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Strategic Collaboration Discussion - June 3, 2025

Location: Tulsa, OK (Lael's location), Orange County, CA (Frankie's location), Virtual Participants: Gary Sheng, Lael Alexander, Frankie Colamarino Topics: Educational Innovation, City Development, Crypto/Web3 Integration, Infrastructure Development

Key Themes & Strategic Initiatives​

Educational Projects & The Wizard's Almanac​

  • UNLV Partnership: Lael announced that University of Nevada, Las Vegas is adopting his "Wizard's Almanac" series into their engineering school
  • Revenue Model: UNLV will profit-share by promoting the almanac to high school students and parents through their email database
  • Scalability:

    "It's not a book fair. This is a tool for your students. The parents are going to buy it for the students. Your school is going to get a check from the publishing company for selling the books to your students."

  • Market Potential: Lael envisions scaling this model across universities nationally

    "We allow all the APCUs, all the predominantly white colleges, all the D1s and the D2s, all the schools can actually do the same thing."

  • Britannica Comparison:

    "This is like the Britannica series. I don't have a Britannica in this space for the Wizard's Almanac... Imagine if we put a billion dollar budget on just marketing the Wizard's Almanac."

Complementary Expertise Recognition​

Gary's Introduction of Collaboration:

"Frankie is like not like force y'all to work together but like the like a really important counterpart right like I think and marketing branding storytelling distilling"

Lael's Assessment of Synergy:

"it's like it's like we've been hit hand and glove from what you've shared with me I'm more of an infrastructure designer some of those things that people don't see but they can't live it up and you you focus on the aesthetic and also things that people take for granted but they get hurt if you didn't do it with that sense of ergonomics"

Boys' Schools & Faith-Centered Education​

Gary's Vision:

"one of the things that we, that just keeps coming up for me is the need for incredibly creative boys' schools, faith-centered creative boys' schools that have music and art and engineering at the highest level at the center of it"

Lael's International Experience:

"I started a school system about eight years now ago in China and in India. Both successful out there. We're following that to now launch here in America."

Infrastructure Integration: Lael has purchased a college in Louisiana with NCCER accreditation for testing certifications

"People need certifications. So, in some of our development of our new tech trade school, those kids will actually be prepared to work in the field that we actually create."

Lael's Current Operations & Manufacturing​

Appliance Manufacturing:

"Right now, one of my appointing companies is probably leading in low voltage appliances. We build everything from refrigerators, washers, dryers, anything that plugs in the wall in your kitchen. That's under a brand called New Airs. We're best in class this year at CES"

Black Wall Street Development:

"We also have 150,000 square foot factory here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Centered in Black Wall Street. Big history there. That's the reason why I came here from China."

Sustainable Housing Innovation:

"we're building modular houses... we've coupled some of our technologies with taking the CO2 that we exhale, the CO2 that we breathe out, and creating an injected styrofoam that we now impregnate panels with to make SIP panels, structured insulated panels"

Frankie's Crypto/Web3 Expertise & Network​

Bitcoin Background:

"I've been a theory in Bitcoin Maxi the last 15 years and like 30 of my groups like we're just looking for a way to deploy that capital"

Ethereum Foundation Connections:

"I work directly with the Ethereum Foundation. I work directly with the University of Ethereum... We can build forever. So like for a lot of what we're doing now is making like 500 grand holding per grand. We're actually also about to become 50% Ethereum Foundation by the US."

Coinbase Partnership:

"Coinbase and DeFi and BaseWallet and Coinbase is the only agency that's servicing them now"

Nouns DAO Integration:

  • Frankie discussed governance structure and DAO deployment strategies
  • Focus on "service layer that can employ the down [DAO]" for community benefit projects
  • Vision for tokenizing local community services and cleanup projects

Advanced Technology Convergence​

Lael's Blockchain Experience:

"I built four blockchains. I built one for the Pentagon, built one for Credit Lords Bank in Europe, one for HSBC Bank for their peer-to-peer network. I built their ATMs, I built their payment systems."

Silo Cloud Platform:

"Silo attempted to do that. We still have a lot of that in place... It's a full cloud-based operating system that's deployed on the edge"

Physical-Digital Integration: Discussion of NFC-enabled tokens that serve as both digital wallets and physical payment methods

"I have a tech... a coin, a physical coin that actually served as a medium because it actually stored the actual license work on it... it could tap to your phone to play NFC"

Music Industry Connections & Shared History​

Overlapping Networks: Both Lael and Frankie discovered extensive shared connections in hip-hop industry

  • Lael mentioned connections to Wu-Tang Clan, Supreme, and various producers
  • Frankie's background in music marketing with major labels and artists
  • Discussion of Al Salazar as mutual connection from 1990s era

Industry Evolution:

Frankie: "Music is kind of a dead end street. Like what are you paying attention to? Everybody loves Bitcoin."

Location Strategy & Development Opportunities​

Orange County, California​

Frankie's Assessment:

"Orange County is super liquid, but ultra, ultra dated on like their bond process... Orange County is literally willing to give that to me right now"

Government Support:

"my mayor, the mayor of my county, Dan Slater, he is like, he's like, we're fucking 30 years behind. Like, we need to, like, real stuff our shit up"

Market Readiness:

"They're very crypto curious out here... they're all just here to progress"

Kansas City, Missouri​

World Cup Urgency:

Gary: "Kansas City has a pressing World Cup embarrassment pending"

Available Resources:

Lael: "They would give you 500 acres. I'm serious, seriously"

Community Readiness:

"they have a community that's just waiting for something, right? Because that whole populace"

Project Execution Philosophy​

Gary's Show of Force Strategy:

"Us, even us three together with Crazy Tech and also Crazy Demos, it is a show of force... any time that we show forced collectively, physically in person, which is the ultimate NFT"

Resource Deployment Priority:

"They just need to be like, wow, we're fucked without you. And the answer is yes, you're fucked without us. You have to first recognize that you're fucked without us and then basically compete with other jurisdictions"

Frankie's Standards:

"if I don't like the idea, I just won't work on it... I'd rather have skin in the game"

Technology Bubbles & Market Analysis​

Lael's Perspective on Crypto Evolution:

"I'm over crypto, seriously... it's everyone else is buzzwords, but it's our commonality"

Educational Technology Integration: Discussion of combining physical educational infrastructure with blockchain-based credentialing and community rewards

Legacy & Generational Impact​

Educational Urgency:

Gary: "this is also why you don't start at the higher ed, you start at middle school... We had to brainwash them from as early as possible"

Capacity Building:

Frankie: "what is the structure or infrastructure for like making sure that the egg is carried correctly without dropping or breaking along the way"

Long-term Vision:

Gary: "We need to case-study-ify you. We need to case-study-ify Lyell, right? And then so that they can get up... their next 25, their next 50 years out of what they've gained from what we've put on it"

International Opportunities​

Religious Infrastructure as Service: Gary mentioned connections to LDS leadership and potential for "religion evangelization as a service"

China Educational Connections: Reference to Chinese First Lady interest in educational reform through Alpha Schools connections

Strategic Action Items & Next Steps​

Immediate Priorities​

  1. Orange County Visit: Coordinated visit by Gary and Lael to meet with Frankie and local government officials
  2. Silo Cloud Demonstration: Lael to provide detailed demo of platform capabilities to Frankie
  3. Location Selection: Decision between Orange County and Kansas City for primary development focus
  4. Educational Model Documentation: Further development of faith-centered boys' school concept

Collaboration Framework​

Integrated Expertise Model:

  • Lael: Infrastructure design, manufacturing, educational systems
  • Frankie: Marketing, branding, crypto/Web3 integration, community activation
  • Gary: Strategic narrative, network building, government relations

Revenue Models:

  • Educational material licensing and profit-sharing
  • City-as-a-service consulting
  • Crypto-funded community improvement projects
  • Manufacturing and infrastructure deployment

Long-term Vision​

Comprehensive Development: Creation of fully integrated communities combining:

  • Advanced educational systems
  • Physical infrastructure innovation
  • Digital sovereignty platforms
  • Faith-centered community design
  • Economic sustainability through multiple revenue streams

Notable Quotes on Collaboration Philosophy​

Frankie on Storytelling:

"It's the storytelling dude, like the book can be bound super tight, but the story's gotta be tight"

Gary on Integrated Experience:

"The whole city needs to be an experience, right? That feels super high quality. It is the future"

Lael on Resource Integration:

"all of us are doing tremendous things to cure the humanity's ills. But I think we can do so much more once we start resource loading and really understanding what it is that some of us do best"

Network Effects & Shared Connections​

The conversation revealed extensive overlapping networks across:

  • Hip-hop and music industry (1990s-2000s era)
  • Crypto/blockchain development
  • Educational reform movements
  • Government and policy connections
  • Faith-based communities
  • Manufacturing and infrastructure sectors

This convergence of networks, combined with complementary expertise, positions the trio for significant collaborative impact across multiple sectors and geographic regions.