A Letter From Me

Dearest Reader,

Jane Austen made me laugh. Not a polite chuckle. Out loud. Two hundred years later, her wit still lands. That is rare. That is timeless. And frankly, it is what we need right now.

But Austen was not just funny. She was an entrepreneur. She negotiated contracts, published under anonymity, and built a business in a world where women were not supposed to. She was scrappy. Strategic. Relentless.

That hit me hard. I love business. Always have. And here was Austen, showing that creativity and commerce are not opposites, they are partners. She proved you can build something lasting when you mix imagination with execution.

So here is my crazy idea. What if we could experience her letters as they were meant to be experienced. Folded. Sealed. Sent. Opened in your hands, not locked in a museum.

This project is not just nostalgia. It is relevance. Austen reminds us that wit and courage never go out of style. That laughter is still a better return on investment than outrage. And that sometimes the best ideas start with one simple question: what if I was not afraid to fail?

Austen once told a publisher she hoped his work stayed in cookbooks. If you don’t like these letters, same deal — stick to recipes.

Yours very truly,
Gibran M. Rubio