Questions / Working answers
Ask me anything.
These are my best answers right now. If the work teaches me something new, I’ll change them.
The short version
Good questions beat big speeches.
This page is a scoreboard for what I know, what I’m testing, and what still needs an adult in the room.
01
What do kids do as entrepreneurs?
Kids can notice a problem, listen to the people who have it, test an idea, and build something useful. They do not need to begin with a company or a perfect product, and they do not have to settle for only consuming what other people make. They can begin with one community they understand and one question worth answering, with an adult handling or supervising the parts that require adult responsibility.
02
What is a student-athlete entrepreneur?
A student-athlete entrepreneur is a young person developing the habits of a student, an athlete, and an entrepreneur at the same time. It is not a claim that someone has mastered all three. It is a direction: learn how to learn, take coaching and repeat the work, then use those skills to notice problems, work with people, and build something useful.
03
Why are you making SAE?
I want to get to know and celebrate people who are learning, training, and building something at the same time. I want to share what they learn and create more opportunities for people of any age to try it. I am 11, so I am learning this from the middle of my own school, gymnastics, and family-business life—not pretending I have it solved already.
04
Do kids have to wait until they are older to build a business?
No. Kids can start learning the skills now: noticing problems, talking with people, making a small test, explaining value, and trying again. The opportunity is expanding because tools make it easier to begin. That does not remove the need for adults; contracts, money, privacy, safety, and other adult responsibilities still belong with adults.
05
What made you want to build something?
My first business was last year. It made $2,300 in revenue, and I gave $600 to Austin Pets Alive. I loved having an idea, building it, selling it to someone, and making them happy. That made me want to learn the skills behind a bigger project: finding a real problem, listening well, building something useful, and seeing what impact it can have.
06
Why a podcast?
A podcast gives me a reason to practice a very human skill: being interested in someone long enough to understand how they think and what they are learning. The interviews are one part of SAE; the written record, newsletter, and conversations around them help the lessons travel. I am starting with a podcast because it is a good practice field for listening, asking better questions, making something clearly, and earning someone’s time.
07
Why build a media company in an AI-forward world?
AI is making it easier to produce polished words, pictures, and audio. My working bet is that this makes real human context more valuable, not less: people still want to recognize themselves in someone else’s experience, trust where a story came from, and feel that the person asking actually listened. I do not know if SAE can prove that at its scale. The project is a way to test it through honest conversations, useful follow-up, and a record of what changes my mind.
08
What will the podcast do?
It will give student-athletes, builders, families, coaches, and teachers a place to explain what they are learning while they are still in the work. I want the conversations to make people more visible, share practical lessons, and create opportunities for someone else to try. For me, each one is also a craft lesson in preparation, listening, production, distribution, relationships, business, and safety.
09
Why not just build software?
Software can solve a problem, but a media company lets me learn the people and the problem before I pretend I know the solution. SAE helps me practice finding an audience, listening, explaining value, and building relationships. RoutineMastery is the family company and product case study; SAE is the journey and the conversation around what we learn.
10
How can someone take part in the podcast conversations?
Student-athletes, families, coaches, teachers, gym owners, and people building for young athletes can contact us through the site. There is no published episode yet; the project is still preparing and vetting the format. Messages go to a parent-controlled inbox. Conversations are recorded rather than live, and a minor will never appear without written family permission and adult coordination.
11
What is your family's relationship to RoutineMastery?
RoutineMastery came out of planning my Mini-Max Project. We looked at what I am interested in, what I am good at, and what I care about: gymnastics, sales, and people. That combination led us to a problem gymnastics families have, and then we realized there might be something worth building. As a family, we decided to build it together. I tell the story, stay close to the gymnastics side, and talk with coaches, gyms, and families. My dad builds and operates it and handles decisions, contracts, money, and other people's data; the rest of us take the roles that fit us.
12
How do you decide who to interview?
I start with people I want to learn from: student-athletes, families, coaches, teachers, gym owners, builders, podcasters, engineers, editors, and people who sell sponsorship. I am looking for the overlap between learning, training, and building—not a résumé of famous guests. Every message goes through a parent-controlled inbox, an adult is on every conversation, and anyone under 18 needs a parent's written consent before we record.
13
How can a young person find a business idea?
Start close to a community you already know. Look for a problem people repeat, work around, misunderstand, or keep trying to solve with scattered tools. RoutineMastery began with a problem inside gymnastics: my parents could watch a routine but could not understand what earned which points or how the score fit together.
14
How should a young entrepreneur validate an idea?
Talk with the people who experience the problem before deciding what to build. Ask what they do now, where they get stuck, and what they have already tried. An encouraging reaction is useful, but evidence is stronger when people describe the same problem independently, try a solution, return to it, or make a real value decision.
15
What is the Mini-Max Project?
My Mini-Max Project is a three-year project that will run through grades 6, 7, and 8. I am in the summer before sixth grade now, so the project has not started. Mine is SAE: a place to meet and celebrate student-athlete entrepreneurs and learn how to make their stories useful to other people. RoutineMastery is the family company and live case study running inside it. The current work is preparation: mapping the problem, vetting the case study, and deciding what a real proof of concept would need to prove.
16
What problem is RoutineMastery trying to solve?
The starting problem is helping gymnastics families understand the routine their gymnast actually competes and how its elements connect to the score. Mapping that problem exposed a wider one: routines, skills, videos, meets, scores, gyms, coaches, and seasons are scattered. The family company still has to learn which part is most valuable to solve first.
17
What is the difference between POC, MVP, Version 1, and Version 2?
A POC, or Proof of Concept, tests whether the riskiest part of an idea can work. An MVP, or Minimum Viable Product, is the smallest complete product a few real people can use from beginning to end. Version 1 makes a specific core promise dependable for more people. Version 2 adds what evidence from Version 1 shows is worth building next.
18
How do school and sports help with entrepreneurship?
School builds tools for learning, understanding a problem, and managing time. Sports build repetition, coachability, honest measurement, recovery, and performance under pressure. Entrepreneurship uses both: learn what you do not know, listen to feedback, test the work outside your own head, and return for the next version. Those skills are available to kids; they do not have to wait until they are older to begin practicing them, with adults handling adult responsibilities.
19
What does success look like for SAE?
First, I want to become better at the craft and make conversations people are glad they joined. Then I want guests to share something useful, listeners to recognize a possibility for themselves, and new relationships to grow from the work. If the evidence says the format is not useful, I will change it. A large audience is not the only measure; learning, trust, and opportunities created for other people count too.
20
Is RoutineMastery already a finished product?
No. The website is live at routinemastery.ai, but a live website is not the same as a finished product or proof of concept. RoutineMastery is in proof-of-concept preparation, with customer testing as the next evidence gate. My dad builds and operates it, while I help check whether it makes sense for gymnastics. We are testing the first question rather than pretending the whole product is already known.