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Make yourworkvisible

A 10-week program for interesting people who want to share what they know — without it feeling forced, performative, or like a second job.

Join the next cohort$500 · 10 weeks · ~12 people · by application
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The premise

People aren't blocked on what to say. They're blocked on starting.

Most people who'd benefit from being more visible already know plenty. They have opinions, hard-won lessons, conversations worth sharing. The lift to get from "this is interesting" to "I should post something" is just too high.

Visible Work lowers that lift. It's not a makeover, a viral-formula playbook, or a ghostwriting service. You don't need to rank #1 in Google for "customer service" to be worth following. Your network — and their networks — are full of people who'd benefit from what you already know. The goal isn't authority. It's usefulness.

Where it came from

Built for someone who didn't grow up online.

The program started during the pandemic, when my wife was in career transition. I'd been blogging publicly for over twenty years — building a network online was second nature to me. It wasn't for her.

The first version was turnkey: ghostwriters, videographers, the works. It got prohibitively expensive fast — $5–8K range — and it didn't actually solve the real problem. We rebuilt it as something a person could realistically commit to without rearranging their life.

How it works

A simple loop, run for ten weeks.

The program has been redesigned around what we've learned from past cohorts. The biggest learning: people don't struggle with ideas. They struggle with starting. Everything below is built around that.

01
Break the seal first

In your one-on-one intro session, we work through verbal prompts together — and turn that conversation into a published post during the session. You've shipped something before the cohort officially begins.

02
Pre-recorded classes

You watch the content on your own time. Think about it, experiment, and bring questions and blockers to the live sessions. No more sitting through lectures.

03
Live group sessions

3–4 sessions across 10 weeks at 5 PM Eastern, 60–90 minutes each. Late enough to escape meeting fatigue, early enough not to eat into family time. Sharper, more interactive, tailored to what you're actually working on.

04
Conversation as source

Early on, you have a real conversation with someone you're genuinely excited to talk to. Not an interview. Not polished. The point is to generate energy and interestingness — then AI helps surface the threads worth building on.

05
Daily journaling

A couple of private sentences at the end of each day about your work. Kept to yourself. Over time, it becomes a surprisingly rich body of raw material — and AI helps surface patterns so you're never starting from zero.

06
1:1 advising

Direct time with me throughout the cohort. I'm the bottleneck on this, which is why seats are limited.

07
Accountability + WhatsApp

Matched accountability partner from inside the group. Active WhatsApp thread throughout — and you keep access after.

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What you actually do

Less than you'd expect. More than most people manage.

We've stripped the program down to what actually moves the needle. The biggest variable is how much you publish — that's up to you.

Daily
A couple of sentences in your private journal.
Weekly
Watch a class. Experiment with one idea.
3–4 times
Live group session, 60–90 min, 5 PM Eastern.
Once early
A real conversation with someone you're curious about.
On AI

A thought partner. Not a ghostwriter.

We're past the "write this post for me" phase, which a lot of people rightly find inauthentic. You stay the author.

  • Generating ideas based on your own writing samples.
  • Sparring against a draft you've already written.
  • Finding threads across weeks of daily journaling.
  • Pulling lessons from a podcast or interview relevant to what you're working on.
What changes

A different relationship to being seen.

Before
  • "I don't know where to start."
  • "I have to be the foremost expert to post."
  • "Sharing feels like a second job."
After
  • "I shipped something in week one."
  • "I just have to be useful to someone two steps behind me."
  • "Publishing is a by-product of how I already work."
What it looks like

Three real things people make in this program.

From a journal entry
"The most useful question I asked this week wasn't strategic. It was: what would have to be true for this to be obvious? Half my roadmap dissolved."
From a conversation
"Talked to an operator who runs a $40M business out of a Notion doc and three group chats. Reminded me that infrastructure is whatever you trust enough to forget about."
Heartbeat email
"Lately I've been thinking about how much of 'positioning' is just paying attention to which conversations you keep coming back to. Curious what you've been circling lately."
Who it's for

A wider range than you'd think.

Most participants are peripherally in tech, but that's a function of my own network — not a requirement. If you've thought about being more visible professionally — for career flexibility, advisory work, building a network, or just having a body of work that's yours and not your employer's — this is built for you.

  • Career-changers figuring out what's next.
  • Recent grads who want to start building a network early.
  • Serial CTOs positioning themselves for advisory roles.
  • Entrepreneurs sorting where their personal brand ends and the company's begins.
  • People who've quietly done very good work and never got recognized for it.
Why it's different

We're skeptical of most of what's sold as visibility.

The "winner take all, must rank #1" framing is what fuels imposter syndrome — and it's the wrong frame. You don't have to be the foremost expert. You just have to be helpful to someone in your network who's a step or two removed from where you've already been.

Think of it as picking a "letter to Santa" off the bulletin board. Somebody clearly needs help with something you happen to know — and you can just answer.

Personal branding courses
A practice of noticing
Audience growth tactics
Surface area, not virality
Ranking #1 for a keyword
Helping the person two steps behind you
Performance
Thinking in public
After the cohort

The forever community.

Once you've joined a Visible Work cohort, you're part of the community going forward — as active or as quiet as you want. The only things reserved for each new paying cohort are the live group sessions and 1:1 time with me.

WhatsApp, forever
Ongoing access to the group of every past participant.
Updated class videos
As the program evolves, so does what you can revisit.
Weekly emails & prompts
Light touch, useful. As active or quiet as you want.
FAQ

Questions people actually ask.

How long is the program?+
10 weeks.
How much does it cost?+
$500 for the full 10 weeks. New cohorts run a few times a year — fill out the interest form below and we'll let you know when the next one opens.
How much time do I need each week?+
Pre-recorded classes are yours to watch on your own schedule. Live group sessions are 60–90 minutes, 3–4 times across the 10 weeks. Daily journaling is meant to be a couple of sentences. The biggest variable is how much you publish — that's up to you.
When do live sessions meet?+
5 PM Eastern. The sweet spot: not yet in deep zoom fatigue, not too far into family time, late enough to mostly avoid meeting conflicts. Workable for the occasional West Coast or Europe-based participant.
Do I need to be a writer?+
No. We meet you where you are. Some people lean into writing, some into video, some into being a 'public student' of a topic — like JJ from Runkeeper, who started My Climate Journey by openly asking experts what to do about climate from a position of zero authority, and built a clean tech venture fund off the back of that journey. Authenticity matters more than format.
What if I don't know what I want to talk about?+
Normal, and part of the work. Interesting people often don't know why they're interesting — sometimes you need a third party to point at something and say, 'no, that's a real accomplishment, people should hear about it.' We start with conversations, journaling, and prompts to surface what's already there.
I have imposter syndrome about posting publicly. Will this fix that?+
It won't make it disappear, but the structure is built around it. You don't have to be the foremost expert. You just have to be helpful to someone in your network who's a step or two removed from where you've already been.
How is AI used in the program?+
As a thought partner, not a ghostwriter. Generating ideas from your own writing, sparring against drafts, finding threads across your journaling, pulling lessons from podcasts or interviews. You stay the author.
What happens if I get behind?+
Pre-recorded classes mean you can catch up at your own pace. Live sessions are recorded too — missing one isn't fatal. The forever community access also means the program doesn't really 'end' for you.
What kind of feedback do you give?+
Most of the feedback I give is 'you did too much.' People often write opus-length pieces with five different ideas inside one post. So I'll often say: great, you don't have anything to publish for the next two months — because you have five posts here. Let's cut this down and make it digestible.
Do I need to know exactly what my goals are before joining?+
No. Some people come in with a clear thesis and just need accountability. Others come in knowing they want to be 'more visible' but haven't figured out what that looks like. Both work. The intro session is where we sort that out together.
What if the timing isn't right for me?+
If you've been part of a previous cohort, you're already in the forever community — pick things back up whenever. If you're new and now isn't right, fill out the interest form and we'll reach out when the next cohort opens.
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