Hola Me&Co. Fam! This issue is a little more reflective than usual, with a founder event that stuck with us, a heads up on how AI is quietly changing your written work, and a friend of the newsletter with something beautiful to share.

What We've Been Up To

We attended "Navigating Faith, Family, Business & Life with Excellence" this month, a session on building a personal mission statement from a Christ-focused perspective. The idea: your mission statement should be a lens for every business and life decision, not a comfort blanket. The Bible, as one speaker put it, "is not a journal of comfort, it's about sanctification through waiting and suffering."

A few of the questions they posed to ground that mission:

The gut-check question underneath all of them: am I in alignment with how I am living?

What Our Friends & Family Are Doing

Friend of the newsletter alert! Yvette Ramirez of Kuro Libros just opened pre-orders for her first bilingual children's book, Mi Familia Cubana con Kuro. Kuro Libros is dedicated to empowering parents and kids to engage with Latin American and Caribbean culture and language, building confidence and resilience through language-learning and a strong sense of connection and community. Using Kuro the cat as a guide, the books help young readers understand who they are, where they came from, and how they contribute to the world, all with joy, humor, and openness. Pre-order now and follow @KuroLibros on IG/TikTok for updates.

What We're Building

Systems, not just services. Built once, so they keep running long after the kickoff call.

Founder Authority Systems · from $3,500
Your story, positioning and public presence, built as one coherent system.

Strategic Content Engine · from $5,000/mo
One strong idea turned into weeks of aligned content. No weekly scramble.

AI Enabled Marketing Workflows · from $2,000
Hours back every week, and it still sounds like you.

Partnership + Program Marketing · from $5,000
Marketing strategy and hands-on workshops for organizations that serve founders.

This Month's Reads

1. Claude Now Leaves Its Fingerprint on Your Work · Anthropic
Anthropic just started quietly watermarking everything Claude writes, a mark that travels with the text even after copy-paste and usually survives a light edit. Worth knowing if AI is touching your hiring, admissions, or client work.

2. How Google Is Rewriting Search and What Entrepreneurs Must Do · Entrepreneur
Google's first official guidance on AI-powered search answers, and the practical shift entrepreneurs should make to stay visible.

Tools We Use

The unglamorous stuff that keeps a business running. Every tool here is one we use, pay for, and genuinely recommend to founders building their businesses.

Google Workspace
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Amex Business Green Rewards
Flexible points and perks that make managing expenses way easier. Check it out, or the Blue Business Cash card.

Ally High-Yield Savings
Open an account through this link and get $50 once it is funded. Get your $50

SoFi Checking and Savings
Open an account through this link and get $50 once you deposit $50 or more. Get your $50