The doors are open — and the first 100 get something I can't repeat

Founding members of Open Tabs. Here's the honest pitch.

Quick version: paid Open Tabs is live today, and I’m opening 100 founding spots. If you’ve been reading, this is the part where I ask.

Here’s the honest version of why. I’ve spent 25 years building companies, a few investing, and a few more teaching founders at Cornell — and the one thing I kept wishing existed was a place that graded ideas the way I actually grade them. Not thought leadership. Just “what are you claiming, and does the evidence back it.” That’s Open Tabs.

The free stuff stays free — the essays, the teardowns, the first playlist.
Paid gets you the full playlist library I engineer by BPM, refreshed every season, plus the whole Office Hours series.

And then there’s Founding. First 100 people only. You get everything, plus a quarterly live Office Hours where you bring the questions and I give you the real answer — the kind I give in class, not the LinkedIn version. You get your name on the public Founding Charter (opt-in). And if you come in during these first two weeks (by Jul 31), you also get your own custom race-day playlist — tell me your race, your date, your goal pace, and I’ll build it to that exact run.

** if you become a Founding Member, but not a runner, I’ll build you a custom workout playlist for whatever moves you. Just tell me the type of workout and how long you usually go (in minutes), and I’ll put together something that keeps you fired up from start to finish.

I’m not going to dress this up. It’s $200 a year. It’s for the people who want a hand in the thing while it’s still small — and who’d actually use a standing line to ask me what they’re stuck on.

If that’s you: Join Here. If it’s not, the free list isn’t going anywhere, and I’m glad you’re here either way.

— Randy

Founding details as of today. This is my experience as an athlete, operator, and investor — the AMA is conversation, not coaching or advice.