February 2026 — Day Zero
The Empty Office
What happens when PE comes in and purchases you — the people are let go — and so is the soul of the company. Today is day zero to start to fill this again.
Prep Equity bought Mantality. Slowly let people go until the office was hollow. Kevin sat with Dave — who'd started his own company right next door — and they talked about how full of life that place used to be. They loved what they were doing, and they loved who they were doing it with.
Mantality HQ — The conference room
Through the glass
Empty desks
I'm looking forward to committing to filling this back up with great people that challenge me intellectually and push me to do good things. I don't ever want to forget where I'm starting because very soon this will be full and I never want to forget that.
The Reflection
We Loved What We Were Doing
I was talking with Dave today about how full of life that place was. We loved what we were doing, and we loved who we were doing it with.
February 18, 2026
Palm Springs with Brother Jim
I flew out and hung out with my brother Jim and Laurie at Palm Springs. It was truly beautiful out there. Great golf course and he had a place right on the 18th fairway. Truly had a great time.
Sunset from Jim's place on the 18th fairway
Pool overlooking the course
Kevin & Jim — Post-round beers
February 19, 2026
The Day Everything Changed
Two events on the same day. One launched a business. The other put life in perspective.
That's the day that I bought Magnet Marketing Pro, and the same day Jacob's house caught fire. I got this message very early the next day. This is how we started this journey.
Jacob's message — Feb 20 at 1:37 AM
February 21, 2026
Rachel in San Francisco
My daughter Rachel and I had a weekend together in San Francisco. We stayed right down in Fisherman's Wharf at the coolest hotel. First night we thought we would casually play ping-pong and have a conversation. Obviously neither one of us are capable of that because that turned into people actually standing and watching us try to beat each other.
Kevin & Rachel — Golden Gate Bridge
Biking through the city
Palace of Fine Arts
Yoda fountain — Lucasfilm HQ
San Francisco has a bad rap — we didn't see any homeless, it was beautiful down there, and it was one of the best weekends of the year for me so far.
March 2026
Concert Night — The Glamour Shot
Last night, Meghan and I went to a concert with Jeff and Jodi Miller. Had a great dinner at Esca, which was downtown in a place where we would've never gone. We also happen to take the worst picture we've ever taken of each other. I'm going to file this one under glamour shots.
The “glamour shot” — Kevin & Meghan at the concert
March 2026
Golf with Jack
Doing some practice golf with Jack. I'm so glad he's catching onto this and loves it. He's actually going to be really good at it but what a great way to kill a day together.
Video captured on the range — IMG_3179.MOV
March 9, 2026
Jack's First Goal
Jack had his first soccer game today. He scored a goal.
Short entry. Big moment. Some things don't need a paragraph. They just need to be remembered.
March 9, 2026
The Evergreen Breakthrough
I had a real breakthrough today with the Evergreen fund deal structure. The LOI finally clicked and I realized the cap table approach was totally wrong all along. This changes everything.
Just got off the Evergreen prospect call — felt different than expected. Finally understood why the acquisition thesis has to be marketing-first.
March 10, 2026
Sharpening the Ax
I spent three hours going back-and-forth between the regular chat sessions having them challenge each other and then maybe a half hour having code and then the remaining half hour just checking on what worked and what didn't.
My biggest takeaway: if you have eight hours to chop down a tree, spend seven sharpening your ax.
Kevin didn't just build Rob. He learned how to think about building Rob. The adversarial review process — pitting Claude against GPT against Grok — became the foundation of every engineering decision since.