Stopping Routine Projects Sparks Unprecedented Rapid Innovation
Today is Innovation Week Demo Day at Boom Last week we stopped all regularly scheduled projects and everyone worked in small teams to build whatever they thought most important. The result is unhinged. I’ve never seen this pace of good, important work. https://t.co/XNBqA6kOX5
Challenging Traditional Economic Policies and Assumptions
1. Having the government set airline prices was good. 2. Federal Reserve policy should be set by a Congressional committee. 3. Cost/benefit analysis of regulations is a scam. 4. A balanced Federal budget isn't a good idea when we have a trade...
Air SE Wireless Mic Holds Strong Beyond Football Field
Saramonic Air SE wireless microphone review, including tests and audio demo. This compact wireless lav mic system keeps a strong connection at distances beyond the length of a football field, giving vloggers tons of flexibility. My review: https://t.co/9xHsO8Y3WI #microphone https://t.co/noBbpvaPGC
USA Rare Earths' Overvalued Deal Boosts
More thoughts on the USA RE/Serra Verde deal. USA Rare Earths is using its massively overvalued paper to buy Brazil's only operating REE mine which should supply 50% of the HREE produced outside China by 2027. But this also puts a...
Design Shows for Clipability, Harvest Millions of Views
TBPN is a 7k-live-viewer pod that sold to OpenAI for $200M because their average clip gets 257k views. Everyone's talking about the strategy. Here's the structure: 1. Format is engineered for clippability, not the other way around 3 hours/day, live, 5 days a...
Reining in AI Agents with Identity, Context, Persistence, Platforms
Have we given agents too much ... agency? @addyosmani calls out four architectural bets to regain control. Agents need: 🔑 Identities, not shared credentials 📚 Universal context, not scraped windows 📆 To survive your laptop closing ☁️ Platforms https://t.co/V0nEqql07a https://t.co/3lGAgHm8Uq
Offices Comfort, Not Productivity: Remote Work Wins
I refuse to have my team in the same city. When you're the boss running an office, the amount of wasted time is unbelievable. I know because I did it before. I just don't want anybody around. I want to...
Tariff Disaster Exposed: Kim Smith Holmes'
Superb statement of the tariff fiasco for the US Government by @kimsmithholmes - with appropriate horror and perspective
Top Jobs Often Bypass LinkedIn, Posted in ATS First
A lot of the best jobs never hit LinkedIn. Not because they’re secret because of how hiring actually works. When I was recruiting, we didn’t always have enough LinkedIn seats to post every role but we were still hiring across teams. So where...
April Sees Record 29% of Deals Using CVRs
An unprecedented 29% of public M&A deals in the U.S. and Canada announced in April feature a contingent value right as part of the deal consideration. The use of CVRs has never been so high. Below is the database of closed deals...
Carney Markets Economic Independence Through Compelling Video
Carney Sells Economic Independence in Strong Video Performance Polsci prof @StewartPrest discusses PM MarkJCarney's "Forward Guidance" video. #cdnpoli https://youtu.be/gu9c_PrfRN8
Core PCE Inflation Projected at 2.2% by 2026
GS We Expect Core PCE Inflation Net of Tariff Effects to Fall to 2.2% by the End of 2026 https://t.co/ckLILK225L
Effective Advisory Conversations, Not Gut Instincts, Drive Founder Success
There's a narrative that keeps going around lately that I find both understandable and a little dangerous: "I listened to my VCs and advisors, they were wrong, I did it my way, it worked — so ignore everyone. Go with...
Silicon Valley's Endless Short‑form Video Is Dying
Congrats, Silicon Valley, you built an infinite Jerry Springer machine and no one wants to use it anymore because it makes them look like Jerry Springer. Me on the inevitable death of "clipping" and, probably, the entire short-form video industry. https://t.co/JcKYLDTFR2...
ProvenBase Actually Fills Even the Hardest Roles
It’s funny watching people react to @ProvenBase in action. Yes, we really can find talent for your hard to fill roles. #shrm talent 2026 https://t.co/JkUKQkeOXQ
Six QB Extension Candidates Ranked with Valuations and Predictions
6 Potential QB Contract Extension Candidates, including analysis, valuations, & predictions for: ▪️Lamar Jackson ▪️Baker Mayfield ▪️Matthew Stafford ▪️Jacoby Brissett ▪️Bryce Young ▪️C.J. Stroud https://t.co/YIuKJAO30a
SpaceX‑Tesla Merger Looms Amid AI Software Revival
Could See a SpaceX-Tesla Merger Before the IPO: Ray Wang https://t.co/X8jPJmEC3Q @BloombergTV @constellationr’s @rwang0 discusses the current AI landscape, why software is the ‘next piece to comeback,’ and the possibility of a SpaceX-Tesla merger.
Prevent Corporate Decay: Fireside Chat on Incorruptible
Eric Ries and I are doing a fireside chat about his new book Incorruptible on April 29. Incorruptible is about keeping companies from rotting. I've written about Give First. Same fight, different fronts. https://t.co/VfrCGzZNUV https://t.co/ZsnZ4IldvH
Consolidate Your Meta Ads Into One Campaign
Meta advertisers: when was the last time you tried a fully consolidated, single campaign setup?
ZoomInfo Adds Free ChatGPT Connector with Enrichment Tools
@ZoomInfo is expanding our partnership with @OpenAI with our @ChatGPTapp connector. Open to ANYONE - free sign up gets you 100 free credits. We've added Intent, Contact and Company Enrichment, Find Similar Companies, and Account Context that marries your...
Corporate M&A Strategy: Exploit Admin
New full-cycle corporate approach to M&A — wait until the antitrust admin is out of office and then bribe the next admin: https://t.co/FpMfphr3vx
Shadow Fleet Still Moves Despite US Trade Halt Claim
“While the US military says it has turned around over 20 vessels and ‘completely halted’ Iranian trade, Lloyd’s List Intelligence shows a steady flow of shadow fleet traffic in and out of the Middle East Gulf” Personally, I trust @TankerTrackers https://t.co/Uu0qgzUlPk
GEO Is an Executive Issue, Not Just SEO's Job
Everyone assumes the SEO team should be 100% responsible for all aspects of GEO, meanwhile they only influence a small portion of how LLMs form their opinion of a brand. That's why GEO is an executive level problem. Not a technical...
SynBioBeta Fuels Boom Capital’s Top Biotech Deals
@SynBioBeta draws one of the densest concentrations of biotech investors of any conference in the world. So what keeps them coming back? Celestine “Cee Cee” Schnugg has the answer. Cee Cee is the Founding Managing Partner of Boom Capital, an early-stage deep...
Most E‑commerce Cart Abandonment Flows Repeat Six Fatal Mistakes
Every ecom brand has a cart abandonment flow, but most of them are making the same mistakes. Here are the 6 most common ones: https://t.co/izm397S5n3
Mortgage Rates Drop 0.57% YoY, Spread Widens
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate today: 6.30% Same day last year: 6.87% --------------- 10-year Treasury yield: 4.26 Spread today: 204 bps
WSU Crafts Unique, Powerful Brand Amid Pac‑12 Expansion
WSU president Elizabeth Cantwell on possible Pac-12 expansion (today at AD Jon Haarlow's news conference): “We are building a new brand, which is unique and very powerful ...
Bootstrapped Freepik Turns AI Threat Into $1B Success
2020: Freepik bootstrapped to €250M. 2 years later: AI nearly killed them. Here's how they made a $1B comeback 👇 Three co-founders already had exits under their belt when they started Freepik in 2010. Joaquín Cuenca (Loquo to eBay ,...
Airlines Cite Iran, Fuel Costs for Taxpayer Bailouts
Airlines All Over The World Are Using Iran And Fuel Prices To Demand Taxpayer Bailouts - View from the Wing https://t.co/lkSYVLPiTi
55 Operators Eye Alberta’s July 13 Online Betting Launch
At least 55 online gaming operators had shown "strong interest" in launching in Alberta, per documents published by the province's regulators; Alberta is set to launch its commercial online casino and sports betting market July 13.
The Onion to Acquire Infowars, Turn It Into Self‑Parody
The Onion Says It Has a Deal to Take Over Alex Jones’ Infowars, Plans to Relaunch It as Parody of Itself https://t.co/Pfn8DMMOGx via @variety
Aspiring CIOs Must Explain Tech-Driven Growth
RT How are we using technology to drive growth? > A question every aspiring CIO should be prepared to answer #CIO @Star_CIO https://t.co/NWuOLnCtg4
Did the JCPOA Transfer Hormuz Control to Iran?
Hey, folks, remind me—did the JCPOA cede any go-forward control of the Strait of Hormuz to Tehran? https://t.co/ioeUNlmi56
Cloudflare Forces AI Crawlers to Follow Canonical URLs
This seems to be flying under the radar -> Redirects for AI Training enforces canonical content Once a site opts in via Cloudflare: "When a request arrives from a verified AI Crawler, Cloudflare reads the response HTML. If a non-self-referencing canonical tag...
AI Leadership Meets FIRE Principles on DisrupTV
On Friday 11 AM PT @DisrupTVShow interviews Joseph Kim, President and CEO DRUID AI, and Paul McCarthy, author of The F.I.R.E.D. Leader https://t.co/Z6ceWPWeKR @ValaAfshar @rwang0 #DisrupTV
Fix Processes Before Automating for Real Efficiency
More Automation ≠ Better Business Tools can save time. They can also automate bad processes. Fix the system first, then automate it.
Track AI/LLM Traffic and Conversions with Looker Studio Template
Time to track AI / LLM traffic and conversions. Clone this Looker Studio Template. Link -> https://t.co/nGXnF2Duut
Central Banking's Power Spurs Redistribution or Revolution
The purpose of a system is what it does. Central Banking keeps centralizing power. The inevitable reaction to the centralization is redistributive policy or revolution. Which one will it be @RudyHavenstein ?? https://t.co/65VVPyx5OX
Uber's Dual Senior Engineer Tiers Blur Industry Standards
Uber having two senior engineer levels for the first ~10 year of the company was very unique across the industry It caused some frustration as Uber’s Senior 2 (L5B) level was the equivalent of Staff (L6) at most similar companies, and...
Stop Scrolling—Use Endless Tools to Build Your Empire
Hold on a second… - You can click buttons and make money from a computer - You have infinite intelligence at your fingertips for 20 dollars a month - You can put your feet in the grass and stare at the sun every...
Series A Success Depends on Metrics, Not Narrative
Raising a Series A? Your metrics matter more than your story. Here are the key SaaS metrics investors actually care about 👇 https://t.co/ImAd3fx5j5 #SaaS #Startups https://t.co/RVFImcoHQM
Candidate Ideas so Good You’d Hire Them Anyway
ICYMI: Fresh new article dropped: I look for a specific post-interview feeling: “I want to implement half of their ideas even if we don’t hire them.” It’s a feeling, but it’s also a real signal. Both because they have ideas, and those ideas are...
Specializing in One Industry Boosts Brokerage Success
Live Thursday What happens when a business broker focuses on just one industry? Tune in as we discuss industry-specific business brokerage, how specialization can create real opportunity, and the biggest mistakes business owners make when preparing to sell. Set yourself...
Free Your Calendar by Mastering Fewer Priorities
You can create a lot of space in your calendar by simply pursuing fewer things. The key is doing the things you choose to do better than literally anyone else.
US Sanctions Waiver Fuels Russian Oil Gains Amid Iran Conflict
Why Russia is the big winner from the US-Iran war US sanctions waiver boosts Russian oil revenues https://t.co/uGny0kDGDL @DeutscheWelle
QXO's $17B TopBuild Deal Offers 5.9% Arbitrage Yield
➡️ M&A Deal Sheet ⬅️ TopBuild Corp. $BLD to be acquired by QXO, Inc. $QXO for $227.25 cash per share + 11.11x shares, 23.1% premium, $17.0 billion, 14.7x EBITDA (2027E) Trading at a 5.9% arbitrage yield and an implied 92% odds of...
Venrock's Kelonia Bet Yields 45x Return, Potential 100x
Venrock landed a 45x return on Kelonia -- turned $20M into $900M, @ky_lahucik + I learned. Could grow to 100x if the milestones hit. https://t.co/09QgHeDRgw
Pereira: Iran War's Economic Damage Still Unseen
ECB’s Pereira says the economic damage of Iran war has yet to show https://t.co/BXptMUK40T https://t.co/Kd8hPDCLGY
Moore's $10M Non‑guaranteed Deal vs Richardson's $5.3M Guarantee
Kenny Moore II is on a 1-year, $10M non-guaranteed contract (and would require a new deal). Anthony Richardson Sr. is on 1 year, $5.3M guarantee.
Bears Lock Darnell Wright with $22.6M Extension
The #Bears have exercised a $19.07M 5th-year option for OT Darnell Wright. The 24-year-old is now under contract at 2-years, $22.6M guaranteed through 2027.