Who We Are
Still Running is a writing-driven, storytelling technical assistance niche studio -
a Literary Incubator of sort - mapping stories from the human experience…
But wait… Still Running is more than a writing & storytelling enterprise - we are applied learner-researchers at the intersection of storytelling + endurance sports, development finance + human resilience, and field-level technical assistance + operational engine for creators & visionaries
From personal resilience to organizational outcomes, we provide storytelling and field-level technical assistance to mission-driven creators, institutions, and organizations committed to improving the human condition.
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Mission Overview
~ Seek out new perspectives and untold stories… ~
Writing & publishing Still Running books + brand-extensions is our core mission and underlying objectives. We also provide field-level technical support to mission-driven creators, institutions and organizations.
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Mission Log
~ A repository of stories, essays, and cultural dispatches ~
We share the perspectives that the universe is not just made of atoms - it’s made of stories, and every lived experience is a star system waiting to be mapped.
We’re exploring sectors of the human experience… mapping new ideas, forgotten histories, and the stories that connect us. We’re dedicated to deep, intentional storytelling… charting the emotional coordinates of where we have been, where we are, and where the expedition takes us next.
In more ways than one, it’s the “continuous improvement voyage” - a sort of Phoenix-like rise from the “ashes of destruction” - and the quiet courage of those Still Running… The Expedition is the Story!
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We treat writing not as a soft skill; but a core, high-value infrastructure!
Organizations don’t fail because they lack ideas…
They fail because they lack the ability to capture, structure, and communicate knowledge.Communities don’t lack experience.
They lack systems to translate experience into lasting value.
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We translate complex development and human realities into narratives that assist people and move capital...
We turn knowledge, experience, and ideas into structured frameworks that build capacity, preserve insight, and scale impact…
Still Running Studio exists to close that gap.
Think of us as an integrated solutions hub - and potentially, your storytelling enterprise central nerve center!
Still Running is a human systems studio and reflective ecosystem working with creators, institutions, and communities engaged in long-horizon thinking and meaningful institutional design; it supports those who are shaping ideas, narratives, and structures that cannot be rushed, standardized, or reduced to transactional services - and instead requires sustained inquiry, intellectual discipline, and collaborative clarity across time.
While we expect adequate returns on investment (ROI) for our founders, investors and partners, our shared motivation is the love of storytelling, entrepreneurship and lifelong learning - channeled toward philanthropy or improving the human condition, including cultivating a new wave of literary talent and brand-based enterprise development.
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We assist organizations develop & produce project-specific narratives, including
Premium Writing + Thought leadership Services
Grant-writing, Ghostwriting & other specialized writings + narratives strategies for organizations and thought-leaders
Reports and publications
NOTE: Our Service-assisted writing aim to assist individuals and organizations meet their storytelling needs, while enabling us (Still Running) to learn through applied research.
2. Still Running Lab
We assist creators & organizations build internal writing & storytelling systems:
Turning ideas & insights into frameworks
Project designs & development, including CDFIs, STEM-ed and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Knowledge documentation frameworks, including program-impact strategies.
NOTE: We have move away from unrestricted or gratuitous services, including open-market talent or gig-level access.
What We Do
We build capacity through writing, Storytelling and specialized technical assistance (sort of field-level support).
In addition to our own internal projects, we assist mission-driven people, ventures, and communities transform hard-earned experience into resilient stories, systems, and institutions - remodeling how people and institutions think, document, and communicate.
We assist individuals and organizations craft, refine, and publish their narratives.
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1. Still Running books + brand-extensions
We’re first and foremost, writers, storytellers and applied learner-researchers. Writing and publishing Still Running brand-extensions is our core function and underlying objectives, including
Still Running books
Long-form framework, including newsletters and journals, and
Still Running portfolio ventures or brand-extensions.
NOTE: We treat our IP-outputs as a portfolio of assets to be protected, managed, and monetized.
3. Still Running Advisory + Service-based Writing
4. Financing Options
In collaboration with Community Capital Advisors and others in the CDFI & banking industry, we assist mission-driven creators, small entrepreneurs and organizations secure project funding, including
micro & small business loans
Loan to equity & working capital
Facility-related investments
NOTE: We have move away from unrestricted or gratuitous services, including open-market talent or gig-level access.
5. Publishing & Archives
We turn knowledge into lasting assets:
Books, reports, and publications
Still Running Archives & Brand Center
Creator- and institution-owned intellectual property
In the near term, our Mt. Airy (Philadelphia) offices and digital platform are our main point of contact and sales channel. We intend to expand into a brick & mortal footprint in the intermediate future, predicated on market-based research consistent with our capacity, expertise and profitability.
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MISSION
Our primary mission is to write-publish, license and market Still Running books and related brand-items in collaboration with reputable partners & industry frontrunners.
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As we build a scalable brand story and a data-driven profitability & support systems, we intend to expand our footprints in other domain-related ventures - and potentially, invest in other entrepreneurs - consistent with our studio’s guidelines & policies.
VISION
The Still Running books platform strives to become the go-to dashboard for mission-driven writers, storytellers and entrepreneurs - in a global community where “improving the human condition” is the foundational principle; where abundance mindset trumps scarcity; and possibilities over panic.
VALUE PROPOSITION
“Above the Fray” literary citizenship & engagement is our value proposition - where the paradox of abundance over scarcity, community over competition is our north star - “…do unto others what you would have them do unto you.” (Matthew 7:12).
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IP-Driven Business Model
Our IP-driven business model is an asset-light to asset-rich integration framework, including owning & licensing Still Running brand-extensions. This framework was generated by recognizing the ceiling of our current capacity - accelerated by regrettable experiences with deceptive publishing actors.
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As St. Pauline put it, “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed…” - 2 Cor 4:8-9.
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Our disappointments induced a sort of phoenix-like rise from the ashes - and so, integrating our service-based model with building a refined IP-backed enterprise model.
Appropriately, we have prioritized expanding our core competencies and use more intentional, anticipatory publishing & enterprise development strategies. We’re building on a foundation of a unique value proposition - an “Above the Fray” literary citizenship & engagement backed by a synergy of a gritty mission-driven work ethics, integrated with specialized technical skills to unlock new possibilities. We aim to leverage our technical assistance & enterprise development footprints in the Philadelphia, PA region & U.S. Northeast, USVI & the Caribbean, and Liberia & West Africa to strengthen partnerships and expand market presence.
Contact us.
james.kerkula@communitycapitaladvisors.org
(267) 344-9891
6723 Musgrave Street
Philadelphia, PA 19119