Ascendant Collective

Ascendant Collective

The newsletter for people who are done waiting for permission. Real income strategies, real stories, and the financial knowledge schools never taught you.

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Mar 13
Your Salary Is a Single Point of Failure

Your Salary Is a Single Point of Failure

Engineers have a term for it. Single point of failure. It means any part of a system where, if that
7 min read
Mar 04
EPF Just Declared 6.15% for 2025. Here Is the Calculation They Did Not Show You.

EPF Just Declared 6.15% for 2025. Here Is the Calculation They Did Not Show You.

EPF declared 6.15% for 2025. Here's what the announcement didn't tell you — and what it means for your actual retirement number.
9 min read
Mar 01
I Was 15, I Had a Powerbank Empire. Then I Ran Out of Customers.

I Was 15, I Had a Powerbank Empire. Then I Ran Out of Customers.

There's a version of this story where I talk about hustle. A scrappy 15-year-old who spotted a trend
5 min read