OUR JOURNEY

Notes from the journey.

Things that happened along the way we thought were worth sharing — what we built, what we got wrong, and what we'd want someone else to know.

FIELD NOTES · JULY 2026

Making systems more human

We ask our students to plan, focus, and follow through — after a lifetime in a world engineered to spend their attention for them. On why reflection stopped being normal, what a six-month feedback loop costs a person learning to run their own life, and what changes when it closes today instead of in March.

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FOUNDER NOTES · JULY 2026

Don't let your technology define you

We talk about AI companies like they're identities. They're not — they're the vehicle. On why the label is a hook to hang a self on, why trust is the thing everything else rests on, and the only question that actually matters: what are you doing with it?

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THE ORIGIN FILM · JULY 2026

The Weight — how Tervik came to be

Not an article — a scroll film. A paper mountain, a lamp that almost went out, and the system that finally learned to carry its own burden. Ten scenes, told in symbols (and one person), with its own score — and some things are tappable.

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FOUNDER NOTES · JULY 2026

I think I'm delusional. And I think that's the best thing about me.

Delusional: holding a belief that contradicts reality — as it currently stands. A founder's note on why every system worth building looks impossible first, and why real change starts with people willing to look crazy while they prove it works.

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SECURITY & COMPLIANCE · JULY 2026

How to fill out the HECVAT as a small vendor

Field notes from a solo founder who answered 300+ higher-ed security questions without a compliance team — which controls matter, how to answer honestly for what you don't have, and what reviewers actually look for.

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More coming — the admin-burden math of paper-based programs, and AI workflows for nonprofit teams. Follow along on X.