Short series / Ordered chapters
Archive Shorts
Short-form documentary chapters preserved as complete sequences, with each founder story kept in narrative order.
Leila Janah: Give WorkA five-part record of Leila Janah's argument that poverty is a lack of access rather than talent, and her work building dignified digital employment through Sama.5 chapters
Sama / Impact sourcingErich Ko: The Bar Napkin That Became InfrastructureA five-part record of Erich Ko and Hop In Technologies, from a commute problem sketched at a bar to essential-worker transit infrastructure.5 chapters
Hop In Technologies / TransitShigetaka Kurita: 144 Pixels That Changed the WorldFive short chapters tracing the original emoji from a 12-by-12-pixel design constraint through standardization, global adoption, and museum recognition.5 chapters
Emoji / NTT DoCoMoAshifi Gogo: The Ghana GritA five-part record of Ashifi Gogo's fight against counterfeit medicine and the verification infrastructure built through Sproxil.5 chapters
Sproxil / Counterfeit medicineWilglory Tanjong: From Grief to Beyonce in 1,000 DaysA five-part record of Wilglory Tanjong, grief, heritage, and the rapid construction of the Anima Iris luxury brand.5 chapters
Anima Iris / Luxury fashionGuillaume Pousaz: Built in SilenceFive short chapters on Guillaume Pousaz's first failure, the $300,000 bet, seven bootstrapped years, and the patient-capital path behind Checkout.com.5 chapters
Checkout.com / Patient capitalOzlem Tureci: The False ChoiceFive chapters about Ozlem Tureci, immigrant family grit, scientific entrepreneurship, the 3AM pivot, and the work behind the COVID-19 vaccine.5 chapters
BioNTech / Medical innovationCareem: The Leap of CourageThree short chapters about the doubt, courage, and regional operating context behind Careem.3 chapters
Careem / Middle Eastern mobilityThe Ledger of Grit: Archive PrologueThree visual statements establishing the archive's global scope and the often-isolated reality of company building.3 chapters
Archive mission
Sama / Impact sourcingErich Ko: The Bar Napkin That Became InfrastructureA five-part record of Erich Ko and Hop In Technologies, from a commute problem sketched at a bar to essential-worker transit infrastructure.5 chapters
Hop In Technologies / TransitShigetaka Kurita: 144 Pixels That Changed the WorldFive short chapters tracing the original emoji from a 12-by-12-pixel design constraint through standardization, global adoption, and museum recognition.5 chapters
Emoji / NTT DoCoMoAshifi Gogo: The Ghana GritA five-part record of Ashifi Gogo's fight against counterfeit medicine and the verification infrastructure built through Sproxil.5 chapters
Sproxil / Counterfeit medicineWilglory Tanjong: From Grief to Beyonce in 1,000 DaysA five-part record of Wilglory Tanjong, grief, heritage, and the rapid construction of the Anima Iris luxury brand.5 chapters
Anima Iris / Luxury fashionGuillaume Pousaz: Built in SilenceFive short chapters on Guillaume Pousaz's first failure, the $300,000 bet, seven bootstrapped years, and the patient-capital path behind Checkout.com.5 chapters
Checkout.com / Patient capitalOzlem Tureci: The False ChoiceFive chapters about Ozlem Tureci, immigrant family grit, scientific entrepreneurship, the 3AM pivot, and the work behind the COVID-19 vaccine.5 chapters
BioNTech / Medical innovationCareem: The Leap of CourageThree short chapters about the doubt, courage, and regional operating context behind Careem.3 chapters
Careem / Middle Eastern mobilityThe Ledger of Grit: Archive PrologueThree visual statements establishing the archive's global scope and the often-isolated reality of company building.3 chapters
Archive mission