Dispatch #000 | The Origin Before the Origin

It’s April 2023.

Mike and I are sitting on the edge of an oversized hotel bed in Krabi, Thailand — our last 4 days in country after a 4-month sabbatical — staring at a wall of sliding glass windows covered in neon sticky notes.

(Pro tip: sticky notes are surprisingly hard to find in Southeast Asia.)

There it was, the Battle Plan.

Scribbled in Sharpie, smuggled across customs, slapped onto glass. Our attempt to map out the next chapter of our lives.

This wasn’t our first time plotting world domination over pineapple rice and bad Wi-Fi.

Back in 2017–2020, we were living the digital dream — or what Gen X motivational speakers might call a cautionary tale.

Plot twist:

We did. But we made it aesthetic.

Bubble-gum pink sprinter van. Lakeshore views. Peak millennial minimalism.

Vanlife was magic.

It gave us freedom, perspective, and the odd ability to shower using a collapsible bucket. But it also made us realize something was missing — community.

Before van life, we cut our entrepreneurial teeth in a wild little direct sales gig called LIFE.

Ten years of late-night meetings, folding chairs, and personality tests. And while it wasn’t always glamorous, the education we got in those trenches was priceless.

Fast forward to early 2020.

We were craving connection. We wanted our tribe.

So, we hopped on a plane to Thailand hoping to find the digital nomad community we had been dreaming of.

Then the world shut down.

COVID cut our journey short, and we got rerouted back to our hometown of Marquette, MI. But the detour became divine timing.

We launched Campfire Coworks with the idea that we could attract our people, build a community, and use it to spark conversations about this thing called the “digital economy.”

The space was never a cash cow — more like a loss leader for the life we wanted to live.

But it opened doors, brought people into our orbit and it led us to the biggest plot twist yet…returning back to Thailand. Back to those sticky notes, back to dreaming up what would become our greatest launch yet: RevForce

At first, it was a SAAS idea built to solve the headaches of transitioning into the digital economy. A system to help business owners stop duct-taping their tech stack together and finally scale without blowing up their payroll.

We were going to build and sell the software, offer additional technical services and keep Campfire alive.

Then the building we were leasing our space from got sold.

Boom. Chapter closed.

Cue panic. Cue pivot. Cue purpose.

We realized this was our sign to go all-in on what we’d been dancing around for years, not just selling software solutions, but training Operators.

Our next mission, to redefine what it means to work in the digital economy. Artificial Intelligence is not taking our jobs, it’s giving us a bigger arsenal.

We believe the future belongs to those who can create, adapt, and deploy faster than ever before by using technology as an amplifier, not a replacement.

At RevForce, we’re on a mission to transform the workforce for a future where human ingenuity is supercharged, not sidelined.

If you’re a business owner trying to survive the shift or perhaps you’re staring at your career wondering if you’ll still have a seat at the table in 5 years and want the real intel from the frontlines — the wins, the failures, the systems that are working right now, this newsletter is your guide.

We’ve helped dozens already make the leap and you could be next.

And if you’re reading this, chances are you knew us during one of those past chapters:

• Maybe you rented a desk at Campfire or attended a Fired UP Friday event.

• Maybe you heard us give a talk back in the LIFE business.

• Maybe you were one of our past clients.

• Maybe our paths crossed at a Walmart parking lot somewhere when we were traveling across the country.

Wherever we met — we’re glad we did and are still staying in touch.

But this time, we’re doing it different. We’re taking you with us.

No more radio silence. No more disappearing into the grind. No more wishing we had shared the wins, the war stories, or the face plants along the way.

This newsletter intentionally titled ‘Command Post’ is the war room log of dispatches from the frontlines of building something big. The place where we say the quiet parts out loud.

It’ll be messy. It’ll be honest. It’ll be us.

So if you’re still down to ride — welcome back to the fray.

Looking forward to sharing more with you as the weeks progress forward.

– Jazmin Gorski
Co-Founder, RevForce