About ThinkWithAD
Where Vision Meets Execution
ThinkWithAD - PULSE is the intersection of business, technology, and creative strategy — built for entrepreneurs, underdogs, side-hustlers, and forward-thinkers hungry to create something real.
Here, we break down the game:
- Entrepreneurship & Startup Culture
- Humble Beginnings & Mindset Shifts
- Business Models & Creative Strategy
- Investing & Wealth Creation
- Brand Building & E-commerce
- Technology, Tools & Systems That Scale
Whether you’re launching your first idea or leveling up your next move, ThinkWithAD is about turning vision into reality — brick by brick, move by move.
Beyond insights, you’ll also find professional digital services built to sharpen your brand — from web design and branding to content strategy and scalable systems.
This isn’t smoke and mirrors. It’s not about hype. It’s about execution, growth, and staying two steps ahead.
Tap in. Build forward. Stay locked into the Pulse.
Vision With a Vengeance: The Rise of Adam Dudley
Adam Dudley — also known as Hank Luciano — is a tech-driven entrepreneur and creative visionary from Charlottesville, Virginia. His story didn’t begin with capital, connections, or clarity. It began in 2010, when he sold products straight out of printed catalogs — furniture, toys, home décor, and garden supplies — while working part-time in the dining hall at the University of Virginia. His coworkers became his first customers, and that small hustle sparked the beginning of something much bigger.
Early Challenges
Adam didn’t step into entrepreneurship with a blueprint. He had no mentors, little knowledge, and almost no support. As an introvert, reaching out for help was never his comfort zone. Yet, over time, he learned an important lesson: sometimes the people closest to you stay silent, and the real support comes from unexpected places. Strangers became allies. Trial and error became teachers. And perseverance became his foundation.
Entrepreneurial Ventures
From that foundation, Adam built multiple ventures. His most successful to date is POLISE.SHOP, a retail platform launched in 2024 that offers everything from fashion and tech to home goods, beauty, and pet products. Built for everyday people, POLISE.SHOP delivers fast shipping, fair prices, and a wide range of quality products across categories.
He also founded ThinkwithAD, a creative outlet and personal blog where he shares raw entrepreneurial insight, branding breakdowns, and the mindset behind his moves. It’s where strategy meets storytelling, and where Adam opens the curtain on how he quietly builds businesses from the ground up.
In addition, Adam runs BreakGround Innovations, a lean and flexible digital design studio specializing in web and e-commerce development, 2D/3D animation, software development, graphic design, and mobile-first solutions. By tapping into a network of freelance talent, BreakGround delivers bold digital products — from branding and websites to full-scale design systems — helping entrepreneurs and startups bring their visions to life.
The Man Behind the Brand
But Adam’s most personal project is Becoming Hank Luciano – StoneGate City — an original graphic novel and cinematic crime-tech series. More than just fiction, it’s a reflection of transformation, resilience, and identity.
The story follows a man shot three times during a failed heist, who fakes his death and disappears for 20 years before returning with a new identity and a silent cyber ops crew, The Black Signal Unit — a covert mix of bodyguards, urban enforcers, and tactical operators loyal to him. Set in the world of StoneGate City, the series explores power, reinvention, betrayal, and control — themes that mirror Adam’s own journey of survival and self-reinvention.
What began as a personal outlet, born from a near-death experience and years of internal battles, has grown into a fully realized fictional universe with real-world grit and vision. For Adam, it’s not just storytelling. It’s legacy-building.
Vision and Philosophy
Adam’s rise is fueled by hustle, heart, and relentless vision. By blending entrepreneurship, cinematic storytelling, and digital innovation, he’s transformed scraps of opportunity into full-fledged ventures. What began with torn catalog pages and late-night ideas at a dish room job has grown into an empire in motion — proof that ambition and imagination can build something from nothing.
