Jeff Wenzel (@fuzzywenzel) profile picture
Joined October 2026
Photo by Jeff Wenzel (@fuzzywenzel)Photo by Jeff Wenzel (@fuzzywenzel)Photo by Jeff Wenzel (@fuzzywenzel)
1/ Every fall I spend two hours at a time in the yard with the leaf blower, and somewhere around the second pile my head gets loud. This year it's about Jim. My blood father. A few thoughts on lore, photos, and a puzzle with no box.
1
6/ Easy is not the same as true. Context isn't a pardon. It's just the rest of the picture. The thing I'm proudest of in myself might be the same thing that pulled him out of my life. Same edge. Different choice. I hope.
1
7/ What's the photo of your dad you keep filling in? And what are you putting in the gaps? Reply and tell me. I read every one. Full essay on the He-Man Club newsletter:
Honeycomb Credit is winding down its crowdfunding platform. Per its FAQ, the platform closes Dec 3 at 4pm ET. Investors: log in, confirm your bank account, export your history. Founders: download your investor list. Do it this week, not Dec 2.
Broke. Wrong. Loud about things that never shipped. Still here. That's the job.
Build the crowd. Earn the trust. Then open the round. Order matters.
"These new rules provide an effective, workable path to raising capital that also provides strong investor protections." Mary Jo White, then-SEC Chair, Mar. 25, 2015, on the updated Regulation A
1
Workable path, strong protections. Both parts matter. When Regulation A was updated in 2015, the SEC set the Tier 2 ceiling at $50 million. Today the rule allows up to $75 million in 12 months for Tier 2. The path got wider. The protections came with it.
1
Sources: SEC press release 2015-49, Mar. 25, 2015, on , and 17 CFR 230.251(a) (eCFR, Title 17) Education only. Not investment advice and not an offer to buy or sell securities. Startup investing is high risk. You risk losing your full investment.
Failure isn't a plot twist. It's the curriculum. Stay in it.
The overnight success you're watching had a decade you never read about. Keep going.
Say the expensive truth out loud. It costs you one deal today. It buys you a name that lasts.
Discouragement is data, not a verdict. It shows you where the work is. It doesn't tell you to stop.
Ask the ugly question first. Who actually wants this, and can they pay for it? Everything else is decoration.
Your unfair advantage isn't capital. It's the people who pick up when you call. Call them before you need them.