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2025-04-15-alpha-partnerships-morning-session
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Transcript Summary: Alpha Partnerships Morning Session

Key Topics​

Alpha School Organization & Communication​

  • Discussion about the need for a central source of truth for organizational structure
  • Challenges with contacting key personnel (e.g., Andy Montgomery, Jason Applebaum)
  • Jack mentioned that taking initiative is generally encouraged at Alpha
  • Brief mention of potential newsletter creation

Gary's Projects Overview​

Gary outlined several of his current initiatives:

  1. America 2.0/New Level Summit (early October) - Gathering high-agency individuals to advance AI-first and human agency-first education
  2. Alpha High Reality Show - Following students at Alpha High School in Austin to document the AI-first education model
  3. Trump Administration Faith Initiatives - Helping allocate funding previously for DEI into faith-based programs
  4. Hyperagent Labs - Helping wealthy/ambitious people increase their influence (client includes Joe Liemandt)
  5. Youth Mentorship - Connecting young people with mentors and resources

Russell's Vibe Aggregation Platform​

  • Discussing a platform to curate and share events in Austin
  • Exploring various text messaging platforms (Blue Sky, Superphone) for distribution
  • Considering subscription/donation model
  • Planning for event data collection and engagement metrics

Beef Jones' Initiatives​

  • Youth Data Platform - Developing real-time data collection from 11-17 year olds globally
  • Record Store & Manufacturing - Discussing vinyl record production and distribution (mentioned deals with Kanye West's Vultures album)
  • Legal Matters - Shared details about a copyright lawsuit involving Sherman Ailey that reached the Supreme Court; potential litigation involving Kendrick Lamar
  • Media/Content Production - Interest in documentary production and content creation
  • Boys & Girls Club Partnership - Referenced "Genius in the Hood" program in LA that resulted in 126 films from youth

Youth Incentives & Referrals​

  • Discussion about Joe Liemandt's approach to financially incentivizing students
  • Example of a $5,000 referral payment for bringing in a student
  • Exploring peer-to-peer recruitment models and tokenization

Cruce's App Development​

  • Brief appearance requesting help with his app development
  • Mentioned a $10,000 bounty from Joe for Gauntlet graduates who help students with app development

Action Items & Follow-ups​

  • Continue exploring potential partnership between Alpha School and Boys & Girls Club
  • Investigate tokenization/incentive structure for student referrals and engagement
  • Russell to test various text messaging platforms for his event curation service
  • Develop whiteboard session on youth engagement strategies (started but interrupted)
  • Connect with Kendrick Lamar's "Genius in the Hood" initiative for potential collaboration

Notable Quotes​

Gary Sheng: "I believe that this is the most important story in the world right now. And so to be able to make a reality show happen that accelerates and facilitates and helps manifest the grand narrative that is emerging, I think that's really exciting."

Jack Oremus: "If you just take the initiative and do stuff, no one's going to stop you from really doing it, at least what I can tell."

Beef Jones: "I'm creating this data because I'm one of the great content, I'm one of those parties, and I'm one of the cool shit for you, but it's got to be for a purpose which is data."

Context & Atmosphere​

The conversation took place at Alpha School in a somewhat informal setting with multiple side conversations and interruptions. The discussion flowed between strategic ideas and tactical implementation, with participants showing enthusiasm for various collaborative possibilities, particularly around youth engagement and media/content development.