Insights

Last week, a LinkedIn post stopped my scroll. The author, Heath Naquin, was breaking down what had just happened to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, a major federal funding pipeline for early-stage startups. He painted a picture: “On October 1st, the programs went dark. ~4,000 companies a year that depend on SBIR/STTR funding […]

The Ecosystem Builder Who Turns Vision Into Infrastructure “If you want clarity, you have to move. Waiting rarely gives it to you.” Some ecosystem builders are natural conveners. Others bring strategic clarity or storytelling brilliance. But every ecosystem, whether local, regional, statewide, or national, ultimately needs one more thing: A builder who can take a

As 2025 draws to a close, I took a moment to look back at everything we worked on together. What stood out to me was not a big insight or a neat theme. It was the accumulation of small things that shaped this year: the conversations that grounded me, the moments of clarity that showed up at unexpected times, and the collaborators that showed up – seemingly out of nowhere – to walk part of the way with me. You know who you are.