Something strange is unfolding in North America’s workforce. A quiet unraveling—not in factories or shipping yards, but in offices, on campus, and in the inboxes of career advisors and startup mentors. You can feel it in the numbers: In Canada, the youth unemployment rate (ages 15–24) hit 14.2% in May 2025—up 1.4% from 2024 and nearly double the national average.And this doesn’t even account for the delayed ripple effects of rising tariffs and macroeconomic tightening. Source: Statistics...
12 days ago • 3 min read
Alright, picture this: You’re at some event, hanging out, maybe grabbing coffee, and suddenly someone—maybe even a big-shot investor—asks, “So, what’s your project about?” What do you say? If you freeze or ramble, that’s game over. But if you’ve got a killer elevator pitch, you’ll grab their attention fast and leave them wanting to know more. Got a burning question? I’m all ears. Stuck on a startup idea? Wondering how to use AI without sounding like a robot? Trying to figure out what actually...
19 days ago • 3 min read
Imagine going from "I guess I’ll be a doctor" to flipping Africa’s farming system… and helping women become business bosses along the way. This one’s not your average save-the-world story.It’s scrappy. It’s real.And it’s dripping with lessons you can steal. Got a burning question? I’m all ears. Stuck on a startup idea? Wondering how to use AI without sounding like a robot? Trying to figure out what actually matters after high school? Every week, I hear from teens building cool things, chasing...
26 days ago • 3 min read
You’ve probably seen all the chaos online lately. Layoffs at Microsoft. Mass firings at Google. Tech bros crying on TikTok. It’s wild out there. Even if you’re not job-hunting yet, you’re probably wondering:“If adults with fancy titles and degrees are getting kicked out… what chance do I have?” Real talk? I’ve had that thought too. But here's the thing: you don’t need to wait until you're 30 and stressed to start building a safety net. There’s a smarter way to play the game now — especially...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
You’re a teen trying to start something this summer... maybe a design hustle, a content page, a community project. So you reach out to people.Clients. Mentors. Collabs.But no one replies to your DMs. Why? Because you’re asking for trust without proof. And that’s the trap: “You need experience to get experience."But no one wants to be your first “test run. Got a burning question? I’m all ears. Stuck on a startup idea? Wondering how to use AI without sounding like a robot? Trying to figure out...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, the world flipped. Headlines screamed about job loss, teachers feared mass cheating, and everyone wondered: Will AI replace us? But like most big questions in life, the answer is: it depends. Every tech breakthrough has had its skeptics, abusers, and superusers. Even 2,500 years ago, Socrates was worried about people relying on writing instead of their memories. Fast-forward to now? We’re not banning writing—we’re just learning how to use it better. Same...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Most people get risk completely backwards. They take big risks for tiny rewards. They blow $100K+ on degrees they never use.They max out credit cards starting businesses they don’t understand.They “play it safe” and wake up at 40 stuck, broke, and full of regret. That’s not smart. That’s gambling.Worse—it's gambling with no upside. I’ve been thinking a lot about this since reading Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke.Her whole thesis? Make decisions like a poker player—based on odds, not...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
So you want to do research and work at the forefront of innovation? Not the “Google what’s the fastest animal” kind of research.I’m talking about real-world stuff—labs, published papers, building tech that actually helps people. I get this question all the time from ambitious teens:How do I break into research?How do I get to the forefront of innovation?Where do I start? After today’s story, you might stop picturing research as something only professors in white coats do—and start realizing...
2 months ago • 3 min read
I recently had a LinkedIn conversation with my friend Brendon, who’s a Senior Economist at Indeed. He shared a graph that’s been sitting with me ever since. It shows the unemployment rate among recent grads under 25 who are no longer in school. The story it tells is stark: Youth joblessness nearly doubled in 2 years—and the worst may be yet to come. In just two years, we’ve gone from the lowest youth unemployment rate in decades to one of the highest—and that’s before any major external...
2 months ago • 1 min read