04/22/2026
Yesterday, we opened the doors to the Forge Mastermind.
The room was filled with 12 brilliant experts, our founding members, and a shared understanding of what it actually takes to build a resilient agency in 2026.
We didn't spend the call talking about overnight success or shiny new hacks. We talked about architecture.
We talked about what happens when you stop trying to wear 57 hats and start plugging into a network that covers your blind spots.
If you caught the call, you heard from the faculty who are leading this charge:
You heard from Mario Aldayuz, who brings decades of systems engineering and high-level AI automation to the table.
You heard from Keith Fonseca, who reminded us that building a business doesn't mean building alone, and that accountability is the fastest path to revenue.
You heard from Kiri Vanderwel, who is stepping in to help founders extract their true brand positioning before they ever write a line of copy.
You heard from Lavinia Meek, who is demystifying Voice AI so beginners can actually deploy it, not just talk about it.
You heard from Micheal Luigi Pacitto, who laid out the reality of agency failure and why daily, documented accountability is the only way to beat the chaos.
And you heard from Tommy Zeller, who proves that you don't need to be the most technical person in the room to build an incredible, high-impact business when you know how to read people and sell with integrity.
This is what makes the Foundry different. We are not handing you a single, rigid path and expecting you to force your brain to fit it.
We are giving you a workbench. We are giving you multiple paths forward, led by operators such as Stefanie Kim and creatives such as Tom Tran who have actually lived the work.
Whether you need the creative marketing, the deep technical builds, or the operational systems to hold it all together, the experts are in the room.
The time to stop working in isolation is over:
The Forge is open.
If you are ready to step up to the workbench and build a resilient agency alongside this faculty, drop a "FORGE" in the comments below and the team will send you the details.
Let's get to work.
