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September 2026 Monthly Recap: Top Stories & Enterprise Members Spotlight 🎯 (opens the original)
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The 22nd Century Frontier Show Is Coming (opens the original)
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Throughout my life, I’ve had the opportunity to sit with leaders who were 30 or 40 years ahead of where I wanted to be.Some became mentors. Some became friends. Some I only met once, but that one conversation changed how I thought about everything that came after.Those meetings taught me something I couldn’t have learned any other way. Not from books. Not from courses.From the people actually building the future, while everyone else was still trying to understand the present.I kept thinking: Wha
The Double Opt-In Introduction: The Right Way to Make Introductions 🤝 (opens the original)
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There is a simple rule I try to follow when introducing two people: Ask both first.It sounds obvious. It is also surprisingly rare.Someone forwards an email, adds two people to a thread, writes “thought you two should meet” and considers the job done.The problem is that the introduction has now become an obligation for everyone else.One person has to decide whether to take the meeting. The other has to work out why they are there. Both are now managing the social expectation created by the perso
Stop Using CAPS: How Founders Should Email Investors to Get Funded (opens the original)
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There is a strange obsession in fundraising with getting noticed.Founders experiment with subject lines, emojis, urgency, clever hooks, exaggerated claims, unusual formatting, and, increasingly, RANDOM CAPITAL LETTERS.Please stop.An investor does not need your email to scream at them. They need to understand what you are building, whether it fits their mandate, and whether there is enough substance to justify spending time on it.That is a much lower bar than many founders seem to think.And it is
Frontier Deal Flow: August 2026 (opens the original)
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Frontier Deal Flow is a monthly curated database report within 22nd Century Frontier, connecting high-quality companies with active investors across frontier technologies and emerging markets. This limited edition showcases the companies featured in the August 2026 issue, while preserving the signal and structure that make the report valuable.<a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.22ndcenturyfrontier.com/subs
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