Four Consistent Traits Define Top Sales Representatives
I talk to 3-5 Chief Revenue Officers every week. Guess what we talk about? What separates their best reps from others. Here’s 4 patterns I hear every week:
Creating Workplaces Where People Thrive Never Gets Old
I missed celebrating my practice’s birthday last month because it was peak season, but I was just reflecting on this week and about how making workplaces people want to do their best work in is just never, ever going to...
EU‑US Alliance Crumbling Before Our Eyes
We are watching the complete meltdown of the EU / US relationship in real time currently
Experience a Startup Yourself, Not Just Read About It
You cannot know what it’s like to try a startup until you try it. It’s like thinking you know what it will be like to have kids. If you want to know, then try it, rather than reading about it.
Meloni Heads to Doha to Secure Gulf Energy Ties
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Doha Saturday as part of a 2-day diplomatic charm offensive meant to shore up ties with the Gulf and bolster energy supplies hit by the war in Iran https://t.co/qFF0IY3avN via @donatopmancini @ssirletti https://t.co/r8GavWDRH6
Single-Tasking: The Underrated Focus Hack You Need
Not enough people are using this underrated focus hack: Pick one thing. Then just ignore everything else.
Trump Misreads Oil Markets: Global Pricing Overrides Independence
Trump thinks US energy independence protects Americans from Gulf shocks. But he FAILS TO SEE that global markets are pricing all barrels the same. TRUMP = CLEARLY DOESN’T UNDERSTAND THE MARKETS FOR OIL. https://t.co/tp5LhHAisM
Moonshot's Kimi K2.5 Trained On
In his GTC presentation, Yang outlined how Moonshot’s latest flagship model, Kimi K2.5, was trained using Nvidia’s H800 graphics processing units (GPUs), a chip Nvidia customised to comply with US export controls. https://t.co/A2wLRFn2wG
Ghost Citations: Content Cited, Brand Remains Invisible
Being cited but not mentioned? Good post from @johnlovett -> LLM Ghost Citations: Why Your Content Is Working and Your Brand Isn't "Your content gets cited. Your competitors get recommended. You don’t. That gap is a ghost citation problem. A ghost...
Oil Ignites Inflation, Spreading Like an Uncontrollable Fire
Oil is the spark, but inflation is the fire. And once it spreads, it’s much harder to contain. https://t.co/U5hKXq9zFE
GSC Misreported Impressions Since May 2025, Fix Pending
Almost a year of inflated impressions? Could this error have caused some of the alligator graphs we have seen? -> Google Search Console misreported impression data since May 13, 2025 due to a logging error. Corrections will roll...
Half Your Ad Budget Vanishes Without a Funnel
Most businesses waste 50%+ of their ad spend. Not because ads don’t work… But because there’s no backend system to convert and nurture leads. Fix that, and everything changes. Message me “FUNNEL” and I’ll audit yours.
Founders Pull Back Transparency as Complexity Rises
Got a lot of feedback on this one. Plenty of founders who once did (or planned to) build in public have significantly curtailed their transparency. When the idea/execution-complexity balance changes, marketing and expertise-signaling methods quickly follow.
U.S. Intel: Iran Unlikely to Reopen Hormuz, Oil Leverage
U.S. Intel Warns Iran Has No Incentive to Reopen Hormuz as Oil Leverage Grows. Economic vs military advantage. Can and how can Iran’s grasp be stopped? Will there be a protracted military operation? As supply and supply chains struggle. ...
Immigration Deficit Lowers Job‑growth Breakeven Below 50k
Breakeven rate of job growth to keep the unemployment rate steady is probably under 50k... immigration (or lack thereof) is the driver.. JPMAM https://t.co/IwfJaneYQ3
India Resumes Iranian Oil Imports After Sanctions Eased
New Delhi confirms its buying oil from Iran (after US eased sanctions): “… Indian refiners have secured their crude oil requirements, including from Iran; and there is no payment hurdle for Iranian crude imports…”
First Ships Navigate Hormuz, Redefining Global Shipping Risks
Controlled Passage: First Ships Edge Through Hormuz as Crisis Redefines Global Shipping. Iran vs UNCLOS. Shipping cost and war risk insurance vs value of cargo. Supply chain chaos. Supply shortages and impact—macro and micro. https://t.co/NYGVyblHEB
Zero Job Growth Seen as Full Employment, Yet Fragile
22,500 jobs a month would have set off alarms two years ago. Today it might be fine. Fed officials are still grappling with how to explain that. “Conveying that a zero-job-growth economy is consistent with full employment is not easy,”...
Deep Persona Insight Drives Real Meeting Bookings
You won’t book meetings until you deeply learn each persona. Prospects are people. People are busy. Very few busy people take meetings for fun. People take meetings because they are intrigued and they think you can help make their life easier/better...
Predictable Funnels Double Conversions, End Referral Guesswork
Running ads but still relying on referrals to survive? That means your pipeline isn’t predictable yet. A proper funnel + automation can increase conversions by 2X–4X. Stop guessing, start scaling. DM “GROWTH” if you want a breakdown.
Energy Crisis Could Spill Into Broader Economy, Warns ECB's Radev
ECB’s Radev says the energy crisis may spread to the wider economy https://t.co/3xVWeBrdqt via @GoodOldSlav https://t.co/xy7r5rcfIa
Ted Lasso's 10 Simple Rules for Great Leadership
10 @TedLasso leadership lessons: 1 believe in yourself 2 winning is an attitude 3 all people are different people 4 see good in others 5 forgive first 6 stay teachable 7 be curious 8 optimists do more 9 be honest 10 doing right thing is never wrong thing https://t.co/BNiTnZfmpU
Profitability Drives SaaS Premium Multiples Over Growth
SaaS valuations aren’t random — they cluster around growth + profitability Forward EV/Gross Profit vs NTM growth shows: • Higher growth → higher multiples (expected) • But operating margin is the real filter • Profitable names (green) consistently trade at premium $NET — 48x EV/GP...
Germany Leads EU Push to Tax Energy Windfall Profits
Germany among states pushing the EU to tax energy windfall profits https://t.co/ik4V4nYwqA via @iaindrogers https://t.co/zhu4LTgKRe
Manufacturers Flood ISM Surveys with Negative Tariff Criticism
"Since Mr Trump took charge, most of the comments from manufacturers that ISM has published along with its surveys have mentioned tariffs. Not one has been positive. Many of the unpublished ones are more forceful still." https://t.co/CPYmAXhPEP https://t.co/01lBtbBHB6
Track Your Fundraising Success with 8 Essential KPIs
The Fundraiser’s KPI Worksheet 📥: https://neonone.com/resources/guide/the-fundraisers-kpi-worksheet/?utm_source=nptechforgood&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=paid_nptechforgood_blog_tofu_march_feature_q1_2026 • The 8 most important fundraising KPIs • What data you’ll need to calculate them • Simple formulas for tracking your performance
South Africa's Tax Receipts Outpace GDP Growth
Hold on guys, do the math here: For the full year 2025, South Africa's real GDP growth rate was 1.1%. The nominal GDP grew by around 4%, reaching a total value of +-R7.6 trillion But, PAYE collections grew R59.9 billion more than the...
United's New Deal Boosts Pay, Delays Profit Sharing
I Read All 425 Pages Of Uniteds Flight Attendant Deal — Bigger Pay, But Profit Sharing Lags And United Can Own A Regional Airline - View from the Wing https://t.co/97IePtfLus
Canada Seeks to Grow Financial Services in China
1/12 Bloomberg: "Canada pitched expanding its financial services presence in the Chinese market as the northern nation aims to increase exports to its second-largest trading partner in a push to diversify from the US." https://t.co/MifJtmoDWc
Choose One Goal Per Piece to End Aimless Content
Pick one goal per content piece and your content will stop being aimless. - Lead generation. - Authority building. - Community development. - Sales acceleration. - Retention and expansion.
TikTok Rebrands as Full‑Funnel Shopping Destination
TikTok launched a new brand campaign, "Watch it. Love it. Want it.," positioning the app as a full-funnel commerce platform where discovery and purchase happen in the same moment. It is a more ambitious swing than its previous "Don't Make Ads,...
Iran's Conventional Strength Forces Global Trade Reset
I wrote this at the beginning of the war. I don't like to predict things, but it appears that the initial probabilities I'd spoken of have kinda sorta come about. The war will continue, but now there is an attempt...
Frontier Insurers Must Close Present $9T Protection Gap
667+ InsurTech ventures. 18 countries. $10.8 billion in funding. That is what the #SilkRoad insurance corridor looks like today. I spent last week in Istanbul at the first Silk Road Insurance Forum, mapping this ecosystem, delivering a keynote on the #agenticfrontier, and...
Turkey's Gold Reserves Fall to Defend Lira Peg
There's 3 central banks that publish weekly data on FX reserves and gold holdings: India, Thailand and Turkey. Only Turkey has seen a sustained drop in gold holdings (blue) that have been used to lift FX reserves and defend the...
Microsoft's Humble Beginnings: Founded April 4, 1975
Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975. A photo of Microsoft staff (cofounders on the bottom row) in 1978 https://t.co/PyY3BlT4Zy
Live: Oil Prices, Weak Dollar, Central Bank Gold Sales
I'm doing a livestream this morning at 9 am (ET) to talk through: (i) the different oil prices floating around and how they all fit together; (ii) how the Dollar is trading weak, with yesterday's payrolls another example; (iii) central...
Global Markets Eye War, CPI Data, and RBI Caps
Week Ahead: Still mostly about the war. US and China report March CPI. China's PPI may have emerged from deflation. Canada reports March jobs data. RBI is relying on cap controls to support INR, not...
Hire for Strengths, Not Flaws, Says Andreessen Horowitz
When it comes to work and business, more people should rely on their strengths, or, to put it more directly, go all in on them and worry less about their flaws. It’s not a hobby, a game of tennis, or a...
Saturday's SportsBiz Highlights: Subscribe to Sportico's Recap
It’s Saturday, which means The Highlight Reel, @Sportico’s recap of the top #SportsBiz stories. Sign up for all of our newsletters here: https://t.co/YDv6TFimqx https://t.co/B252dlmLIU
AI Builds UGC Video Ads in 15 Minutes
🤯 I made a UGC video ad in 15 minutes. 🔥 AI wrote the script from a winning ad. 🛠️ AI cloned my voice for the VO. 🤵 AI edited clips and added captions. 📦 Ready to test. This is crushing $1,500 video editors. Want the...
Asset-Light Myth: Investments Now Hit Income, Not Balance Sheet
"I always thought this idea of asset light was a bit of a myth because if you're just laser focused on investment, you're just realizing the investment was not in the balance sheet as it was historically, it's now...
Innovators Quit When Ideas Vanish Into Black Hole
#TimTalk – Are your most innovative employees “quiet quitting” because their ideas fall into a black hole? with Rick Tucci https://t.co/SbS53PMwjG via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #Leadership #Culture #Marketing #Success #Mindset #Entrepreneur #Management #Inspiration
GlobalGPT Debuts AI Employee Managing Emails, Flights, Calendar
🚨 GlobalGPT just launched the first AI that works like an actual employee. Not a chatbot. Not a workflow tool. An agent that manages your inbox, books flights, sends emails, and runs your calendar end to end. Here's everything you need to know:...
Probability‑Adjusted DCF: Essential Tool for Valuing Pre‑Profit Biotechs
When thinking about valuing #biotechs, especially those which are not yet profitable, a probability adjusted discounted cash flow model is perhaps the most important methodology Though it too has drawbacks #DCF #PoS #learnbiotechinvesting #investing #BiotechPrometheus https://t.co/1sfTMkZ6kO
Post 5+ Times Weekly, Grow 3× Faster
Creators who post 5+ times a week on Threads grow 3x faster than those who post once. That's not opinion. That's from our February report analyzing 255 creators and 27M views. Consistency wins. Every time. We built BlackTwist to make that easier. Schedule...
Sixth Week of Hormuz War Sparks Oil Demand Destruction
The Third Gulf War (aka, the ‘Hormuz War’) is entering into its 6th week, at the very end of the initial White House guidance of a 4-6 week campaign. For the oil market, we are into demand destruction territory, although...
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap Takes Charge of Special Projects
OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead 'special projects' | TechCrunch https://t.co/6tP6FtRkOF https://t.co/5YgOYx068J
Claude's HR Plugin Misses Comp Benchmarks by 83%
83% Error Margin: What Claude's HR Plugin Gets Wrong About Comp Benchmarking @van_Vulpen https://t.co/nQOVYJo4cp #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
X Appears to Geo‑lock Posts by User IP Region
So many replies like this now that I think it's likely X is indeed locking our posts to our IP geo region/country
Your Funnel, Not Ads, Limits Your ROAS
You’re not stuck… your funnel is. Spending $1K–$3K/month on ads but not seeing returns? We’ve fixed this for brands and scaled them to 3X ROAS without increasing budget. If your ads aren’t converting, your system is broken. DM me “SCALE” and I’ll...