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Happy first Wednesday of 2026, Reader and I'm so glad you're here again this year.

Last year made one thing really clear: clients who operated from abundance had great years. Clients who didn’t… didn’t. In a couple cases, the difference was serious enough that the businesses didn’t make it. That contrast stuck with me. Same economy. Same uncertainty. Very different outcomes.

2025 overall was a strong year on our side. We didn’t hit the new sales growth we were aiming for, but we did help founders move faster, hire smarter, raise millions of dollars, buy companies, make better decisions under pressure, and in one case improve margins by over 8%… something they previously thought was impossible. We also created and launched the world’s first true AI CFO.

We’ve been leading with AI intentionally, not as noise, but as a way to create motion when it matters and help even more founders. The biggest lesson from 2025 wasn’t about tools though. It was about acting early, learning faster than others, and choosing abundance before it feels safe.

With that all in mind, here's what you need to know... 👇

• Abundance Rewards Motion
• Hot Takes
• Top Articles For You This Month
• Tech To Help You

📣 Abundance Rewards Motion

Abundance rewards motion, but abundance isn’t about pretending things are easy. It’s about what you choose to focus on when things feel stale or heavy.

When you’re tired, it’s natural to start thinking small. You guard resources. You get conservative. You tell yourself it’s just “being responsible.” Sometimes that’s necessary. But when that becomes your default, you stop seeing how much opportunity is actually still out there.

Abundant founders think differently. They zoom out. I've seen this work over and over! You remember there’s more business to win, more ways to create value, more leverage available than you're currently using. You don’t confuse a tough season with a dead end. You keep going. That’s the whole game.

The founders who win aren’t always the smartest or the best resourced. They’re the ones who refuse to give up their optimism. They keep making moves. They keep believing there’s something worth going after and then they go get it.

Try this this week: when you catch yourself thinking small, ask, “If I believed there was more opportunity here, what would I do next?” Then do that one thing twice. Motion follows belief, and abundance follows motion.

🔥 Hot Takes ⤵️

Last month we soft-launched AsteroCFO.ai and it’s already doing what we hoped. It’s giving founders real CFO-level thinking between decisions… especially if you’re in that $1–$2M range and not quite ready for a fractional CFO, but past guesswork and interpreting your own financials.

It helps you think through cash flow, hiring, pricing, margins, and “what happens if…” questions without waiting for a meeting or building a full team. Our developers are still in it every week shipping updates. And unlike a regular LLM's, it won't paint a rosey picture when it shouldn't. It will deliver the real!

We’re having some interesting conversations with partners around the world, which tells me we’re early here. Quietly building something special.

If you’re curious, kick the tires below. This is for founders who want momentum and better thinking without more noise.

🧠 Top Articles

These are the top three reads since my last email that I’d put in front of any founder trying to grow smarter:

⚙️ Tech To Help You

Not every tool is worth the learning curve. These are the latest amazing ones that myself and our clients are loving! (I use Wispr all day, every day)

I hope something here helps you create more of what you love to create and less of what you dislike doing.

If anything sparked a question, reply to this email or reach out on social. I always enjoy hearing from you.

Your Friend and Fan,

P.S. – If you’re building past $2M/year and still making financial decisions based on instinct instead of insight, it’s probably time for CFO-level support. And if you’re earlier in your journey, we built something amazing for you too.

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