Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️

Have I mentioned that I’m writing a book? Today, I’m excited to share what it's about with you. I just finished the second draft of the manuscript. So, no, I don’t know when it's coming out, but I want to share more … cschultz.substack.com/p/analog-heres…

@jonolafsson54 doing great, how are you?

@cschultz How are you?

Have I mentioned that I’m writing a book? Today, I’m excited to share what it's about with you. I just finished the second draft of the manuscript. So, no, I don’t know when it's coming out, but I want to share more … cschultz.substack.com/p/analog-heres…

📷Our Cosmico poster is a tribute to the inspiring Skywoman Falling story, as shared by Robin Wall Kimmerer in her book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. The story tells of Skywoman, who fell from the Sky World, carrying seeds of life. As she descended, the animals below saw her need for help. The great turtle offered its back as a foundation, and the smallest, most unlikely animal—the muskrat—sacrificed itself to bring mud from the depths. From this collaboration, Skywoman created Turtle Island, planting the seeds she carried and shaping a world built on reciprocity, care, and harmony. This timeless story reminds us of the power of community and our sacred connection to nature. Just as Skywoman’s seeds flourished through collaboration, Cosmico is a space where we come together to create something magical—honoring nature, creativity, and the bonds that sustain us all. A heartfelt thanks to Robin Wall Kimmerer for sharing this profound wisdom with the world and to the talented Andrew McGranahan for bringing the spirit of this story to life in our Cosmico poster. May it inspire us all to live in balance and harmony with the earth. How do you like it? Give me an honest

13/ ➕ More artists to be announced! 🗿 Cosmico sez: "Get your tix, follow our artists on Insta, & dig the Spotify playlist... Let's get ready to party! The links in my bio will set you free!" 🎟✨🎶 cosmi.co

12/ 🚨 PLUS! Dance Tent Debut 🚨 Curated by @theJasonBentley & @ShinyObjects, featuring: 🎧 @JeremySole – Global roots & forward-thinking beats. 🎧 Paradise Project (led by @GabydelaJuentes / @theparadiseprojekt) – Afterparty vibes all night!

🎶✨ The Cosmico 2025 Lineup is Here! ✨🎶 1/ The 2025 Cosmico Sound is genre-spanning: starting with soulful psychedelic rock Friday, layering indie rock & electronic dance music Saturday, & ending with roots music & 'never miss a Sunday show' vibes. Here's the lineup! 🌲✨

Thanks to you, the Cosmico community, for shaping our sonic journey through the redwoods, and introducing the Cosmico Artist Benefactor Program cschultz.substack.com/p/the-2025-cos…

Introducing the Cosmico Impact Report, by @cschultz open.substack.com/pub/cschultz/p…

@martinroth thx for sharing. this is awesome, and cool to showcase how you got your start!

One cold email changed my life. In fact, everything good in my professional life has come from cold email or some other form of cold outreach. New job opportunities. New sales opportunities. New customers. New friends. New experiences. So many adventures sit on the other side of a simple ask or connection request. So why don’t more people do it? Because humans are herd animals. We hate rejection. We fear separation from the herd. We take it personally when someone ignores a text message or well-thought-out cold email. But if you can push through the fear of rejection, you will find that you can get access to just about anyone in the world through cold outreach. That’s been my experience, anyway. Let me tell you how a single cold email led me to a job opportunity and an adventure that changed the course of my life. Selling flip-flops from a van I was like most entrepreneurs when I was a kid. I had lemonade stands. I wanted to make money. Throughout high school and early college I held a series of hourly-wage jobs. I was a bus-boy at the neighborhood Italian restaurant. I cooked crawfish, crabs, and shrimp at a seafood market (I grew up in New Orleans). I worked in the bag room at the local country club. I waited tables. I bartended. I also had side hustles to make more money. I wrote term papers for other classmates. I bought used textbooks at the end of the semester and sold them on eBay or to the university Co-op. But no matter how hard I worked, I wasn’t really getting ahead. I wanted more. One spring day in 2009 I was working counter at the City Park Golf Course pro shop. at the across an article in the New Orleans newspaper about local an entrepreneur Kyle Berner who started a flip-flop company. 19-year-old me was enamored by the idea of a flip-flop company. Sounded like exactly the thing I would want to work on. The problem is, I didn’t know the founder personally. So I wrote him this email (see image) I’m cringing as I re-read the email. My writing has certainly improved in the last 15 years. But the bones of this email are good! The context is relevant, I mention his recent newspaper article. I offer to help with no string attached. Kyle did respond to this email and in just a few months we were traveling across the country in a mini-van selling Feelgoodz flip-flops to Whole Foods and other retailers. We worked together for the next two years and built Feelgoodz from a fledgling startup to a national footwear brand. That experience set me on a path for building a scaling businesses that would change the rest of my life. And it all started from a cold email. 15-years into the journey and I still use cold outreach every day to connect with new people. I hope that this essay inspires you to take action today and reach out to someone that can influence your life in a positive way. Who knows... it may change your life.

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Sauna sessions are the new coffee hangs

Bay area music scene remains undefeated - catch me here this weekend: @sustoisreal + @SGrismanProject + @jason_bentley 🔥 cosmi.co/lineup