.318 --> 00:02:01.254 I like the chairs in the theater room; they are amazing! 43 00:02:01.254 --> 00:02:04.791 I would have originally said that I like the home theater setup, 44 00:02:04.791 --> 00:02:07.627 like the tv and all that, but honestly it's so difficult to use 45 00:02:07.627 --> 00:02:08.995 and it doesn't work half the time! 46 00:02:09.429 --> 00:02:11.698 But I think part of why it doesn't work half the time 47 00:02:11.698 --> 00:02:14.067 is because Linus is constantly changing it and doing videos; 48 00:02:14.067 --> 00:02:16.603 so it can be really frustrating, but the chairs always work. 49 00:02:17.070 --> 00:02:18.371 BigWayneO says, 50 00:02:18.371 --> 00:02:20.974 have you ever thought about branching out and getting your own channel? 51 00:02:20.974 --> 00:02:22.809 If or if not, what would it be about? 52 00:02:22.809 --> 00:02:24.210 I've thought about this a lot. 53 00:02:24.210 --> 00:02:28.414 At first it was, okay what about you know cooking channel? Or a craft channel? 54 00:02:28.414 --> 00:02:29.782 Things that I might be interested in. 55 00:02:29.782 --> 00:02:33.553 More than anything, Linus and I have gone back and forth on different business ideas; 56 00:02:33.553 --> 00:02:35.455 so before HelloFresh became a thing, 57 00:02:35.455 --> 00:02:37.257 Linus and I were walking around our neighborhood, 58 00:02:37.257 --> 00:02:39.759 at the same time that we were starting LMG, and we thought- 59 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:41.694 We actually thought of that whole business idea. 60 00:02:41.694 --> 00:02:44.831 And we're like oh this sounds really good, but we're starting LMG right now; 61 00:02:44.831 --> 00:02:48.234 it probably doesn't make any sense, so we've kind of put it on hiatus, 62 00:02:48.234 --> 00:02:50.803 and then HelloFresh became a thing and totally took off. 63 00:02:50.803 --> 00:02:53.740 And we've had several other business ideas since then, 64 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:56.242 and I think probably more than any... 65 00:02:56.776 --> 00:02:59.546 More than creating a new channel, it would be creating a new business; 66 00:02:59.546 --> 00:03:02.015 maybe just as a side hustle, or just for fun. 67 00:03:02.015 --> 00:03:04.684 Linus: Technically HelloFresh was founded in November of 2011, 68 00:03:04.684 --> 00:03:08.221 a little bit before we had our conversation, but that was in Berlin 69 00:03:08.321 --> 00:03:08.855 and we didn't know about it. 70 00:03:08.855 --> 00:03:10.089 Yvonne: We didn't know about it, yeah, okay. 71 00:03:10.223 --> 00:03:15.828 Mymkvi0130 says, how do you deal with people with short attention spans 72 00:03:15.862 --> 00:03:17.030 and how do you keep them on track? 73 00:03:17.163 --> 00:03:17.697 Sammy: Hahahaha. 74 00:03:17.730 --> 00:03:18.364 Yvonne: Hahahahaha. 75 00:03:18.398 --> 00:03:20.300 Sammy: Linus just turned around and came back. 76 00:03:20.934 --> 00:03:22.735 Linus: I feel personally attacked right now. 77 00:03:23.937 --> 00:03:27.006 Yvonne: I don't know I feel like part of the beauty is not keeping Linus on track, 78 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:29.108 that's how we come up with all these crazy ideas; 79 00:03:29.275 --> 00:03:31.411 but when I do actually need him to sit down and focus, 80 00:03:31.411 --> 00:03:34.714 I'll just be like hey, hey! Like pay attention, we need to get this done. 81 00:03:34.881 --> 00:03:39.485 Honestly that's pretty much it, my daughter is very much like Linus that way, 82 00:03:39.485 --> 00:03:41.554 and I find with her that it's a lot more difficult; 83 00:03:41.554 --> 00:03:43.423 because at least with Linus I can reason with him. 84 00:03:43.423 --> 00:03:45.792 I'm like look, if we don't finish this now we're gonna have to do this later 85 00:03:45.792 --> 00:03:47.393 and it's gonna interfere with the rest of our day. 86 00:03:47.393 --> 00:03:51.631 But with my daughter, I don't know, I'm still figuring that one out; 87 00:03:51.898 --> 00:03:54.000 but yeah, though when we're sitting and working, 88 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.103 like something that we have to work on right now is a meeting for our 89 00:03:57.103 --> 00:03:59.305 all-hands meeting on Monday, and I know like 90 00:03:59.305 --> 00:04:00.740 in the past when I've done those things, 91 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:02.842 or when I've sat down and done budgeting with Linus, 92 00:04:02.842 --> 00:04:06.613 he'll get distracted with his phone, or this or that, and usually what it is 93 00:04:06.613 --> 00:04:09.515 it's I just- I'm just like okay let's move on to the next thing, 94 00:04:09.515 --> 00:04:10.917 or the next person will come back to this. 95 00:04:10.917 --> 00:04:15.989 And then we just kind of jump around whatever sparks his new train of thought, 96 00:04:15.989 --> 00:04:18.391 or will spark a new train of thought, if that makes sense. 97 00:04:18.491 --> 00:04:23.296 Catt0s says, how are the kitties? So we're actually doing a Floatplane exclusive, 98 00:04:23.296 --> 00:04:25.498 where you get to meet all of our kitties, so you'll see that soon. 99 00:04:25.498 --> 00:04:28.935 Mmmk says, have you maintained your pharmacist qualifications? 100 00:04:28.935 --> 00:04:33.239 So for years I did actually maintain my pharmacy qualifications, 101 00:04:33.239 --> 00:04:36.309 and part of it was because it was my own thing. 102 00:04:36.309 --> 00:04:38.511 It wasn't Linus Tech Tips, Linus Media Group; 103 00:04:38.511 --> 00:04:41.514 it was something that I could comfortably say this is something that I did; 104 00:04:41.514 --> 00:04:44.517 and I held on to it even though I didn't work full time just- 105 00:04:44.517 --> 00:04:47.654 At first it was just in case, in case I ever needed to fall back on it, 106 00:04:47.654 --> 00:04:48.554 in case something happened; 107 00:04:48.554 --> 00:04:50.790 but after a while it just became for me. 108 00:04:50.790 --> 00:04:52.725 And then after a while of that I was like, 109 00:04:52.725 --> 00:04:54.260 okay this doesn't make any sense anymore. 110 00:04:54.260 --> 00:04:56.963 I'm just paying annual dues for absolutely no reason. 111 00:04:57.330 --> 00:05:00.300 I theoretically have five years from when I let go of it, 112 00:05:00.300 --> 00:05:03.569 to just do my continuing education and re-sign up for it again; 113 00:05:03.569 --> 00:05:06.439 but I think we're coming up past those five years now, 114 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:09.942 so I have to- If I, if I let that lapse, 115 00:05:09.942 --> 00:05:12.078 then I actually have to sit for the exam all over again. 116 00:05:12.078 --> 00:05:14.714 Chreosite says, not sure if someone has asked this yet, 117 00:05:14.714 --> 00:05:17.617 but how do you balance your time at work with spending time with your family? 118 00:05:17.617 --> 00:05:20.720 Uh, so at first I would say that it was really really hard, 119 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:22.155 especially when the business was just starting. 120 00:05:23.156 --> 00:05:25.291 When I was on quote unquote my mat leaves, 121 00:05:25.291 --> 00:05:28.995 how what I would do, is I would actually bring the babies to the office; 122 00:05:28.995 --> 00:05:31.864 so I was not very good at finding that balance. 123 00:05:31.864 --> 00:05:35.401 As time has gone on I think it's gotten a little easier and a little better. 124 00:05:36.302 --> 00:05:40.707 Obviously the company has been more stable, and I've- 125 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:43.309 I'm actually on leave right now, which is amazing; 126 00:05:43.343 --> 00:05:45.678 so I feel like I just traded that time if that makes sense. 127 00:05:45.678 --> 00:05:48.114 All of that time early on that I couldn't put in, 128 00:05:48.114 --> 00:05:50.016 I'm trying to get that in now; which is amazing, 129 00:05:50.016 --> 00:05:53.219 because instead of spending time doing diaper changes and all that, 130 00:05:53.219 --> 00:05:55.355 I actually get to you know, attend my son's volleyball game. 131 00:05:55.355 --> 00:05:57.490 Which is really cool, really fun. 132 00:05:57.523 --> 00:06:00.693 What's your favorite game to play recently, says Rob_Dog. 133 00:06:00.893 --> 00:06:03.563 Honestly, it's been classics, I've uh- 134 00:06:03.563 --> 00:06:06.432 We've been playing Left 4 Dead recently, and I love Left 4 Dead; 135 00:06:06.432 --> 00:06:07.867 I think it's like my go-to game. 136 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.437 And I think a big reason is I don't have time to sit and learn a new game. 137 00:06:11.437 --> 00:06:14.640 Like I tried to play Baldur's Gate recently, and I was just like 138 00:06:14.640 --> 00:06:17.477 oh my goodness, there are so many things here that I don't know, 139 00:06:17.477 --> 00:06:20.813 and I don't have time to learn, so usually when I sit down to play a game 140 00:06:20.813 --> 00:06:22.849 it's because I just want to relax and veg, 141 00:06:22.849 --> 00:06:24.550 and like do something I'm comfortable with. 142 00:06:24.550 --> 00:06:26.753 And so I tend to go back to the classics a lot, 143 00:06:26.753 --> 00:06:28.988 because I just haven't had time between the business and kids. 144 00:06:28.988 --> 00:06:32.558 I don't have time to sit and spend that initial time to get to the point 145 00:06:32.558 --> 00:06:33.893 where you can enjoy a game anymore. 146 00:06:33.893 --> 00:06:36.662 AndrewCandy says, you and Linus have built something incredible. 147 00:06:36.662 --> 00:06:39.999 In the early days, were you ever concerned about working so closely with your spouse? 148 00:06:39.999 --> 00:06:44.537 Yes and no, so Linus used to run a painting business 149 00:06:44.537 --> 00:06:46.372 and in his second year I actually helped him; 150 00:06:46.372 --> 00:06:50.309 and I feel like that gave us a lot of the foundational steps 151 00:06:50.309 --> 00:06:52.779 to be able to work together, and build a business together properly. 152 00:06:52.779 --> 00:06:55.314 To be clear there were definitely obstacles, 153 00:06:55.348 --> 00:06:58.951 we came at things from completely different perspectives. 154 00:06:58.951 --> 00:07:01.320 I feel him and I have very different personalities, 155 00:07:01.320 --> 00:07:02.955 but in a way it's like yin and yang, 156 00:07:02.955 --> 00:07:05.425 it fits together really well the minute we get to compromise; 157 00:07:05.425 --> 00:07:08.060 I feel like it's a really good solution when we get to that point. 158 00:07:08.060 --> 00:07:11.030 But it took a long time for us to compromise, 159 00:07:11.030 --> 00:07:13.499 and understand each other's point of view, especially at the beginning; 160 00:07:13.499 --> 00:07:15.735 but now it's it's pretty seamless. 161 00:07:15.735 --> 00:07:18.237 I tend to know what he's thinking, he tends to know what I'm thinking, 162 00:07:18.237 --> 00:07:21.707 and it just took a lot of time and understanding to get to that point. 163 00:07:21.707 --> 00:07:23.142 One thing that I will add though is, 164 00:07:23.142 --> 00:07:25.111 I feel like Linus and I are kind of weird that way. 165 00:07:25.111 --> 00:07:28.047 We tend to do a lot of things together, 166 00:07:28.047 --> 00:07:31.350 and I know some couples tend to like more of their alone time, or space. 167 00:07:31.350 --> 00:07:34.887 I feel like we're the opposite, we tend to derive energy, 168 00:07:34.887 --> 00:07:38.791 and recharge from each other, even if we're doing something we don't enjoy together; 169 00:07:39.625 --> 00:07:41.127 just being around each other helps. 170 00:07:41.294 --> 00:07:45.331 Maybe that's a time thing? We don't have a whole lot of time to do those things with, 171 00:07:45.364 --> 00:07:48.267 so we've turned it into something that we enjoy together. 172 00:07:48.267 --> 00:07:50.470 like I remember Linus and I used to have this conversation, 173 00:07:50.470 --> 00:07:53.673 and I’d used to get upset, because I'd be like hey we don't have time to like 174 00:07:53.673 --> 00:07:56.809 go for dinner, or do this, or do that, or whatever the case may be, 175 00:07:56.809 --> 00:07:57.944 because we're always busy working. 176 00:07:57.944 --> 00:08:00.112 And he was like, well you know what? 177 00:08:00.112 --> 00:08:02.048 Maybe we just need to reframe this in our mind, 178 00:08:02.048 --> 00:08:05.418 maybe working is the thing that we do together, that's our hobby together. 179 00:08:05.518 --> 00:08:09.422 And I think thinking about it like that, like hey this is a thing we built together. 180 00:08:10.189 --> 00:08:11.791 I think that helped a lot as well. 181 00:08:11.924 --> 00:08:11.991 Holorum says, do you want your husband to grow out his beard again? 182 00:08:11.991 --> 00:08:14.760 Holorum says, do you want your husband to grow out his beard again? 183 00:08:15.428 --> 00:08:16.195 Yes. 184 00:08:16.395 --> 00:08:17.597 Yvonne and Sammy: Hahahahaha. 185 00:08:17.964 --> 00:08:19.632 Yvonne: But he's not growing it out right now, because he wants to paint his bike; 186 00:08:19.632 --> 00:08:20.800 Yvonne: But he's not growing it out right now, because he wants to paint his bike; 187 00:08:20.833 --> 00:08:25.238 and in order to wear the respirator properly he has to have no facial hair. 188 00:08:25.271 --> 00:08:29.342 Artbaccio says, what would you say has been your greatest challenge in your career? 189 00:08:29.375 --> 00:08:31.777 How did you overcome it, and what was the takeaway from it? 190 00:08:31.944 --> 00:08:35.548 One is learning, I feel like the things that I do, I was never- 191 00:08:35.581 --> 00:08:39.852 I never went to school for, I've never like trained at another job for; 192 00:08:39.852 --> 00:08:44.924 I've had a lot of little things that I picked up from all my other jobs, 193 00:08:44.924 --> 00:08:47.159 but nothing that really me for this. 194 00:08:47.260 --> 00:08:49.362 And I'm always doing something new, something different; 195 00:08:49.595 --> 00:08:52.765 and I feel like learning has been something that has been challenging, 196 00:08:52.765 --> 00:08:55.334 but also rewarding, I've had to do a lot of learning. 197 00:08:55.902 --> 00:08:57.737 And then the second thing... 198 00:08:57.737 --> 00:09:01.574 Time, just being busy and trying to balance everything. 199 00:09:01.574 --> 00:09:06.078 Every time I get to a new level of busy, I'm like okay, like this is my capacity. 200 00:09:06.078 --> 00:09:10.483 I can't handle being more busy than this; and then somehow I get busier, 201 00:09:10.483 --> 00:09:12.985 and I just have to adjust, and like okay, okay; 202 00:09:12.985 --> 00:09:15.721 I've gotten to this new level, this is as busy as it can possibly be, 203 00:09:15.721 --> 00:09:17.390 I can't imagine it any busier than this. 204 00:09:17.390 --> 00:09:20.893 And then it gets even busier, and I just, I keep constantly adjusting, 205 00:09:20.893 --> 00:09:22.461 or trying to adapt to that. 206 00:09:22.461 --> 00:09:25.598 And I think the third thing is, that I struggled a lot with 207 00:09:26.365 --> 00:09:28.568 being behind the scenes, and you know, 208 00:09:28.568 --> 00:09:32.171 there would be times when I would work directly on something, 209 00:09:32.171 --> 00:09:35.942 and somebody else would be like, so and so you you did a great job of that. 210 00:09:35.942 --> 00:09:39.779 And it can be really frustrating, because I know that I worked on that, 211 00:09:39.779 --> 00:09:40.713 and I had a hand in it. 212 00:09:40.713 --> 00:09:43.816 At this point though I feel like, you know what? That's okay. 213 00:09:43.816 --> 00:09:48.688 If I'm here to help mentor and help others, and they're able to 214 00:09:48.688 --> 00:09:53.326 learn from the things that I did, and do it next time? Then that's great. 215 00:09:53.392 --> 00:09:58.531 Whatever helps the company succeed and grow, even if I don't get that acknowledgement, 216 00:09:58.531 --> 00:10:00.166 or whatever the case may be. 217 00:10:00.166 --> 00:10:03.803 It can be hard to deal with sometimes, but I think I just have to look at the bigger picture. 218 00:10:03.803 --> 00:10:06.172 Ethan32 says, do you miss managing pharmacies? 219 00:10:06.205 --> 00:10:08.040 How did you meet Linus? Did he need a flu shot? 220 00:10:08.074 --> 00:10:11.644 Yvonne: I don't miss managing pharmacies, but I do miss working in them sometimes. 221 00:10:11.677 --> 00:10:15.114 Like when COVID hit, and they needed pharmacists to help out; 222 00:10:15.348 --> 00:10:18.017 I was very tempted at that point to step in and help. 223 00:10:18.618 --> 00:10:22.288 But we had too much going on trying to keep the business going, 224 00:10:22.288 --> 00:10:26.258 and keep people employed here during that time, that I just didn't have the extra time. 225 00:10:26.359 --> 00:10:31.230 But no, I did not meet Linus in pharmacy, I met him in first year university in science. 226 00:10:31.263 --> 00:10:33.032 So, I still remember, it was after a biology test, 227 00:10:33.032 --> 00:10:35.167 So, I still remember, it was after a biology test, 228 00:10:35.167 --> 00:10:38.938 and him and a friend were standing chatting about the answer to a question; 229 00:10:38.938 --> 00:10:41.340 and I was like okay no, they totally got that wrong, 230 00:10:41.374 --> 00:10:43.209 and I'm just gonna step in and tell them. 231 00:10:43.676 --> 00:10:47.680 So I did, and then the next time I saw him in that biology class, 232 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:50.650 I was like oh okay, I think he normally sits- 233 00:10:51.183 --> 00:10:54.420 Oh no, no sorry, the next time I saw him in biology class I just observed. 234 00:10:54.420 --> 00:10:57.423 I was like oh like I had completely forgotten that exchange, 235 00:10:57.423 --> 00:11:00.793 but I see him coming in, I see him sitting you know, in this area; 236 00:11:00.793 --> 00:11:03.796 so then the next biology class, I was like okay well I'm just gonna go 237 00:11:03.796 --> 00:11:06.332 and kind of sit in that area, and I'll see if he notices me, 238 00:11:06.332 --> 00:11:07.466 or remembers me, or talks to me. 239 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.002 And he did, he actually came and sat in that row; 240 00:11:10.102 --> 00:11:13.205 but he sat I think two seats away from me, because he hadn't noticed me yet. 241 00:11:13.205 --> 00:11:17.076 But then he noticed me, and then he started talking to me, and then he moved over. 242 00:11:17.076 --> 00:11:19.445 And yeah, it kind of took off from there. 243 00:11:20.146 --> 00:11:22.948 Sammy: So what you're saying is if you want to get attention from someone, 244 00:11:22.948 --> 00:11:25.017 you have to correct them, and then sit by them. 245 00:11:25.584 --> 00:11:26.652 Yvonne: Apparently. 246 00:11:27.420 --> 00:11:29.789 Okay the correcting, maybe not. 247 00:11:29.822 --> 00:11:32.658 I take that one back, that's not the best way to go about it. 248 00:11:33.192 --> 00:11:35.661 succulent says, from purely business standpoint, 249 00:11:35.661 --> 00:11:38.764 would LMG have better opportunities if it was located in the US? 250 00:11:39.131 --> 00:11:39.899 Absolutely. 251 00:11:39.965 --> 00:11:42.468 Just being near the creator hub in LA, 252 00:11:42.468 --> 00:11:45.771 being able to collab more easily, make better contacts. 253 00:11:45.771 --> 00:11:49.108 There are some companies where you know, 254 00:11:49.108 --> 00:11:51.911 they're big enough where they have a Canadian and US division, 255 00:11:51.911 --> 00:11:53.979 and they're like oh no, you have to work with the Canadian division; 256 00:11:53.979 --> 00:11:57.316 but then the Canadian division is like oh well your audience is mostly in the US, 257 00:11:57.316 --> 00:11:58.517 so you have to work with the US division. 258 00:11:58.517 --> 00:11:59.618 We don't get anywhere with them! 259 00:11:59.719 --> 00:12:01.387 And it can be really frustrating, 260 00:12:01.420 --> 00:12:05.391 or the Canadian division doesn't have enough budget, but the US does; 261 00:12:05.391 --> 00:12:07.626 but we can't work with them because we're based in Canada. 262 00:12:07.626 --> 00:12:11.464 So we've had a lot of trouble over the years with this. 263 00:12:11.464 --> 00:12:16.235 Our family is here, and our employees families and friends are here, 264 00:12:16.235 --> 00:12:20.406 their homes are here; so it has never made sense to pick up and move for that reason. 265 00:12:20.439 --> 00:12:23.976 Smeegle5000 says, how do you feel about videos being shot in the house? 266 00:12:23.976 --> 00:12:28.748 I don't mind videos being shot in the house, when they clean up after themselves. 267 00:12:29.215 --> 00:12:33.219 So right now, I think our basement is kind of torn apart, and there's stuff; 268 00:12:33.385 --> 00:12:37.323 you'll see it in the upcoming cat video, but there's like a foam like sleeve? 269 00:12:37.389 --> 00:12:40.659 for a tv that's just like sitting out in the LAN area, 270 00:12:40.726 --> 00:12:43.896 and the cats are playing in it, and as long as they don't pee in it then it's all good. 271 00:12:43.996 --> 00:12:48.367 But just yeah, it would be great if we could just make sure that it was tidied up 272 00:12:48.367 --> 00:12:51.036 sooner rather than later, and that will, that will help. 273 00:12:52.071 --> 00:12:52.571 Yeah. 274 00:12:53.205 --> 00:12:57.243 Benrose says, what is your best relationship tip that you always follow, and why? 275 00:12:57.243 --> 00:12:59.178 It's funny, because somebody asked me recently, 276 00:12:59.211 --> 00:13:01.113 what is the most important thing in a relationship? 277 00:13:01.113 --> 00:13:03.582 And at first my answer was communication, 278 00:13:03.582 --> 00:13:07.453 because you have to make sure that you guys are talking to each other about how you feel, 279 00:13:07.453 --> 00:13:09.355 and think, and making sure you're on the same page; 280 00:13:09.355 --> 00:13:13.392 but then I realized as I was thinking that through that it's commitment, 281 00:13:13.392 --> 00:13:15.995 because you can be great at communicating with somebody, 282 00:13:15.995 --> 00:13:17.696 but if you're not committed to them then 283 00:13:17.696 --> 00:13:20.032 you might not want to compromise, or affect change, 284 00:13:20.032 --> 00:13:22.301 you're just talking to somebody about how you feel, that's it. 285 00:13:22.334 --> 00:13:24.937 And I think commitment is the most important thing, 286 00:13:24.937 --> 00:13:28.374 and that's something you have to remember to do every single day. 287 00:13:28.374 --> 00:13:31.877 No I'm committed to this relationship, I'm committed to be making it better; 288 00:13:31.911 --> 00:13:34.880 making sure that I make the other person happy and thinking of them, and... 289 00:13:35.581 --> 00:13:37.750 Yeah, yeah, I don't know- 290 00:13:38.450 --> 00:13:39.919 Sorry, I kind of petered off there. 291 00:13:39.952 --> 00:13:41.487 Does that make sense, or do you want me to rephrase that? 292 00:13:41.487 --> 00:13:42.555 Sammy: No, that's good, that's good. 293 00:13:42.588 --> 00:13:47.059 Yvonne: TheLordJC says, what was the first big tech purchase you personally bought? 294 00:13:47.092 --> 00:13:51.864 It was actually Linus's TJ07; I bought that personally as a Christmas, 295 00:13:51.864 --> 00:13:53.232 or birthday present for him; 296 00:13:53.365 --> 00:13:58.170 and then I think every tech purchase I've bought has actually been a present for Linus. 297 00:13:58.237 --> 00:14:01.207 I think at some point I bought him like a Nintendo 64, 298 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:05.244 and then one birthday we went out and I bought an air conditioner, 299 00:14:05.377 --> 00:14:08.714 for him to turn into like a water cooled, or air.. what- 300 00:14:08.747 --> 00:14:12.952 I don't know, something sub zero, chilled pc thing. 301 00:14:12.985 --> 00:14:15.421 I don't know it's been, it's been crazy. 302 00:14:15.454 --> 00:14:17.890 I feel like the first tech thing I bought... 303 00:14:17.990 --> 00:14:20.826 I don't know, because I've been with Linus forever. 304 00:14:20.826 --> 00:14:23.829 Besides those presents, he's always kind of taken over 305 00:14:23.829 --> 00:14:25.130 and done the tech in our household. 306 00:14:25.130 --> 00:14:29.401 Like uh, in some ways I feel like I'm a tech noob, because I can just rely on Linus. 307 00:14:29.401 --> 00:14:31.670 You know if I'm like oh, I need a new phone; 308 00:14:31.704 --> 00:14:33.572 okay Linus like, can you get me a new phone? 309 00:14:34.173 --> 00:14:36.809 or hey the tv's not working, Linus come fix the tv. 310 00:14:36.842 --> 00:14:38.944 In some ways I feel like I'm a newbie, 311 00:14:38.978 --> 00:14:39.678 which is really funny, 312 00:14:39.678 --> 00:14:43.082 because without Linus I think I would have gotten even more into tech. 313 00:14:43.883 --> 00:14:46.252 I used- I remember I used to be a little kid, 314 00:14:46.252 --> 00:14:48.354 and my VCR and VHS's weren't working; 315 00:14:48.354 --> 00:14:52.057 and I would literally take apart the VHS and like try to clean the film, 316 00:14:52.057 --> 00:14:54.760 and then put it back in because I really wanted to watch my favorite video. 317 00:14:54.760 --> 00:14:58.831 I loved computers, but my dad bought our first computer, 318 00:14:58.831 --> 00:15:00.900 but I'm sure after that if I hadn't met Linus, 319 00:15:00.900 --> 00:15:02.935 I would have kind of gotten into it a lot more. 320 00:15:02.935 --> 00:15:04.370 I think the first tech purchase, 321 00:15:04.370 --> 00:15:07.039 which is sort of tech but not really, is the cricket; 322 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.308 like that one I actually genuinely bought for myself. 323 00:15:09.308 --> 00:15:12.778 I think it's because that was a sphere in tech that Linus 324 00:15:12.778 --> 00:15:14.580 just didn't know anything about. 325 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:18.017 Cuddles1101 says, what makes you happy? Like genuinely so? 326 00:15:18.017 --> 00:15:21.253 So what genuinely makes me happy is seeing other people happy. 327 00:15:22.221 --> 00:15:25.658 You know, when I'm planning vacations I'm always thinking about 328 00:15:25.658 --> 00:15:27.993 okay, what would the kids like to do? What would Linus like to do? 329 00:15:28.394 --> 00:15:31.230 If I'm planning an event or an activity it's like okay well, 330 00:15:31.230 --> 00:15:33.565 what would be the most memorable for them. 331 00:15:33.565 --> 00:15:36.735 Sometimes I tell Linus this, I feel like I have an identity crisis; 332 00:15:36.735 --> 00:15:40.239 because if you were to ask me for me, like I don't know, 333 00:15:40.239 --> 00:15:42.374 it's always based on other people. 334 00:15:42.374 --> 00:15:46.178 I am like very much to my core a people pleaser person. 335 00:15:46.178 --> 00:15:49.615 I think if I had to spend a million dollars in a day, 336 00:15:49.615 --> 00:15:52.051 I personally don't think I could. 337 00:15:52.818 --> 00:15:53.285 Sammy: Really? 338 00:15:53.385 --> 00:15:56.121 Yvonne: I might take my family shopping, 339 00:15:56.155 --> 00:15:58.590 and I might like ask my mom you know if there's- 340 00:15:58.624 --> 00:16:00.092 So actually I did that one Christmas, 341 00:16:00.125 --> 00:16:03.395 I asked my parents you know, what's something that's crazy extravagant 342 00:16:03.395 --> 00:16:05.130 that you would never buy for yourself? 343 00:16:05.664 --> 00:16:08.867 And my dad bought a whole bunch of NBA gear, which was really cool, 344 00:16:08.867 --> 00:16:09.835 so he was all decked out; 345 00:16:09.835 --> 00:16:12.371 and then my mom has always wanted a diamond ring, 346 00:16:12.371 --> 00:16:14.206 so I went out, and we went shopping together, 347 00:16:14.206 --> 00:16:16.141 and we bought her a diamond ring; so that was a lot of fun. 348 00:16:16.141 --> 00:16:19.078 That gave me genuine joy and happiness; 349 00:16:19.078 --> 00:16:21.580 and then with my with my own immediate family 350 00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:23.215 I feel like it would be spending time together. 351 00:16:23.215 --> 00:16:25.417 I'd want to do activities, I love doing different activities; 352 00:16:25.417 --> 00:16:28.721 so whether that's like going rock climbing, or going river rafting, 353 00:16:28.721 --> 00:16:31.757 or just like going somewhere for lunch, just spending an entire day together. 354 00:16:31.757 --> 00:16:34.793 I feel like that would be luxurious to me, if that makes sense. 355 00:16:34.793 --> 00:16:37.896 Wonka0998 says, are you personally into tech at all? 356 00:16:37.896 --> 00:16:41.700 I am, like- But I feel like it's from a functional perspective; 357 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:44.169 it's like okay, I need this thing to work, and I need it to work well. 358 00:16:44.169 --> 00:16:45.838 I feel like like I said earlier, 359 00:16:45.838 --> 00:16:48.340 I feel like that passion for tech would have grown more 360 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:51.510 if I hadn't met somebody like Linus, who was already so into it; 361 00:16:51.510 --> 00:16:54.713 I was just like okay, because of the time and our split, 362 00:16:54.780 --> 00:16:57.883 you do the tech, I do the family, or whatever 363 00:16:57.916 --> 00:17:00.786 business administration or operations thing that I need to do; 364 00:17:00.786 --> 00:17:02.221 so you focus on that, I focus on this. 365 00:17:02.221 --> 00:17:06.358 This is how we as a couple become a complete unit and can move forward, 366 00:17:06.358 --> 00:17:07.493 if that makes sense. 367 00:17:07.493 --> 00:17:09.595 Metal_maxine says, we know you like crafts; 368 00:17:09.595 --> 00:17:11.063 is there a project you're currently working on? 369 00:17:11.063 --> 00:17:14.700 There is actually, so Linus's aunt bought me something for my birthday, 370 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:18.837 which is like this, like textured molding paint; but not really paint, 371 00:17:18.837 --> 00:17:19.972 but I'll show you guys after, 372 00:17:19.972 --> 00:17:22.374 I kind of did like a mountain landscape with my daughter; 373 00:17:23.108 --> 00:17:25.677 who didn't really help, but sort of helped. 374 00:17:25.677 --> 00:17:28.113 Adisken says, what's your favorite dinner recipe? 375 00:17:28.113 --> 00:17:32.484 So I love cream of broccoli soup, our entire family loves it; 376 00:17:32.484 --> 00:17:36.655 it's delicious and it's healthy, Like the amount of broccoli in it is crazy; 377 00:17:36.655 --> 00:17:39.291 and it's just broccoli and milk essentially. 378 00:17:39.324 --> 00:17:40.426 Sammy: Is that your favorite? 379 00:17:42.861 --> 00:17:44.730 Yvonne: I'm the kind of person that likes variety; 380 00:17:45.798 --> 00:17:48.100 so, yes I love cream of broccoli soup, 381 00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:50.502 but if you were to ask me to eat it every night, I couldn't do that. 382 00:17:50.502 --> 00:17:53.572 Like Linus is the kind of person where if you give him a teriyaki chicken burger, 383 00:17:53.572 --> 00:17:56.408 he could eat it every single night; but for me it's like, 384 00:17:56.408 --> 00:17:59.278 okay no, I need a different meal every second day, or so. 385 00:17:59.278 --> 00:18:01.547 Like I can do two rounds of leftovers, that's it; 386 00:18:01.547 --> 00:18:02.915 and then after that I need something different. 387 00:18:02.915 --> 00:18:05.851 And it's funny, because I feel like that about work too; 388 00:18:06.318 --> 00:18:09.154 which is part of why I've really enjoyed LMG so much. 389 00:18:09.688 --> 00:18:12.057 I feel like at the end of my pharmacy career I was like okay, 390 00:18:12.057 --> 00:18:15.527 I'm kind of done with pharmacy, I need to change, whether I need to move pharmacies 391 00:18:15.527 --> 00:18:17.629 or I need to move into the hospital field, or whatever the case may be. 392 00:18:17.629 --> 00:18:19.264 I just, I need to do something different. 393 00:18:19.264 --> 00:18:21.133 I didn't realize that about myself, 394 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:25.437 it's something that I learned kind of in university or just after university; 395 00:18:25.437 --> 00:18:29.775 where about every five to six years, I get the itch to do something different, 396 00:18:29.775 --> 00:18:31.310 sometimes a lot sooner than that; 397 00:18:31.310 --> 00:18:35.547 it really depends on when I feel like I've learned a lot at the place, 398 00:18:35.547 --> 00:18:37.382 or the most that I can. 399 00:18:37.382 --> 00:18:39.651 Like you know, when I've reached the ceiling at a certain place; 400 00:18:40.252 --> 00:18:41.553 and then I feel like I need to move on. 401 00:18:41.553 --> 00:18:45.491 The reason I feel like I've been able to last so long at LMG, 402 00:18:45.491 --> 00:18:49.294 is because I'm constantly doing different things, it's constantly changing; 403 00:18:50.362 --> 00:18:51.697 so that's been really really good. 404 00:18:52.264 --> 00:18:53.866 What was the original question? 405 00:18:54.399 --> 00:18:56.368 Juanni says, what got you into finance? 406 00:18:56.401 --> 00:18:58.804 Was there something that made you realize you were so good at it? 407 00:18:59.171 --> 00:19:00.305 What did you find fun about it? 408 00:19:00.305 --> 00:19:02.608 I got into finance because that's what the company needed. 409 00:19:02.608 --> 00:19:05.410 And a big part of it too that made it easier I think, 410 00:19:05.410 --> 00:19:07.880 is that it's our company, it was our money personally invested; 411 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.916 so it was just more efficient that way for me to be involved, 412 00:19:10.916 --> 00:19:13.752 rather than hire somebody out and do all of that for us. 413 00:19:13.752 --> 00:19:15.921 It just made us a lot more comfortable at the beginning. 414 00:19:15.921 --> 00:19:19.591 And then it became a thing that I would try to find things that I do enjoy about it; 415 00:19:19.591 --> 00:19:23.462 so I sometimes, I tell my team like when I want to turn my brain off 416 00:19:23.462 --> 00:19:25.931 and I just want to do something that I feel good at and comfortable at, 417 00:19:25.931 --> 00:19:30.936 I'll sit and I'll do bookkeeping entries, and you know they're meticulous and detailed 418 00:19:30.936 --> 00:19:32.504 and I feel like that's really up my alley; 419 00:19:32.504 --> 00:19:34.273 so there are things about it that I do enjoy. 420 00:19:35.073 --> 00:19:36.608 I do like knowing what's going on. 421 00:19:36.608 --> 00:19:38.677 I think what a lot of people don't realize about accounting, 422 00:19:38.677 --> 00:19:41.780 is that it gives you a picture into all aspects of the business. 423 00:19:41.780 --> 00:19:44.316 You can see you know, what's going right, what's going wrong, 424 00:19:44.316 --> 00:19:45.751 what they're spending their money on, 425 00:19:45.751 --> 00:19:47.819 if they're on budget or not on budget. 426 00:19:47.819 --> 00:19:50.856 You can kind of get a glimpse into every single part; 427 00:19:50.856 --> 00:19:54.626 and so I think I've over time I've found things that I enjoy about finance, 428 00:19:54.626 --> 00:19:58.397 but what it really comes back to every single time is business operations. 429 00:19:58.397 --> 00:20:02.668 You know, learning these things about these different departments is it's operations, 430 00:20:02.668 --> 00:20:06.538 and learning how to help and fix that, I think is what I enjoy the most. 431 00:20:06.538 --> 00:20:09.074 Joshua_Carol says, how's the transition going from a 432 00:20:09.074 --> 00:20:14.079 science based job role in pharmacy, to a commerce business-based role as the CFO of LMG? 433 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.915 Did you take any business related courses or did you just wing it? 434 00:20:16.915 --> 00:20:22.454 so I took one accounting course in university, and I am so glad I did; 435 00:20:22.454 --> 00:20:25.190 because it gave me the basic foundation to get started, 436 00:20:25.190 --> 00:20:27.993 but no everything else after that was, I just kind of wung it. 437 00:20:28.493 --> 00:20:33.532 I you know, found software that was kind of intuitive to use, 438 00:20:33.532 --> 00:20:36.602 and I started learning how to make bookkeeping entries; 439 00:20:36.602 --> 00:20:40.105 and I would check in with all the different people or experts that I knew at the time, 440 00:20:40.105 --> 00:20:43.742 that were friends and family that could kind of guide me the right way; 441 00:20:43.742 --> 00:20:46.178 but no, it was mostly just learn as we go. 442 00:20:46.511 --> 00:20:52.417 Maxi10022 says, will you be recognized on the street, and perhaps asked for a photo? 443 00:20:52.417 --> 00:20:53.285 No, hahahaha. 444 00:20:53.318 --> 00:20:54.052 Yeah. 445 00:20:54.086 --> 00:20:56.221 And even when people recognize Linus, it's always like, 446 00:20:56.288 --> 00:20:57.389 oh Linus! Can I take your photo? 447 00:20:58.457 --> 00:21:01.593 It's very rare that people ask for me and Linus to be in a photo. 448 00:21:02.294 --> 00:21:04.896 Sammy: I would assume that people will like you know, 449 00:21:04.896 --> 00:21:06.431 you would have been asked at least once or twice. 450 00:21:07.499 --> 00:21:09.134 Yvonne: Uh, no, not usually; and you know what? 451 00:21:09.134 --> 00:21:11.803 Sometimes this is actually really difficult in our personal relationships, 452 00:21:11.803 --> 00:21:14.573 but I sympathize for Linus even more, 453 00:21:14.573 --> 00:21:17.776 because for me sometimes when I meet new people, and I'm making connections, 454 00:21:18.810 --> 00:21:21.847 I'll wonder, okay is it because Linus is internet famous? 455 00:21:21.847 --> 00:21:24.516 Or is it because they actually genuinely like me? 456 00:21:24.516 --> 00:21:28.954 Um, and the tall tale sign is always when they start asking about Linus, 457 00:21:28.954 --> 00:21:31.290 and I'm like okay no, that's it, we're done. 458 00:21:31.790 --> 00:21:34.326 Yeah, I sympathize with Linus, because sometimes it's hard for him to tell; 459 00:21:34.326 --> 00:21:36.795 because obviously they're already engaging and talking to him, so- 460 00:21:37.596 --> 00:21:39.097 It can be harder, yeah, harder to tell. 461 00:21:39.298 --> 00:21:43.435 Sammy: I have one question here that I'm gonna spring on to you. Yvonne: Yeah. 462 00:21:43.835 --> 00:21:45.671 Sammy: What was your favorite LTT video? 463 00:21:45.804 --> 00:21:51.076 I think my favorite LTT videos, are the ones that are about the process at LTT; 464 00:21:51.076 --> 00:21:54.813 like the office makeover videos, or the tours, or anything like that; 465 00:21:54.813 --> 00:21:56.081 because I feel like that's a snapshot in time that I can go back and be like 466 00:21:56.081 --> 00:21:58.216 because I feel like that's a snapshot in time that I can go back and be like 467 00:21:58.216 --> 00:22:00.319 oh yeah, that's what LMG was like at the time; 468 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:04.222 or like the LTX-, the ones that are roaming the show floor and things like that. 469 00:22:04.222 --> 00:22:06.591 Like all of the other videos are great, they're educational, 470 00:22:06.591 --> 00:22:09.461 and entertaining, and all of that; but for me it's been, 471 00:22:09.461 --> 00:22:12.364 I don't take enough pictures in my life, or enough videos in my life; 472 00:22:12.364 --> 00:22:13.598 so going back and being like, 473 00:22:13.598 --> 00:22:15.834 oh yeah, that's what the company was like at that time. 474 00:22:15.834 --> 00:22:17.803 oh yeah, that's like who was hired at that time, 475 00:22:17.803 --> 00:22:19.071 or what they did at that time; 476 00:22:19.071 --> 00:22:21.773 I find those the most interesting to go back and like reminisce on. 477 00:22:21.773 --> 00:22:24.509 Thanks guys! I hope I answered all of your questions okay. 478 00:22:24.509 --> 00:22:26.845 Um, if you're interested in watching, 479 00:22:26.845 --> 00:22:29.214 there's going to be more Yvonne themed videos coming later this week