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Building tomorrow together, for what the world deserves to become.

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Hi, I’m Eli.

I align AI-empowered intrapreneurs, and form ecosystems for entrepreneurs in Gainesville. The Elign program coaches a cohort of six to build what’s next every month. AI 4 Kids teaches kids to wield AI, and Afterschool Acroyoga supports creative fun for all. Unimpeded Speech amplifies local voices on a video podcast born inside TEDxGainesville. Legacy Love Letters films cinematic heirloom videos of our elder loved ones. The Founder Accelerator Mastermind fosters a give-first mentor network more than a hundred strong. Vena Cava nurtures a heartwarming welcome home. Good Goods crafts practical things we actually use.

Different doors, one belief: you don’t have to shrink to fit the system. Find your door below.

What are you building?

Tell me in one line. This starts a conversation, not a newsletter.

Got it. I’ll read this myself and come back to you. Meanwhile, the podcast is playing.

Become who you are.

One letter a month, nothing more.

You’re on the list. One letter a month, I promise.

The video podcast

Amplifying local voices on a global stage.

Ordinary people. Extraordinary ideas. Heard clearly, on their own terms.

Unimpeded Speech is a video podcast that began inside TEDxGainesville, where I curate speakers. Before any stage, we sit down and let the idea breathe: a real conversation, not an audition.

House rules: the speaker is the hero, never the brand. No hype, no clickbait, no sanding a voice down into polish. If a sentence carries your character, it stays exactly as you said it.

1Apply to speak. An idea worth sharing is the only credential.
2Sit for a conversation. Fifteen minutes, on camera, with room to think.
3Your idea travels. To the channel, to the socials, and sometimes to the big red dot.
Watch on YouTube

Have an idea to share? Start with a free chat.

The community

A heartwarming welcome home.

The vena cava is the vein that brings blood back to the heart to receive oxygen. That is why we are here.

The world drains people. We circulate them back.

Vena Cava is an alcohol-free, eco-friendly burn community in Gainesville, Florida: fire jams, ceremony, flow arts, and a garden tended by many hands. Nothing here is for sale. It runs on love, sharing our gifts, and showing up.

Visit the Vena Cava site

Our monthly Fire Jam welcomes first-timers. And if giving is your love language, meet the FAM.

The Accelerator

Invest in your becoming.

Six builders. One room. One system for closing the gap between what you see and what you ship.

Elign is the coherence system I ran one-on-one at $1,000 a month over 8 months, rebuilt for speed and clarity in 8 weeks. Across eight live stages we move from who you are to what you dream of becoming: Ikigai Moat, Resource Bank, Business Model, Reverse Engineer, Brandstorm, Proprietary Assets, CEO Systems, 100+ Mentors. With AI doing the heavy lifting at every step, launching your new venture.

Twelve builders went through Cohort 1. Now a new squad forms every month, capped at six on purpose. Small enough that nobody gets lost. Big enough that nobody builds alone.

One price. One squad of six.

$800 per person, capped at six on purpose.

$800  per builder

Every friend you bring who joins earns you $200, paid when they pay. Two friends, $400. Four covers your seat. Five fills the room: your own private squad, and you leave with $200.

Save a seat in the next cohort

Every new squad starts the first week of the month. Six seats each. Join the waiting list for priority access.

You’re on the list. I’ll come to you before the room opens. Peek inside the app anytime.

Enter the Elign app

Not sure yet? Come talk to me, free.

The Mastermind

Give first.

Mentorship is free here. That is the point.

FAM is the Founder Accelerator Mastermind: a give-first network where mentorship flows for free in Gainesville; one hour a month by more than a hundred people who execute effectively. We are partnering with the City to make Gainesville the best place in the country to start and grow a business.

Want to give an hour? Want to receive one? Both doors are open.

Join our mentor network

Tell us what you need

In your own words, describe the mentor so we can set up a first meet.

Got it. I’ll find your match. Building something yourself? Elign is your door.

FAM 2023
Where it began
Two days, 12 speakers, 25 mentors. Entrepreneurship as a healing art.
Visit the archive →

The kids program

AI 4 Kids.

The youngest builders deserve the newest tools.

AI 4 Kids teaches children to wield AI the way they wield crayons: as a tool for making dreams happen, not a machine that does their homework. Curiosity first, ethics second, always hands-on.

This program is early and growing a community. If you are a parent, a teacher, or a school that wants AI literacy taught with care, I want to hear from you before anyone else.

Raise a hand

Parents, teachers, schools, partners. Tell me who you are and you’ll hear first as classes open.

Got it. You’re early, which is exactly the point. The other kids’ door is open too: come play.

Curious where this is headed? Come talk to me, free.

The films

Hear their stories forever.

Presence, preserved in light, laughter, and the wisdom of their advice.

Legacy Love Letters films cinema-quality interviews with your elder loved ones: their stories, their laughter, the advice only they can give. Multi-camera, professionally lit, gently guided, and finished within weeks.

One relaxed afternoon becomes an heirloom your family keeps forever. Ten percent of every session goes to a charity of your loved one’s choice. Serving North Central Florida.

Book a Legacy Session

The flow

Play safely together.

For Alachua County Public Schools.

Afterschool Acroyoga brings partner movement, meditation, and breathwork to students of every age and level. Kids build strength, flexibility, trust, and body awareness through poses and games that meet them where they are.

I started teaching acroyoga in 2016 at music festivals across the country. Our style is simple. We slow down, speak softly, and have fun.

Visit Afterschool Acroyoga

Want acroyoga at your school? Come talk to me, free.

The goods

Good Goods.

Practical things for everyday use.

Every good here exists because we craft it in small batches: made with care, used every day, and shared because people kept asking where to get one.

First dibs

Tell me which items you want and we will deliver it by hand.

Noted. When it is ready, you will hear from us. Ready for ceremony sooner? Vena Cava keeps the fire going.