In The Looop - 07.17.2026 Edition

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That said, we present this week’s 5 thoughtful relationships that we know by heart: Relationships that sparked real conversations, opportunities, and ideas worth knowing about.

Lori Nishikawa helps startups, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations across Hawaiʻi turn complex ideas into thoughtful products, brands, websites, and digital experiences that create real community impact. As President of Root to Reef (Formerly, ‘Quovadis Design’) and through initiatives like Aloha Amplified and Hawaii Seascapes, she combines strategic design, systems thinking, and community-led innovation to help organizations build a more resilient future.

Lori is looking to connect with nonprofit leaders, social entrepreneurs, founders, environmental organizations, community builders, and mission-driven teams throughout Hawaii and beyond who are tackling meaningful challenges through collaboration, innovation, and human-centered design.

Introductions to nonprofit executives, sustainability and environmental leaders, philanthropic organizations, impact investors, startup founders, community development organizations, and civic leaders, ~particularly those working in Hawaii or supporting resilience, conservation, and community innovation, would be especially valuable.

Russel Dubree helps creative service and marketing agency owners build scalable, profitable, and sustainable businesses through An Agency Story. Working with agencies across the U.S., he draws on his experience of founding, scaling, and exiting an eight-figure agency to help owners strengthen leadership, improve operations, build high-performing teams, and create businesses that give them more freedom.

Russel is looking to connect with agency owners leading teams of 5–20 people, as well as consultants, fractional executives, and professionals who work closely with growing creative and marketing agencies. He's especially interested in relationships with business leaders who value long-term, sustainable growth over quick fixes.

Introductions to creative agency owners, digital marketing agency founders, branding and design agency leaders, EOS Implementers, fractional COOs, business coaches, M&A advisors serving agencies, and trusted referral partners supporting the agency ecosystem would be greatly appreciated.

Rick Leander helps early- and mid-stage founders, executives, and investors strengthen decision quality under uncertainty through LFB Holdings. Working with technology, fintech, healthtech, edtech, and other mission-driven organizations, remotely and with clients internationally, Rick helps leadership teams reduce decision distortion, improve capital discipline, and make clearer, more resilient strategic decisions.

Rick is looking to connect with founders, CEOs, executive teams, investors, and board members leading high-growth organizations where the quality of decision-making matters.

Introductions to venture-backed startups, investment firms, and mission-driven companies seeking stronger judgment, cleaner governance, and long-term strategic clarity would be greatly appreciated.

Brian J. Miller helps homeowners, builders, designers, and commercial clients throughout Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Novato, Sonoma County, Marin County, and the North Bay of California create exceptional spaces through high-quality flooring solutions backed by more than 25 years of industry experience. As the leader behind Tri-County Floors, he's equally focused on building the operational systems, sales processes, and technology needed to scale a world-class flooring business.

Brian is looking to connect with sales operations leaders, marketing operations professionals, fractional finance specialists, and CRM experts with experience modernizing systems like QFloors or designing AI-powered workflows for home service businesses. Introductions to experienced sales coaches, bookkeeping professionals, CRM modernization specialists, AI product leaders, and operators who have scaled construction or home service companies would be a great fit.

Introductions to experienced sales coaches, bookkeeping professionals, CRM modernization specialists, AI product leaders, and operators serving the home services or construction industries would be a great fit.

Liesa Witt helps organizations across the United States and Europe, from her base in Brooklyn, New York, navigate change by connecting people, processes, technology, and knowledge. Drawing on her experience in implementation project management, digital transformation, and knowledge management, she helps businesses capture critical institutional knowledge, optimize processes, and build systems that reduce operational risk, improve collaboration, and prepare organizations to scale and become more AI-ready.

Liesa is looking to connect with founders, business owners, executives, and operations leaders who are modernizing their organizations, improving how knowledge is shared, or reducing dependence on key individuals.

Introductions to companies investing in digital transformation, process improvement, organizational learning, knowledge management, and AI readiness would be relevant.

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That’s a wrap for this week!

Your network is only as strong as the relationships you maintain. 

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Until the next intro,

Conrad