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The people in your orbit, every three days. Coverage window: Jul 13 – 16, 2026.
Good morning, Eric. Busy stretch — 10 of your 304 people surfaced, and the room is full of founders.
Johnnie Turnage just ran two founder cohorts in Detroit with two more events on the calendar. Osahon Okundaye opened a fundraising program for founders — spots close this week. Joseph Robinson is publishing sharp finance-career takes. And there's a founder win worth a note. Three of these are worth a real move.
Johnnie Turnage
Johnnie had the loudest three days in your network. He closed two simultaneous intensives — a Go-To-Market cohort and a Storytelling cohort — at Michigan Central's Newlab, then reshared a run of the founders and facilitators from the day. On deck: a BTS Grand Rapids takeover (Jul 25) and Detroit Homecoming 2026 in September.
"Two rooms. One building. Dozens of entrepreneurs doing the hardest work there is — rethinking where they are and deciding how they'll build forward."— Johnnie Turnage
Osahon Okundaye
Time-sensitive · Jul 21–23Launched The Fundraising Office with ex-VC partner Kendall Crocker — a small, discussion-based program teaching founders what makes a company investable and how to engage investors. A few spots left for the Jul 21–23 session.
Joseph L. Robinson II
Peer · financeThree posts in three days on building a "personal board," managing your brand through brutal reviews, and why the lone wolf loses — career lessons straight from the associate grind.
Ranked by what matters to you right now — deal flow, relevance, and how fast the window closes.
Congratulate him on the cohorts, then ask about SVB showing up at BTS Grand Rapids (Jul 25) or Detroit Homecoming — as a partner or just a face in the room.
Why Black Tech Saturdays is a high-density room of exactly the founders SVB exists to bank. Warm organizer, real events already on the calendar — this is deal flow and brand presence in one, with zero cold outreach.
Reach out to Osahon and Kendall before the session fills. Offer SVB's founder resources as a natural complement and set up a two-way referral.
Why Founders learning to raise are founders about to need a bank. He's building the exact top-of-funnel you want a relationship with — and the window is this week.
See The Fundraising Office ↗Leave a real comment on the "personal board" post — you've lived the banker-to-network arc he's describing.
Why A sharp peer in your own world, publishing thoughtful work. Low lift, and the kind of visible, in-public relationship-building that compounds over a career.
294 of your 304 people were dark this cycle, and the scoring pass again flagged zero cold-intro or call-ready prospects. Your list is warm, not hot — nobody needs chasing. Five profiles timed out mid-scan and are queued for the next pass.