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Wise people always say, “Never be the smartest person in the room,” so we’ve got that covered!!
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The blogs blend humor, storytelling, and insightful commentary about the experience of attending top-industry events as an outsider trying to learn. I document what is said (and not said).
Efficient Expeditions Shipping AI Materials in Containers through Global Logistics
TLDR: Author attends a Flexport webinar on the AI infrastructure supercycle driving $3-5 trillion in data center buildout, learning how fragile million-dollar GPU racks require white-glove air freight logistics with shock-free trucking, multi-corridor routing, and 24/7 dedicated teams.
Bad Audio, Good Advice on Funding
TLDR: Despite terrible audio at a coffee shop venue, the author absorbs valuable VC advice on the team/tech/traction framework for startups and the math behind successful exits.
Data-Backed Facts on Emissions Reduction from the Best Logistics Company on Earth
TLDR: The author tunes into a Flexport webinar while riding the light rail, learning about how supply chain decisions around modality switches (air vs. ocean), SKU segmentation, and consolidation can dramatically reduce CO2 emissions and shipping costs.
Late and Great Prep for Exiting + Buy Outs
TLDR: Kelly attends an early-morning startup event on preparing businesses for mergers, acquisitions, and exits, covering EBITDA valuations, customer concentration risks, earn-outs, and carve-outs, while reflecting on her own entrepreneurial journey.
Importers Assemble!! Flexport is here to help!!
TLDR: Flexport hosts a deep-dive seminar on customs audits, the CAPE refund system, and drawback programs, teaching importers how to navigate tariff compliance, avoid CBP scrutiny, and potentially recover duties paid on exports.
Duty Calls: Custom(s) Fandom for Flexport's Tariff Talk
TLDR: The author attends Flexport's tariff update webinar covering Section 232 changes that simplified steel and aluminum duty calculations, learning how the new rules affect importers' costs across different product categories.
Hickies for the Bank’s V.P. + Pre-FIFA Economic Rundown (w/ Remote Viewing… 13/16 Accuracy)
TLDR: A bank-hosted small business panel covering FIFA World Cup economic preparation, access to capital, scaling strategies, and workforce development, combined with Kelly's "remote viewing" experiment where 13 of 16 predictions came true.
Free Lunch and Furrowed Frolicking to the Aesthetic of Caring about Climate Change
TLDR: Author spends a full day at a climate-tech coworking space attending startup pitches on drones, batteries, and waste-to-hydrogen, but finds the scene dominated by performative activism, drinking culture, and founders more interested in extracting money than solving climate problems.
Will the SEC Finally Capitulate to the Inescapable Grip of Diamond Hands? An MMTLP Press Conference Confronting Years of Regulatory Negligence and Collusion
TLDR: Author live-blogs an MMTLP press conference held outside the SEC in DC, where retail investors and advocates detail how FINRA allowed unauthorized trading, froze shareholders' positions, and colluded with Wall Street to cover up naked short selling affecting tens of thousands of investors.
Can’t Stop Being Obsessed with GameStop: 2025 Awards Show Reaction Blog
TLDR: The author live-blogs her enthusiastic reaction to GameStop's 2025 Awards Show on Twitter, celebrating the gaming community's humor and culture while balancing dinner and parenting duties before rushing out to pick up her daughter.
First Time Home Buyer, Again? Let’s Learn
TLDR: The author attends a first-time homebuyer seminar covering pre-qualification, down payment assistance programs, the seven steps to getting your keys, and market statistics, realizing how many financial resources exist that most people never learn about.
Back to Artificial Events (Intelligently)
TLDR: Kelly attends two AI events in one evening -- a women-in-tech founder panel on fundraising and product-market fit, followed by a career-focused talk on upskilling with AI, domain expertise, and managing your own career trajectory in the age of automation.
Theorizing Global Logistics: One Law-Led Maritime Panel at a Time
TLDR: Notes from maritime law panels covering global shipping investments, US-China shipyard competition, tariffs, trade wars, and long-term infrastructure planning, connecting it to Kelly's theories about e-commerce and global trade futures.
Stop and Smell the Roses Pre-Plee for Martian Metanoia
TLDR: Notes from a Mars Society banquet dinner featuring a keynote by a NASA rover engineer who shared decades of Mars exploration history, from the first crayon-colored digital images to modern rovers. The evening closed with a passionate speech from the organization's founder rallying attendees to fight proposed NASA science budget cuts and defend space exploration funding.
Hour You Justifying Your Fee? (Webinar Attendance, Not Whether We Attend Dance)
TLDR: A short Dress for Success webinar on salary negotiation and defending your hourly rate, with the key advice being to research thoroughly using websites and AI before interviews, and to aim high on wages because showing up happy and motivated is hard to replace.
The First Billion Dollar Pitch
TLDR: Kelly pitches to venture capitalists at an event for underrepresented founders, sharing her experience navigating the VC world with multiple startup ideas while reflecting on manifestation, origin stories, and the journey of being taken seriously.
Fusion & Fission: Opposites Attract my Attention
TLDR: Kelly attends a fusion and fission energy event covering nuclear energy investments, energy grid infrastructure, and the differences between fusion and fission technologies, connecting it to broader financial and environmental themes.
Last Call for Enron’s First Earnings Call!
TLDR: Kelly watches Enron's first earnings call in over 20 years, which turns out to be a wildly theatrical and entertaining live performance covering their energy comeback, Lockheed Martin partnership, Texas electricity market disruption plans, and comedic production-style mishaps.
EDGAR in the building! Financial Literacy Webcast
TLDR: Author watches a Computershare webinar about the SEC's EDGAR Next modernization, which overhauls the 20-year-old filing authentication system with multi-factor tokens and authorized-filer delegation lists, with a hard September 15 deadline that promises chaos for anyone who waits.
Flustered with Finance + Neurodivergency (E. Week, Day 3)
TLDR: A double-feature day where Kelly passionately challenges a financial influencer's ETF-heavy advice as systemically harmful to retail investors, followed by an empowering neurodivergency workshop exploring empathy types, sensory experiences, and self-advocacy.
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