He Was Four Weeks From Law School. He Chose Engineering Instead.
Nizar taught himself to code, skipped law school, and spent nine months building AI infrastructure nobody else had made available. That infrastructure became Keiki — a platform that lets any company launch an AI agent on iMessage, WhatsApp, or Slack in minutes.
This week
The most important act of a founder this decade will not be building. It will be deciding what not to build. Restraint is the unwritten chapter of every great company — and the next four years will reward it more than any cycle in memory.
The feed
How to Validate a Business Idea Without Building Anything validate
A pragmatic playbook for testing demand with landing pages, pre-sales, and concierge experiments — before you write a line of code or quit your job.
The Founder Burnout Cycle: Why Year Two Is Harder Than Year One Year Two
The adrenaline that carries founders through launch is a loan, not a gift. In year two, the interest comes due — and most are unprepared for what it costs.
What Nobody Tells You About Quitting Your Job to Start a Business Nobody Tells You
The honest mechanics of leaving a paycheck behind, drawn from founders who did it well and the ones who didn't.
He Was Four Weeks From Law School. He Chose Engineering Instead.
Nizar taught himself to code, skipped law school, and spent nine months building AI infrastructure nobody else had made available. That infrastructure became Keiki — a platform that lets any company launch an AI agent on iMessage, WhatsApp, or Slack in minutes.
From a High-Mileage Tahoe to a Franchise System: The Junk Punks Story
Logan Sullivan started a junk removal business at 17 with a 200,000-mile truck. Today Junk Punks runs franchise markets across Florida and Wisconsin — built on turning founder knowledge into repeatable systems.
Founders desk
Plate 01Nizar Abi Zaher
Four weeks from law school, he chose engineering instead. Now he and co-founder Adam Wazzan are building the infrastructure that lets any company launch an AI agent on iMessage, WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Telegram, or email in minutes.
Plate 02Logan Sullivan
Logan Sullivan started Junk Punks at 17. Today it runs company-owned and franchise markets across Florida and Wisconsin.
Plate 03Anastasiia Shumilo
Anastasiia Shumilo is a Ukrainian-born technology founder who started over in Canada and built her career in technology from the ground up. She founded Shumi Technologies, an international B2B softwar
Plate 04Cover · Issue 47Tony Loeb
The man who decided hospitality needed just ten minutes — co-founder of 10minutes.news, the quiet media engine now read by 220,000 hoteliers across Europe and North America.
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