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We started Ascendia because the advice we found was either too polished or too vague. We wanted numbers, mistakes and the decisions behind them.

Two colleagues high-fiving across a desk

How we got here

  1. 2019

    A group chat

    Six founders share their real numbers every Sunday. It becomes the most useful hour of their week.

  2. 2021

    The first issue

    The chat turns into a newsletter for 300 friends of friends. No ads, no sponsors.

  3. 2023

    Readers fund it

    A pay-what-you-can membership lets us pay every writer and keep it ad-free.

  4. 2025

    Events begin

    Clinics online and breakfasts in six cities. Still no pitching allowed.

  5. 2026

    41,000 readers

    And still written by founders, for founders, every Sunday.

100%reader-funded

0ads, ever

41kreaders each Sunday

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