Greeting Pioneers. Let’s dive in.

🚀 High Agency: A Series

Part 1: Origin

Trying to trace the origin of high agency is like trying to trace the origin of love.

Maybe it started when the universe exploded out of nothing.
Or when a single cell decided it wanted to be two.

The point being: it doesn’t matter.

High agency is innate—not external, or dependent on instruction.
It doesn’t require language, philosophy, or permission to exist.

The universe didn’t have a thesis on boldness.
The cell didn’t need a blog post on growth hacking.

They didn’t wait.
They didn’t ask.
They just moved.

High agency isn’t a mindset, mantra, or method.
High agency is a force. That only exists through action.

You don’t know someone is high agency because they say they are.
You know because they:

• Take ownership no one asked them to take

• Step into chaos without a manual

• Solve problems they weren’t assigned

• Ship before they feel ready

• Move while others hesitate

High agency doesn’t announce itself.
It proves itself. Over and over again.

It’s a way of operating you already recognize—
because when you see it, you know it.

Or better yet...
You do it.

🚐 Announcing: KYC Travel Series

We’re hitting the road. First stop: Rally.
📍 Wednesday, September 24th
⏱️ 1 day—up and back

Behind the scenes?
We got on the phone, told them who we are, who we’re bringing, and that we wanted in—for free.

Guess what? It worked.
Bag secured. 💼
We’re 100 tickets richer to Rally for:

• 🎓 Students (high school, college, grad)

• 👥 Chaperones non-students

🎟️ Claim yours here

Rally is just the first stop on the road show.

On deck: ShowOHI/O, SXSW, CES... maybe idk. Who knows where we’ll go.
But if enough people are down, we’ll pick up the phone and try to finesse it—for the low—and get you there.

Let us know where you wanna go.

🔴 UofL x Due Gooder: ACC InVenture Prize

Nate Royal, KYC's own, is representing UofL TONIGHT at the ACC InVenture Prize with his startup, Due Gooder.

🏆 Teams compete for $30,000 in prizes and the prestigious title of ACC InVenture Prize winner.

Let’s get Due Gooder a dub.

🗳️ VOTE by texting "Louisville" to 415-965-7445
📺 Watch live TONIGHT: ACC InVenture Prize Livestream

Back our builder, rep our city, and win Nate some 💲.
Run it.

💻 KYC 🤝 X

🔗 Follow us on X (Twitter)

We’re officially live on X — not because we planned it.
Because Dalton Powell spun up the account and started posting.
No permission. No committee. Just action.

He also staked a claim for our new name: KY.exe 👀

I could tell you what we’ll be posting on there…
Or you could follow and find out.

🎁 $250 mystery prize to one of our first 100 followers

Wanna help us build KYC KY.exe?
Show up. Make something.
No gatekeepers. No hand-holding. Just builders.

🎥 YouTube & IG are open. Someone take the keys and drive.

🔥 Opportunity

Swell is hiring a scrappy, high-agency Head of Marketing to own and accelerate client growth.

Your only job: Double Swell’s monthly client growth within your first 5 weeks — then double it again. You’ll run the playbook, execute fast, and get paid to grow something meaningful.

If that target scares you, this isn’t your role. If it excites you — apply here

Events

💡 Velocity Pitch Competition - Tuesday, Apr 29th @ Story (Derby Week)

💻 HackKentucky - Fall 2025 - Oct 4th @ Story

 🚌 Rally - Sept 24th, INDY

Keep showing up. Keep shipping.
✌️ Peace Pioneers