kin, thephanie lam founder and ceo of blendor, a maker of software that helps companies manage and fightias. ♪ thank you all for taking the time to do this. i am so happy to have you all here. >> thanks for having us. >> glad to be here. emily: obviously it's been an emotional last few months and i want to know, how have you been experiencing the latest momentum behind the black lives matter movement? tristan: the thing i like to tell our people is in moments like this, three things are critical. first, a forceful acknowledgment of the trauma we are all facing, whether it be emotional or physical, over these last 400 years, frankly. second, the idea of modeling the way. really being in line with the values we have and picking a side. that is something we have done a while. lastly, action. hope is not a strategy, it is an unreasonable passion that forces you to not focus on the present. there's a lot we can do right now in our capacity to not only help ourselves but our consumers and really respecting the fact that before we are employees and consumers, we are people first who represent t