Buccaneers Lock up Kancey with $17.2M Guarantee
The #Buccaneers have officially exercised a $14.475M 5th-year option for DL Calijah Kancey, putting him on a 2-year, $17.2M fully guaranteed contract through the 2027 season.
Mid‑career Men Often Prioritize Spouse over Leadership Growth
It's been awhile since I've had 1:1 exec coaching clients, but I'm working with a couple of client orgs where leader dev is part of the performance improvement puzzle. And what never, ever, gets old for me as a career and...
Rookie #1 Picks' Guarantees Soar to $57
Guarantees for the last 20 #1 Overall #NFL Picks 2007 JaMarcus Russell, $32M 2008 Jake Long, $30M 2009 Matthew Stafford, $41M 2010 Sam Bradford, $50M 2011 Cam Newton, $22M 2012 Andrew Luck, $22.1M 2013 Eric Fisher, $22.2M 2014 Jadeveon Clowney, $22.2M 2015 Jameis Winston, $25.3M 2016 Jared Goff, $27.9M 2017 Myles...
YC Startup List Idea Turned Family Into Millionaires
Mom how did we get so rich? Back in 2026, your dad read the YC Request for Startups and just built one of the ideas on the list. https://t.co/RKVqG1b7NB
Three Weeks of Proven Job‑Search Strategies for a Tough Market
I've been helping a ton of people find jobs in this brutal market. I decided to share my best thinking on LinkedIn over the next three weeks. Check it out here: https://t.co/OQTm7BZfHq
Build Foundations, Not Just Quick Fixes for Growth
It’s tempting to look for the fastest fix. A tool, a new hire, a new workflow. But most operational issues aren’t caused by a missing tool. They’re caused by foundations that were never fully built for this stage of growth. Quick fixes...
US Absence Derails Iran Peace Talks, Russia Gains Influence
Peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have collapsed. Nobody important from America bothered to show up, and Iran is too busy buddying up with Russia... #iranwar #peacetalk #geopolitics https://t.co/zskK6mR85J
Chinese Predatory Policies Trouble More Than Just the U.S.
Oh well wait will you look at this? It's not just the U.S. that has issues with Chinese predatory policy. https://t.co/mi5QZ0ghh9
AI Scales Guerrilla Marketing for Precise Healthcare Campaigns
AI is making “guerrilla marketing” scalable in healthcare. Hyper-targeted. Measurable. Proven. Ty Allen shares what’s changed. 👇 https://t.co/KJad77QcRL @socialclimb_1 #PrecisionMarketing #hcmktg https://t.co/3bedgMnFwF
Kay Nurse Outlines WNBA's Lasting Canadian Impact
Today at @TempoBasketball media day, @KayNurse11 gave a tremendously perceptive answer when asked about the long-term aspect of what having a WNBA team in Canada will mean. She nailed it. https://t.co/2nPfoPPEto
S&P Hits Record, Barely Climbs, Tightest Range
Fresh record high for the $SPX, but an absolute crawl with just a 0.1% advance and the smallest daily trading range since January 27th. Partly returning to the dead conditions before the US-Iran conflict, partly anticipation of FOMC and Mag...
More Frequent, Smaller Posts Beat Occasional Viral Hits
I’d rather post 10 times each week on social with each post reaching 1,000 people, rather than posting once a week and that post reaching 10,000 people. Same amount of people. Technically the same amount of engagement. Just a different frequency. At least...
Jack‑of‑all‑trades Resumes Confuse Hiring Decisions
Had a session with a creative who could do everything… and that was exactly the problem on their resume. He had: Filmmaker, documentary work, scientific storytelling, YouTube, internal content. The kind of background where you pause and think, how is this not landing? That...
Culture Fit Masks Bias, Blocks Diverse Talent
Culture Fit Means We Like People Who Look Like Us "Culture fit" has become the legally defensible reason to reject candidates who would otherwise force difficult hiring conversations. SHRM's 2026 talent acquisition analysis points to unstructured interviews as consistent predictors of...
Sachs: Killing Iran's Leader Won’t Stop Nuclear Ambitions
Prof. Jeff Sachs on the propaganda surrounding Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons: "If you wanted to make sure that Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons, you wouldn't kill the leader [Khamenei] that declared they were against [Islam]. That's the first thing [Israel]...
Family Offices Face Hiring Crisis, Career Paths Missing
It’s not easy for Family Offices to recruit and retain staff • 78% of family offices reported difficulties in hiring staff • 54% of family offices reported difficulties in retaining staff • Large family offices reported an average turnover of one employee...
Iran-U.S. Deal Prospects Fade as Blockade Persists
Prospects Dimming On Iran-U.S. Deal To Open Strait, End War Tehran has delivered a new offer to Washington that is unlikely to move the needle as blockade aims to cripple Iran's oil infrastructure. https://t.co/r0pwd4rNEh
Founders: Do It Yourself, Talk to Customers First
The best advice I could give any early-stage founder right now: Stop hiring and focus on talking to customers. The simple playbook: > Do everything yourself until it physically breaks > Figure out who your best customers actually are > Only sell to them -...
Engineers Fill Gaps Due to Broken Organizational Design
Your engineer just ran a stakeholder meeting. No one asked them to. No one trained them to. No one paid them to. But the work needed doing and they were standing closest. That’s not initiative. That’s ORGANIZATIONAL GRAVITY pulling skilled people into roles leadership never filled. You...
Choosing Your Ideal 4-Day Workweek Schedule
If a 4-day work week was the norm. Would you do: 1) Mon - Thurs 2) Tues - Fri 3) Mon - Tues and Thurs - Fri Or something completely different ??
Diagnose Skill, Hill, or Will to Boost Performance
Dear managers, When framing employee performance issue, ask yourself, is this a: 1. skill problem? (lack of expertise) 2. hill problem? (difficult task) 3. will problem? (attitude, not aptitude) Smart leaders find root cause and precisely coach towards higher performance.
Fed Prioritizes Blame Avoidance Over True Price Stability
Fed watchers treat every print like it’s gospel. Newsflash: the Fed is a political institution wearing an economist costume. If you think they’re optimizing for “price stability” you haven’t been paying attention. They optimize for avoiding blame. That’s why policy lags reality… and why...
OpenAI's Future Shifts: Rapid Learning, New Direction
‘We will learn quickly and course-correct’ — Sam Altman says this is OpenAI’s future, but it’s not the one it started with https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/openai/we-will-learn-quickly-and-course-correct-sam-altman-says-this-is-openais-future-but-its-not-the-one-it-started-with
Customers Acting Like Owners Signal True Product Success
when I see an email one of my portfolio startups gets from a customer - full of detailed feedback, ideas...and so much energy for their product, i'm reminded: when your customers start acting like owners, you know you’re onto something.
Hire Creative Thinkers Who Partner Effectively with AI
AI has changed what I—and I think most people—are looking for in candidates today. It’s not about blindly using AI and following what it says; it’s about being an independent, creative, and critical thinker who knows how to partner well...
Canada's $25bn Fund Ranks 53rd Globally
Would make it the 53rd largest sovereign wealth fund behind Poland's PFR - a small sum from Canada, which is the 11th largest country by GDP.
Which Minor League Team Will Ditch Tech for Friction‑Maxxing Night
What minor league club is going to be brave enough to have the first FRICTION-MAXXING night? ⬛ Jumbotron turned off 📵 No texting/calling 💵 Cash-only concessions
ALM Software Turns Financial Planning Into Quantifiable Strategy
I created a video walkthrough of our new asset-liability matching software HourglassFP Pro. I know this methodology is new to most financial advisors, but I truly believe ALM is the way good financial planning should be done. This software helps you...
Europe Faces $32 B Extra Energy Costs From US‑Israel War
Since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, European countries have been forced to pay $32 BILLION MORE for oil and gas imports, according to the European Commission US-ISRAELI WAR ON IRAN = MASSIVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE. https://t.co/KypyJy56DS
Structure 30‑Minute Pre‑ and Post‑Call Routines
Founders: Block time around every discovery call: 30 min BEFORE: - Research company + individual - Identify org stage/persona - Hypothesize pain points - Prepare rapport hooks - Queue relevant content 30 min AFTER: - CRM notes + next action - Follow-up email - Materials promised
Paramount Seeks FCC Approval for 49.5% Middle East Stake
New: Paramount has asked the FCC to sign off on the Middle East investment in its Warners mega-deal. The company says in a filing viewed by THR that "indirect foreign ownership of equity interests in Paramount will be approximately 49.5...
Founders Excel as War‑Time CEOs Over Rented Leaders
Do founders realDo founders really make better "war time CEOs" vs rented ones? Michael Nathanson of @MoffettNathanso joined Dan on the latest RiskReversal pod 🎙️ https://t.co/JY0pW3EfTN
U.S. Seeks Eritrea Ties for Red Sea Strategic Foothold
According to the WSJ, the US is looking to re-engage with Eritrea, a FAILED STATE that borders the Red Sea. This is all about gaining a footprint on the Red Sea shipping routes and the Bab al-Mandeb chokepoint. IT HAS NOTHING TO...
NYC Cybersecurity Leaders: Join AI‑MDR Dinner Roundtable
Cybersecurity leaders in the NYC area: I'll be hosting a roundtable dinner this Thursday on MDR in an AI world. Small group, free food and drink, no vendor pitches. If you're interested in joining you can register now: https://buff.ly/ph28llE
Commodities Surge to New Inflation Cycle Highs
Long Commodities, as an Asset Class, is punching out new Inflation Cycle Highs today https://t.co/b3IHwlmsy8
Old SEO Mistakes Resurface in AI-Driven Search
I gave this presentation about the Helpful Content Update 2.5 years ago, a couple of months after the September 2023 update rolled out. So why am I sharing it now? Because the patterns I'm seeing right now in SEO/GEO/AEO look and...
AI Cuts Client Mockup Time From Hours to Minutes
You can use AI to make landing clients way easier. If you sell or offer email marketing, when you send a cold email, end it with a specific question. Something like "Want to see how we'd redesign your welcome series?" works....
UHC Reinstated Prior Authorization After Two Decades
More than 20 years ago, UnitedHealthcare was getting rid of prior authorization. But when Steve Hemsley first became CEO of UHC's parent company, he brought it back. https://t.co/suwZZjZePb https://t.co/6RnZH9dZvK
Realize Gains PayPal Data, Boosting Ad Targeting
Exciting.... @PayPal and @taboola ... Our performance advertising platform, Realize, is taking another large step forward, thanks to our partnership with PayPal. As we know, unless you have unique data Claude cannot get. And unless you have unique supply Claude...
NTLA Turns Red, Faces Cash‑Raise Dilemma
$NTLA finally red. Took longer than I expected. How do they raise the cash they need from here? Are they going to be forced to take on debt?
Hormuz Closure Would Upend Global Finance and Economics
If they pull this off with the Strait of Hormuz closed for say 3+ months you can throw out everything you know about finance/economics https://t.co/nPZzQHiw9o
Agriculture’s Slow Clockspeed Limits R&D and M&A Aggression
Clockspeed, Capital, and Conviction: Considerations for R&D and M&A in Agribusiness There is a recurring critique that incumbent agribusinesses are "asleep at the wheel" because they do not spend higher percentages of revenue on R&D like big tech or pharma,...
Altman Concealed Ownership of OpenAI Startup Fund, Misled Congress
Scam Altman didn’t tell the OpenAI board that he OWNED the OpenAI Startup Fund. Altman lied in congressional testimony that he didn’t have financial gain from OpenAI.
AI Speeds Coding, but PMF Remains Elusive
While AI agents make building software much faster (esp for experienced devs) - they seem to not make it any easier for early-stage startups to find PMF. Talked with 2x “AI-pilled” founders who are v productive devs, are building their startups....
Blue Owl BDC Tender Attracts Under 1% Participation
*BOAZ WEINSTEIN'S BLUE OWL BDC TENDER DRAWS UNDER 1% OF SHARES It was a valiant effort and an interesting campaign, but ultimately Blue Owl nontraded BDC holders will HODL
Industry Experts, Not Finance, Drive PE Rollup Success
Lessons from 137 acquisitions Robert Irving of Buffalo Growth Partners shares what he learned from building a fire protection business from zero to $20 million in revenue, selling it to private equity, rolling equity, and then helping execute a 137-company rollup. @aggieirving...
Apple’s CEO Pushes Shift to AI‑driven Intent Ecosystem
Apple's new CEO "must transition Apple from the “Glass Slab” to the “Intelligence Grid”, a world where your AirPods see what you see, and your Vision Pro-style glasses whisper the “Intent” you haven’t even spoken yet." https://t.co/k77NCo9Rk8 via @sebastianbarros
Control Beats Feature Count When Scaling Agents
"But if your next five years look like 'we're going to deploy hundreds of agents across our business,' the vendor that gives you architectural control matters more than the vendor with the most services." https://t.co/5JuwZWUDeH
Fed Banks' Deferred Losses Could Delay Treasury Payments Past 2030
Great note from @billnelson2x2. Each Fed bank has its own deferred asset, a cumulative sum of its losses. It has to be repaid before remittances can be sent to Treasury. Some Fed banks will be paying them off long past...
Maryland Gov. Moore Empowers School Staff, Boosts Male Leadership
There’s something rather elegant about what @GovWesMoore is doing in Maryland. Recognising that the people already in our schools, our paraprofessionals, our support staff, have what it takes to lead & deliberately opening doors for more men to do it....