Brief sync between Asymmetric and Adava Care covering the postponed Axley meeting, concerns about former colleague Egan's new venture, and Melissa's recommendation of the Search Atlas AI Search Summit.
Source: Fathom recording
Asymmetric
- Mark Hope (mark.hope@asymmetric.pro)
- Sebastian Gant (sebastian.gant@asymmetric.pro)
- Melissa Cusumano (melissa.cusumano@asymmetric.pro)
Adava Care
- Kurosh Dejgosha (kurosh@adavacare.com)
- lschwartz@adavacare.com
- cassandra@adavacare.com
- tolson@adavacare.com
- kkrause@adavacare.com
- jspinelli@adavacare.com
A short informal sync. The main topics were a rescheduling issue with the Axley client contact, a brief discussion about a former colleague (Egan) starting a new business and the reputational risk that could pose for Asymmetric, and Melissa sharing a free AI search event she had signed up for.
The Friday meeting with Axley was canceled due to her having a migraine. Sebastian attempted to reschedule but had not yet received a response. The team noted this is not unusual behavior for this contact and that waiting for the next natural touchpoint is a reasonable approach.
Sebastian noted he is currently in the middle of an active project with Axley, so the relationship remains engaged regardless of the missed meeting.
"It was meant to be Friday, but she had a migraine and I tried to reschedule and she hasn't gotten back to me. But that's not abnormal." — Sebastian Gant
Egan (a former colleague or contact) is starting a new business. The team expressed concern that his outbound communications could reflect negatively on Asymmetric, though the hope is that his messaging remains professional and focused on his own venture rather than disparaging Asymmetric.
"It's just hard because you don't know what he's saying. Hopefully he's not bad-mouthing Asymmetric." — Melissa Cusumano
Melissa recommended the Search Atlas AI Search Summit, a free online event running for several hours per day the following week. The summit focuses on how AI is changing search. Melissa signed up after seeing it repeatedly in her social media feed and suggested Sebastian consider attending as well.
"I signed up for it… it sounded really interesting because it's like, you know, how search is evolving with the AI." — Melissa Cusumano
| Owner | Action |
|---|---|
| Sebastian | Follow up with Axley to reschedule the canceled Friday meeting |
| Sebastian | Consider signing up for the Search Atlas AI Search Summit |