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Jordan Lee

Creative Director ยท 2h ago

Win

Just got shortlisted for the Stage Manager role at AZ Creative Summit 2026 ๐ŸŽ‰ First event crew application through Stratum โ€” the process was way smoother than I expected. Excited for this one!

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Isaiah Grant

Founder ยท 5h ago

Insight

Hot take from our incubator research: 80% of early-stage founders fail not because of bad ideas but because of bad systems. First hire should be an operator, not a salesperson. Controversial?

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Tamara Brooks

Agency Owner ยท 1d ago

Question

Question for agency owners: do you use a separate email system for client communication or does everything stay in Gmail? At 6 clients it's getting messy but I don't want to over-engineer.

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Marcus Webb

Operations Consultant ยท 2d ago

Resource

I wrote up a quick guide on how to structure your first consulting retainer agreement โ€” 5 clauses that protect you AND your client. Link in comments. Took me 3 painful client situations to learn these.

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