Honoring Alex Makowski: The Cold DM That Earned a Stage
Most people who want my attention send a generic pitch. Alex Makowski did not. He sent a cold Twitter message […]
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Honoring Ethan Van De Hey: The Mr. Beast of Roofing
Back in 2022, a college senior named Ethan Van De Hey cold-emailed me asking for feedback. I gave him five
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Honoring Dylan Haugen: The Pro Dunker Who Co-Built Our Agent Factory
At the Align Volleyball Summit in Dallas this spring, the person who spotted our next great story was not me.
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Honoring Cam Hazzard: A 50-Inch Vertical and a Dean’s List Mind
This spring at the Align Volleyball Summit in Dallas, I introduced a room full of business owners to one of
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How I Finished an Ironman 70.3 on Zero Training (and a Facebook Marketplace Bike)
No running, no swimming, no biking — I bought the bike off Facebook Marketplace the night we landed. How determination and smart risk assessment carried me across the line at 70.3 miles, 70 pounds overweight.
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Inside Carson Teagarden’s Brand Engine: Real Photography, Six Partnership Pages, and the AI Crew Behind It
How a 724K-subscriber creator’s entity home became a working brand engine: real photography, machine-readable identity, five creator-fit sponsor briefs with checkable numbers, a coaching showcase — and the multi-model AI architecture that built it for under $30.
An Olympian’s Entire Entity Home in One Sitting: the Julian David Build, With the Token Receipt
How an AI agent audited NZ’s first male Olympic speed climber, built his seven-page photo-rich entity home, and typeset a 21-page report — for about $20 of tokens. Every step, every boundary, every receipt.
What Cody Jones Taught Me About Building a Business You Can Actually Sell
Dennis Yu sits down with Cody Jones in Austin to record a Coach Yu Show episode on selling a funeral home for an eight-figure exit, and walks away with a sharper view of what real exit-readiness looks like.
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Why Cam Hazzard Is the Kind of Young Adult AI Operator We Need More Of
Dennis Yu on meeting pro dunker Cam Hazzard at the Align Volleyball Summit and using an AI agent to build his personal brand site over lunch — the diamond-in-the-rough test in action.
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Scam Alert: Impersonators Are Targeting Paul Ryazanov’s MageCloud Clients
My friend and personal brand client Paul Ryazanov, CEO of MageCloud, just posted a warning on LinkedIn that every agency
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