An old friend of mine and I got together in her garage, and there we constructed the first concept of what we wanted AGNG to look like. We already had the mission: create a platform to highlight not only our interests and abilities, but those of our community. For every artist with a platform and representation, there are those without that access, and with a wealth of talent. We wanted this to be packed with poetry, art, music, commentary, and more. We wanted it to be a product so that we could redirect every possible piece of support we got back into our community. In short, everyone gets paid, even if it's only enough to buy a coffee.