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Ideas, playbooks, and updates across our work.

Making Friends
Foreign Students
Making Friends
Jan 5, 2026

A practical approach to building community when everything is new (and you're tired).

Validate Before You Build
Start-Ups
Validate Before You Build
Jan 5, 2026

A practical checklist for proving demand without spending months building the wrong thing.

How to Tell a Story Without Sounding Like a Commercial
Marketing
How to Tell a Story Without Sounding Like a Commercial
Jan 4, 2026

Three patterns that make marketing feel like help, not hype.

Tell a Story with Evidence
College Admissions
Tell a Story with Evidence
Jan 3, 2026

Great applications read like a story—backed by actions someone else can verify.

Build a Team that Learns Fast
Talent
Build a Team that Learns Fast
Jan 3, 2026

Hiring matters. Learning velocity matters more—and it's something you can actually design.

A System that Creates More Mentors
Mentor → Apprentice
A System that Creates More Mentors
Jan 2, 2026

Mentorship scales when apprentices become mentors—by design, not by accident.

Innovation Is a Pipeline
Innovation
Innovation Is a Pipeline
Dec 30, 2025

Ideas are cheap. A pipeline is what turns them into outcomes—without burning people out.

The “One Metric” Trick for Early Teams
Start-Ups
The “One Metric” Trick for Early Teams
Dec 30, 2025

Pick one metric that tells the truth. Everything else becomes easier.

The Interview Question That Reveals Ownership
Talent
The Interview Question That Reveals Ownership
Dec 29, 2025

A single question that surfaces whether someone closes loops or leaves messes.