Hey there, Last time I wrote about having my hands back in the work, building our agents myself instead of handing the job down, and about how an AI gives you...
29 July 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
Hey there, Wednesday morning is the one I keep. The rest of the week fills the way weeks do. But Wednesday I block out and sit down properly, the week's notes...
22 July 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
Hey there, Last week I signed off on the small, half-built thing on the bench, and the people gathered around it. That was the point, I said. Not the taller...
9 July 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
Hey there, A few weeks ago, a fund approached us. I haven't put it that plainly until now. If you've been reading these entries you'll have caught me circling...
2 July 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
Hey there, The longest day has come and gone, and the desk I cleared before it is already filling again. I wrote last time that I wanted to stand in the...
25 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
Hey there, In this time before the solstice I'm clearing the desk and look back at the intents I set for myself in December, the way I've learned to do before a...
17 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, Next week the year turns. The summer solstice falls on the night of the 20th, and by one of those alignments I've stopped calling coincidence, our...
11 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, The first week back is always its own strange thing. You step off the plane carrying the rhythm of where you've been, and for a few days it sits...
3 June 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
Hey there, We went to China for a wedding. Two weeks, Chengdu then Beijing, with the deliberate intention of disconnecting from everything Askara. No AI, no...
27 May 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, Seven months ago I walked into the first day of the Tehnopol Cyber Accelerator with a vision that had only just crystallised, a team still finding...
4 May 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, I'm writing this from a plane on Wednesday morning, somewhere over the Baltic. Tomorrow evening I deliver the pitch that formally closes our...
16 April 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
Hey there, The meeting with Hanos had already finished by the time the most interesting thought arrived. I was walking the dog, probably half an hour later,...
9 April 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, There is a particular quality to the weeks just before something becomes real. Not the frantic energy of a deadline, and not yet the satisfaction of...
2 April 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, We're at the spring equinox, which means it's time to do what I always try to do at these seasonal thresholds: step back from the week-to-week rhythm...
26 March 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, There's a topic I've been carrying for nearly a decade that has never properly made it into the Askara Solutions story. Not for lack of trying. Back...
18 March 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, Some weeks the work itself reminds you of something you already know but haven't had to articulate in a while. This was one of those weeks. After a...
10 March 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, Last week I wrote about the gravitational pull of productive flow, that difficulty of stopping when the feedback loop between building and seeing...
4 March 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, There's a narrative floating around the AI space that these tools will give us all more free time. That we'll work less, automate the tedious bits...
25 February 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
Hey there, We just wrapped up our first build cycle of 2026, and what a cycle it was. We successfully submitted the CIF-NL subsidy proposal. Established our...
17 February 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, This week one found me scrolling LinkedIn, watching another entrepreneur in our space gain real traction with his compliance tool. He's been building...
11 February 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
This week brought an unexpected revival of something I'd set aside two years ago. Not because it failed, but because I couldn't quite make it work in the...
3 February 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, Last week took me back to Tallinn, but not for the usual monthly accelerator day. This time it was Connect4Cyber, a consortium matchmaking event that...
29 January 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, We're slowly but surely getting up to speed in this new year. The different cycle projects are all in motion now, each with their own throughput time...
22 January 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, Some weeks feel like maintenance. Others feel like building. And then there are weeks like this one, where you suddenly realise the ecosystem around...
14 January 2026 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, As 2025 closes, I find myself looking back at a year that started with a simple idea and ended with something far more substantial than I could have...
24 December 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, This week took me back to Tallinn for an accelerator day. Solo travel this time, which turned out to be exactly what I needed. There's something...
16 December 2025 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, We finished our last build cycle of the year and are now moving into goal-setting mode until the fifth of January. A good moment to pause and take...
8 December 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, I'm writing this fresh off the Trade Mission to Toulouse, still processing everything that unfolded there. What started as a networking trip turned...
2 December 2025 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, This past week marked a true milestone for Askara Solutions. Through three days of intensive workshops that pushed us into emotional territory we...
18 November 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, Last week was one of those glorious periods of deep work and flow states that every creator dreams about. Multiple valuable outcomes emerged from...
10 November 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, This past week brought one of those inflection points where clarity cuts through complexity like a sharp blade. After weeks of juggling multiple...
3 November 2025 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, This week I want to share something fundamental about building a company that goes against everything the startup world tells you. It's about timing,...
20 October 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, Last week I wrote about the Risk Wheel insight that emerged from our ISO27001 audit. That breakthrough wasn't just a conceptual win—it's become the...
13 October 2025 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
Hey there, The past few weeks have been intense, and part of that was due to building up to an ISO27001 audit that happened this week. That deadline pushed...
6 October 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Hey there, Last week I briefly mentioned that we'd have an opportunity to pitch Askara Solutions at Vandebron. I didn't want to make too big a deal out of it...
29 September 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
What a whirlwind these past few weeks have been. I've been so swamped since the week before our wedding that I haven't been able to journal properly. Between...
25 September 2025 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
This past week was a wonderful summer week, and it really felt like living the theme of blossoming. We’re in that season of enjoying the greenery and flowers of...
18 August 2025 · Ben Visser · 2 min read
Hey there, This week marked my return from La Gomera, and with it came one of those breakthrough moments that perfectly illustrates why trusting synchronicity...
11 August 2025 · Ben Visser · 3 min read
I mentioned last week that after three weeks on this paradise island, all the big things I'd planned to achieve were done. I had this feeling of being complete...
5 August 2025 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
This past week clearly marked the peak of my La Gomera chapter. The first two weeks were more of a slow build-up, but this one brought the crescendo. It’s...
1 August 2025 · Ben Visser · 2 min read
