Another strong monthly 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 today with the 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 RJ Burnham (Consig.𝐚𝐢)and Evan Burkosky (kimaru.ai)—part of the B

These sessions are built for founders to 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞—bringing forward the questions that matter most in their businesses.

What makes this group powerful is the dynamic: founders openly s𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.

A key realization that continues to emerge—𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬. Even across different industries, there is real value in s𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

At a high level, today reinforced a few principles:

• Market uncertainty is real—but clarity of value and disciplined execution cut through the noise

• Progress comes from testing in-market—not over-analyzing in isolation

• The best decisions are shaped through multiple viewpoints, not single-threaded thinking

• Leaders accelerate when experience-sharing is paired with structured reflection

What stood out today:

👉 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥 from investor conversations and evolving 𝐠𝐨-𝐭𝐨-𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬

👉 Continued refinement of 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲

👉𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧—𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲

This is the essence of a 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝:

👉 Work on real problems (not theory)

👉 Gain outside perspective (without bias or blind spots)

👉 Leave with sharper, immediately actionable solutions

Grateful to see the 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 building within this cohort. The real advantage comes from 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, where 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

This continued momentum is also v𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭—bringing founders together in 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 where 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 strengthen over time.

I also want to 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐑𝐉 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲—𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥.

A good way to end the week. 😊