Date: 2026-09-11 Time: 3:00 PM EDT Attendees: Blake Stewart (Megaphone/Founding Journey), Will Hinman (FlashPass, client)
Summary
Weekly content sync between Blake (AM) and Will (FlashPass). Will surfaced strong personal content angles around confidence and high agency, approved reopening proactive X engagement in Ohio political circles, and passed on two Ohio news items (AI bill, alleged attack story). A California AI audit law post was greenlit with Will’s anti-regulation framing.
Decisions
- Reopen proactive X engagement targeting Ohio political accounts (previously paused). Blake to suggest accounts by Monday; Will reviews before engaging.
- Draft personal growth/confidence post based on Will’s backstory: youngest in family, always in rooms with older leaders, learned “people are just people.”
- California AI law post: Will’s framing is anti-mandate - consumer transparency over state audits, state-by-state patchwork is a “better bad idea” for business attraction.
- Skip Ohio AI bill post (not a FlashPass opportunity, unrelated to their AI training).
- Skip alleged attack story (buzzing on X but Will does not want to weigh in).
- Candidate debate decline: still declining, no post planned at this time.
- High agency hiring as a standalone content thread: “finding people who figure shit out on their own,” not IQ-linked, an innate trait.
Action Items
- Blake: pull Ohio political X accounts for proactive engagement by Monday 2026-09-15
- Blake: draft personal growth/confidence post (youngest in room, political fundraiser networking, “people are just people” arc), modeled on high-performing high school teacher post
- Blake: draft California AI audit law post using Will’s framing
Notable Excerpts
On high agency as the key hiring trait:
“Probably the biggest thing I look for in people is their ability to like figure shit out on their own. Without having to be micromanaged… I’ve definitely had experiences with people on both ends of the spectrum. On one hand, people that need their hand held. On the other hand, people that just get it, instinctually, you don’t really need to give them much instruction.”
On confidence in client-facing roles:
“I would probably rather hire somebody that kind of knows what they’re talking about, but says it really confidently than someone who completely knows what they’re talking about but lacks a ton of confidence.”
On personal growth through discomfort:
“I was always kind of the youngest person in the room… with governors, governor’s staff, legislative leaders, industry giants. You learn that people are just people and nobody’s like a god.”
On California AI regulation:
“Silicon Valley would never have become what it has become today if California had the same regulatory environment that it does now back then… some state-by-state patchwork framework is probably a better bad idea for states that want to attract business and innovation.”
Full transcript available in Granola (id: 6e88f85a-f9c8-44ed-a6f5-a35a432370a1).