Mentors don’t just show up. The right ones never leave. I have to take a moment to honor two people who made BŪP Innovation Weekend what it was: tracybingram and Travis Russi. These aren’t people who came to check a box. They came because they’ve been where our founders are. They know the weight of building from zero. They know what founders actually need — not just the polished advice, but the real talk, the late nights, the “how can I help?” at 11pm when everyone else has gone home. Tracy — thank you for stepping in Sunday with an impromptu vibe coding session you didn’t have to do. You broke down product build in a way that made it feel practical, not intimidating. You showed our founders that it’s not as hard as they thought — and then you proved it in real time. The teams you poured into were the winning teams. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a testimony. Travis — thank you for getting our founders into the right mindset. For helping them see past the idea and into the viabl...