Leverage
3 Essays
Permissionless Leverage in the Age of Agents
One person with a clear goal can now outbuild an entire 20th-century company.
In 2023, I realized that trying to fix education from the inside was a losing game. The system has an "immune system" that turns every new idea into a standardized checkbox. I decided the only way forward was to build a new path outside the system and I called this initiative goa...more
Going Solo: Automating the Startup Operating System
Transitioning to a solo-self model requires automation.
The last several months have been a period of deep technical restructuring. Since moving away from the cohort model and operating without a core team at the end of 2023, I decided to go solo. My primary goal was to see if a single founder could maintain the velocity of a full tea...more
The New Beginning: From 21st-Century Skills to Permissionless Leverage
After years trying to fix schools, I realized the answer is outside them.
Today is the first day of 2023, and I am sitting with a realization that has quietly rewired my entire understanding of education, work, and leverage. I spent years trying to change education from within. I built tools, I designed programs, and I sought "Hero Teachers." But the s...more