They judge presidents on their first 100 days. The Beanstalk🌱Challenge™ is now 100 days old. What started as an idea on March 3rd is now an official part of @NamesCon Global 2026. The funny part? It didn’t even have a name until March 5th. After hours of searching through my own domains and then working the mines, digging and digging and digging for hours and hours, considering hundreds of possibilities, the perfect domain finally revealed itself: The Beanstalk Challenge™. The minute I saw it, I knew it was the perfect fit for what I wanted to accomplish. I could have chosen a hundred other names. I didn’t. Most people dig for 5 minutes and conclude all the great domains are gone. They’re not. The difference is I keep digging LONG after most people stop. And once I found the right name, everything else was built in public. Not behind closed doors. Not in secret. Builder by builder. Project by project. Idea by idea. That journey has now brought The Beanstalk Challenge™ to the stage at @NamesCon Global 2026 as its premier partner. That’s an important distinction because they see the same future I see. A future where digital identity, entrepreneurship, AI-enabled business creation, and Internet infrastructure converge. Together, we believe we’re bringing two industries together that can benefit enormously from one another. Hosted by me and moderated by @DNJournal Editor Ron Jackson. The Beanstalk Challenge was never about domains alone. It is a live demonstration of what can happen when digital identity, entrepreneurship, AI-enabled business creation, and Internet infrastructure come together in the real world. The movement is gaining momentum, and the Beanstalk keeps growing. 🌱 NamesCon Global describes it this way: The Beanstalk Challenge is a skill-based entrepreneurial initiative built around category-defining domain names and long-term business creation. Participants are selected based on the strength of their ideas, execution potential, and entrepreneurial vision, with the program designed to help builders transform digital identity into real companies and lasting momentum. At its core, the challenge reflects the connection between NamesCon and CloudFest Americas themselves. One community has always centered on digital identity, domains, and online opportunity. The other has focused on the infrastructure, platforms, cloud technologies, and AI tools that turn digital ideas into scalable businesses. The Beanstalk Challenge™ sits directly at that intersection. 🎯 And tomorrow I will announce a big strategic expansion of the Beanstalk Challenge™. Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱 Don’t believe me… Just watch. #BeastMode #BeanstalkChallenge #DigitalAssets #Domains

On the eve of our first 100 days, tomorrow will be a special post. A report card of sorts. As a President is judged on their first 100 days, tomorrow I'll share where The #BeanstalkChallenge ™ stands after its first 100 days. And perhaps most importantly, What comes next.

I messed up and deleted the original post by accident. My bad!! Met with @AndrewHazen today at one of his @bagelboss stores in Boca. Great conversation about the #BeanstalkChallenge, real-world execution, and what expansion looks like when operators start thinking bigger. This is where things start to get interesting. Team Hazen will also be building AiDesigns .com and eDivorce .com And for the record… His bagels were the best I’ve ever had!

The Beanstalk Challenge now has a clock and winner will be awarded my Bentley at Namescon 2026 in Miami. The official build window will run: March 15 → October 1. That gives builders over six months to turn a category domain into a real operating business. After October 1 the projects will be evaluated. And the winner of Round One will be announced live. The Bentley will be handed over in person at @NamesCon in Miami this November. Real builders deserve a real finish line. If momentum continues the way it has this week, and we see a breakout along the way, I reserve the right to increase the value of the grand prize. Builders entering the Beanstalk Challenge will receive the full participation framework and terms before DNS activation. No acknowledgment. No DNS. Game on. #BeanstalkChallenge #NamesCon #Startups #Entrepreneurship #BuildInPublic #Domains #DigitalAssets