The Memo
Insights and strategies to shift into Owner Mode. Drawn from operators who made the jump and the investors and leaders who know the game from the inside.
Building Your Board Portfolio
Stacy Brown-Philpot built a public-company board portfolio while running TaskRabbit as CEO, through a playbook she ran before any seat opened.
BuildAssets Over Hours
Arthur Johnson built a 50+ unit rental portfolio while in tech, then used it to leave corporate at 52.
AcquireThe Overlooked Asset Class
Tarrus Richardson was near bankrupt in 2010, then closed his first acquisition with no cash down.
CreateYour Access Is an Asset
Kahlana Barfield Brown on turning a magazine job's access into a clothing line now sold at Target.
LaunchFirst Check
Charles Hudson has made 450+ pre-seed bets over nearly 30 years, and his read on who b
FoundationInvesting Beyond the Day Job
Andrew Lindsay runs cloud and AI partnerships at Microsoft, and built a private portfolio without conflicts.
LaunchFounder to Funder
Jewel Burks Solomon built her AI startup on Google's payroll, sold it to Amazon, and
CreateProfit from the Podium: A Side Income on Stage
Lexi B. on building a public speaking business worth up to 70% of her salary without qu
AcquireThe Other Side: 3 Deals. 3 CEOs. No Filter.
Three executives, Mitch Harris, Mario Antwine, and Rock Irvin, on the unfiltered reality of buying and running the companies they now own.
LaunchThe Long Game: How Squire Went from Side Project to $750M
Dave Salvant and Songe LaRon left law and finance, never learned to code, and built Squire to a $750M valuation.
LaunchThe Billion-Dollar Business Model
Samir Goel ran a $500M unit at LinkedIn while building Esusu on nights and weekends, turning rent into credit for 12 million renters.
CreateTurn What You Know Into What You Own
Arlan Hamilton was homeless until 2015. The asset she built first was her own brand.
FoundationFrom the Room to the Cap Table
Chris Lyons of a16z has spent fifteen years inside Andreessen Horowitz watching who gets access and who does not.
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