Built with love for the Sudowrite team ❤️
Travis Hellstrom
Optimist, Husband, Father & Builder
Author of 11+ books. Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia (2008–2011), where I co-founded the first TEDx event and a Certified B Corporation after service. I've spent the fifteen years since building things that help people think more clearly, lead more humanely, and live more intentionally, including writing, tools, communities, and client work.
Featured Work — Live Access

The Daily Optimist Workshop

80+ interactive entries studying history's most inspiring people — Marcus Aurelius, Maya Angelou, Harriet Tubman, and more. Original research, daily writing practice, and a growing book-in-progress. I've created a login just for the Sudowrite team.

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Personal site — books, essays, life philosophy, and 15+ years of public writing. Built around depth over performance.
An interactive study of history's most inspiring people. Combines original research with daily writing practice. 80+ entries and growing.
Interactive learning tool built by community around my next book on Leonardo da Vinci quotes. Part book-in-progress, part public workshop.
A community space we built in the years before the pandemic in our small town in Vermont.
Academic research on what makes people thrive at work, focused on organizations built around shared leadership models.
A recognition project celebrating everyday fathers doing the quiet, unglamorous, important work. Essay submissions, awards, and a community built around the belief that fatherhood deserves more celebration.
Started the first TEDx event in Mongolia while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Brought together Mongolian thought leaders, educators, and innovators for the country's first ideas conference.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · 2011
A humanitarian consultancy I founded focused on leadership development and systems change for mission-driven organizations.
Recruiting Firm Digital Rebuild
Rebuilt the digital operations for a boutique executive recruiting firm — email infrastructure, outreach systems, candidate tracking, and deliverability. Took a scattered manual process to a clean, repeatable system.
Built a custom email newsletter and content pipeline for a bestselling author. Includes subscriber management, a 54-week drip sequence, and a production pipeline tracker.
Designed and built a content hub for an author building a public presence — positioning strategy, site structure, and social content foundation.
Clean, conversion-focused book promotion page with author bio, book listings, and reader engagement.
Subscriber-facing newsletter landing page — sign-up flow, welcome sequence, and archive for weekly content.
Built the public-facing site and grant application system for a nonprofit focused on rare disease awareness and disability advocacy.