Date: 2026-09-21 (6:00 PM EDT) Attendees: Blake Stewart (Megaphone/Founding Journey), Will Hinman (FlashPass)
Client call: Blake Stewart + Will Hinman (will@flashpass.school). Will was in Montgomery, Alabama for the day (traveling, exhausted; leaves 6 AM, back after midnight).
Summary
Weekly content sync. Will approved 4 posts including X versions. Approval process confirmed: “barring any objections” Slack message with a time window — if no reply, post goes out. Blake to Slack short-form versions for quick sign-off.
Major outcome: content pillar rework. AI legislation angle too narrow; Will pivoting to Ohio-specific political stories and workforce upskilling/reshoring/reindustrialization.
X engagement: Will wants to reopen proactive engagement on X (Ohio political accounts). He has background on Ohio figures — will review suggestions from Blake before engagement. Currently at 225 followers.
Decisions
- Content pillars reworked: drop AI regulation focus, add Ohio political stories and workforce upskilling/reshoring themes
- X proactive engagement: REOPENED (was paused)
- Ohio AI bill: Will does NOT want to engage — not a FlashPass opportunity
- California AI audit law: Will DOES want to engage — anti-regulation angle, consumer transparency framing
- Alleged Amy Acton attack story: Will does NOT want to weigh in
Action Items
- Blake: Slack Will the 4 approved short-form posts using “barring any objections” format
- Blake: Review calcium post and find best way to repurpose for LinkedIn
- Blake: Draft YC flyover-country post with quote pull and article screenshot
- Blake: Draft California AI regulation angle post per Will’s framing
- Blake: Send 2-3 Ohio political X accounts to Will for review (start Monday)
- Will: Send additional Ohio political account recommendations via Slack
- Blake: Draft reindustrialization conference post (Will has photos)
- Blake: Draft workforce/jobs-report post with “share with someone thinking about getting back to work” angle
Notable Excerpts
“YC’s geographic concentration is both arrogant and bad business. It misses consumer markets in Middle America.” — Will (on YC flyover-country repost angle)
“Labor force participation rate and a sidelined workforce not seeking employment because of intimidation by new industries — that’s the jobs report angle.” — Will (on framing the FlashPass jobs content as less self-promotional)
“Some state-by-state patchwork framework is probably a better bad idea for states that want to attract business and innovation.” — Will (on California AI audit law, consumer-transparency-over-audit stance)
“I’d 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.” — Will (on hiring/confidence discussion — flagged as potential post angle but he’s unsure)
“If you don’t put yourself through discomfort, there’s no growth.” — Will (personal philosophy excerpt from soft-skills discussion)
See Granola for full transcript: https://notes.granola.ai/d/922feb13-059f-4154-b89f-d0901a36e3aa