Homemade Pizza, A+ Sales People and Weekend Trips

Happy 7th 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.

Here’s what’s on my mind this week:

1. North House Storytelling Night Sold Out

Tomorrow night, we’re hosting a storytelling night for founders and serving up homemade pizza from our very own Ooni oven to everyone who got a ticket

We sold out our 30 tickets pretty quickly.

Which just means we may need to host another one…

2. Looking for A+ Sales People

5 of our portfolio companies at LOI Venture are looking to hire A+ salespeople.

If you know of folks, send me an email with their info: [email protected] 

Our LOI Accelerator team is also looking to hire a National Event Manager. Pitch deck here if you wanna see the job.

3. Scottsdale, Arizona is Pretty Cool

Been trying to travel more to see friends.

A couple we know lives in Scottsdale and we had so much fun visiting them this last weekend.

We soaked in some sunshine, ate incredible food and just got to shadow the way they lived in a city we’ve never been to

If I were 18 again, something I’d do is overindex on building a life of travel wherever and whenever you can.

I always walk away with so many gems

Photo of the week:

My wife and I out for a run

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Stay curious,

Joel

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