Fireside Chat with Saje Wellness Founder?

Happy 9th Tuesday of 2026,

Welcome back to Stay Curious — a newsletter I write once per week on 3 things keeping me curious, or I send one of you $100 as a penalty.

I was just about to drift off to bed and open my Kindle when I remembered — I forgot to send the newsletter! Alas, here we are, back at the laptop.

That’s what goals and having “something on the line” does.

It holds you to your word.

Here’s what’s on my mind this week:

1. Join Our Event with the Saje Wellness Founder

Most weeks, I walk by the Saje Wellness office to pass one of my favourite cafes.

It’s a 48,000 sqft office with a cool big sign outside.

And a few months ago, I made it a personal pledge to host the founders (who I didn’t know at the time) for a fireside chat at North House.

One thing led to another, and the date’s finally on the calendar.

JP (or Jean-Pierre) is going to be visiting North House for a fireside chat to share the past, present and future of everything he’s learned, starting Saje Wellness — a now $200m/year revenue business with 1,000+ staff.

If you’d like to join, sign up here.

2. Italy Recommendations?

I’m heading to Italy shortly with my wife and looking for any and all recommendations. The top 3 spots we’ve dialled in to visit are:

• Venice

• Florence

• and Rome

If you have any restaurants, cafes or hole-in-the-wall recommendations, I’m all ears.

3. Wanna meet the Google Startups Team?

My friends Ashley and Jeffrey are in Vancouver this week meeting startup founders that wanna leran about Google’s AI tools and startup credits.

If you are a:

• founder,

• investor or

• ecosystem person

Who wants to meet with them, send me a note, and I’ll introduce you.

If you haven’t played around with the Google Video Lab tool yet, it’s mind-boggling

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Stay curious,

Joel

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