Stop Waiting for Permission—Start Shipping Your Ideas
The biggest mistake I made early in my career was waiting for permission... Waiting for someone to tell me I was ready or good enough. That my ideas were valid. That I could make it work from Nova Scotia... Stop waiting. Start shipping.
Serial Founder Rebuilds Communications for Each Tech Era
Craig Walker has done something very few founders manage to pull off once, let alone repeatedly. He launched GrandCentral, which became Google Voice. He launched DialPad which became Yahoo Voice. And now, with his latest Dialpad, found 15 years ago,...
Prevent Objections by Surfacing Concerns Early and Proving Solutions
Founders: Objection prevention strategy: 1. Surface common concerns first 2. Share how others solved them 3. Provide proof points proactively 4. Ask if they share concern 5. Handle before they raise Prevention > handling.
Advisor Wellbeing Drives Retention: Insights From Kitces Research
Senior advisor recruitment, training, and retention are all different sides of the same coin: workplace satisfaction. Wellbeing matters for more than 'just' altruistic reasons. The lower a team member's wellbeing, the more likely they are to leave their employer (or profession)...
Embrace Uncertainty; True Insight Requires Discomfort
Sit deeply in uncertainty to figure out what you really want to build. Slop is great at feigning confidence. You aren't more insightful just because you plugged in more context. Discernment takes discomfort.
Analyzing Strategic Risks in the Strait of Hormuz
My appearance today @OnPointRadio with @MeghnaWBUR talking about the Strait of Hormuz. On Point: https://t.co/X1Zkk3Qebt Spotify: https://t.co/ZpzVC27zml Apple: https://t.co/4ahkNZRGed
Resuming Hormuz Traffic Crucial Amid Iran War Uncertainty
My BNN Bloomberg conversation from earlier today for those who missed it. Talked about the state and trajectory of the Iran War, the growing physical-sentiment disconnect in oil markets, and how nothing really matters unless traffic through the Strait of Hormuz...
Food Business Failure Stems From Ignoring the Numbers
🚨 FOODPRENEURS 🚨 Most food businesses don’t fail because of bad food… They fail because they don’t understand their numbers. If you’re starting or running a food business and unsure about pricing, taxes, or structure… this is for YOU. I’m opening 5 spots for...
Oil Shock Won’t Drive New Pipelines for Canada
Canada Doesn’t Need New Pipelines, Despite Oil Shock Economist Werner Antweiler says that a short-term oil shock doesn't overcome the many reasons why Asia won't be a market for Alberta heavy sour crude. #abpoli #ableg https://youtu.be/GUwULJF2jfc
Mortgage Rates Dip, Spread Widens to 214 Bps
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate today: 6.48% Same day last year: 6.80% -------------------- 10-year Treasury yield: 4.34% Spread today: 214 bps
Federal Workforce Crisis Revealed by Alarming Data
Once I got started on this piece, the numbers started talking to me, and by the end they were screaming. So I feel like I've got to share it with you: The Federal Employee Crisis Nobody's Talking About. https://t.co/6rdnuvxTW9
Gemba Walks Fail Without Action: Leaders Must Drive Change
Gemba Walks Don’t Fail. Leaders Do. https://t.co/nqZ1wbhGKm After ur next #Gemba walk, what stops, changes, improves as a result? If nothing changes, cancel the next walk & invest that time in repairing trust, redesigning decision paths, and removing structural friction....
Egan‑Jones Filled Private Credit Rating Gap, Now Under SEC Scrutiny
The private credit boom needed ratings. The big agencies were slow. Egan-Jones filled the gap. 20 analysts. Thousands of ratings. Insurers relied on them. Only now is the SEC is asking questions. 🤔
Trader Joe’s Boosts Sales via Store Design Psychology
Trader Joe's has a playful brand but its business is very serious (annual revenue = $14B+). With no ad spend or online sales, the chain perfected one psychological hack in its store/product design to achieve industry-leading sales of ~$1.7k per...
Beyond Prompting: Core Skills for AI Collaboration
4 skills that matter more than prompting in the age of AI: ↓ 1// Delegation. Knowing what to hand off & what actually needs your brain. Most people either delegate nothing or try to automate everything. 2// Communication. You can't just say...
Airstreet's $232M Third Epoch Unveils AI Future
always fun to chat with @johncoogan on @tbpn - this time about @airstreet's $232,323,232 third epoch launch and what's next in ai! https://t.co/qNb8OId6sl https://t.co/wrQZuvrmLD
IEA Chief to Brief EU Ministers on Iran War Impact
IEA chief to brief EU finance ministers on Iran war impact this week https://t.co/MQ3pSEFj3B via @europressos https://t.co/7Eo8OA83pz
Align 3 Marketing Systems for Predictable Revenue – Free Training
I'm hosting a FREE training on how to align your 3 marketing systems to generate predictable revenue ➡️ https://www.amyporterfield.com/training
Own Ideas Get Stolen; Prioritize Payment Service Decoupling
You're in a cross-functional strategy meeting, exhausted from trying to get your architecture proposal taken seriously. The senior developer repeats your exact idea verbatim as if he just invented it. Peer: (Leans back, steepling his fingers) "I've been thinking, what we really...
Italy Slashes Growth Forecast to 0.5%
Italy is said to plan cutting growth forecast to as low as 0.5% https://t.co/H1osZtypmg via @Alemrome @donatopmancini https://t.co/NxADoXpQ0s
Red Lobster's Turnaround Shows Early Positive Signs
How is the turnaround going at Red Lobster? @business takes a look at the current status, with some comments by yours truly in the article. https://t.co/eESerWrtou
AI's Rapid Evolution Demands Enduring, Unified Platforms
The SaaS era was defined by unbundling : find a workflow, optimize it, own it. Salesforce chose sales automation. Slack chose chat. Dropbox chose file sharing. Point solutions won by perfecting single workflows. The playbook : own one pain point,...
Managers: Know When and How to Provide Direction
If you're a manager, when do you step in and specifically give direction to your team member? And how? For all of us with managers, when do we prefer they engage? I found this article on the topic thought-provoking ... https://t.co/w02M6tOva1 https://t.co/6C3RaNYVQA
Upcoming Interview with Replit CEO Aman Saad at 4:30 PM ET
Looking forward to my interview with Replit CEO @amasad at 4:30pm ET. Watch here: https://t.co/eE8gRrTsjv
Core PCE Inflation Hits 2.93% YoY in February
GS: We estimate that the core PCE price index rose 0.32% in February (vs. 0.31% previously), corresponding to a YoY rate of +2.93%. https://t.co/qdzutjc5RO
Oil Prices Juggle Conflicting US, Iran, Israel Headlines
This volatile oil price remains at the mercy of a flood of (often-contradictory) headlines emanating from the three warring parties — US, Iran, and Israel. #economy #oil #markets #energy #middleeastwar
Insights on Launching and Scaling AI Startups with Kyle Poyar
It's always great to chat with Kyle Poyar for his new series all about launching and growing as an AI startup, check it out below
Live in 40 Minutes: Fed Governor Stephen Miran
Going live with Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran in 40 minutes - tune in! @federalreserve
Early Hires Risk More than Founders, Despite Equity
William on how an early stage employee takes way more risk than a founder: "If I'm making $400-500K at Google or Meta and go to an early stage company to get 1% of this company and make $90,000. I've now changed...
Oil Shock Forces Fed, Bonds, and Outflows Higher
TLT lost $1.2B. HYG lost $623M. 10Y at 4.38% and rising. In a war. Who buys the bond dip? Foreign CBs may be selling to defend currencies vs DXY near 100. Pension funds face oil inflation that muddies the real yield math. Rate-cut traders...
Oil Surge Signals Market Crash, Gold Surge, Inflation Spike
Oil prices up 20% in weeks. 1 day alone added 9%. In 1973, a supply shock like this wiped 45% off the stock market and sent gold up over 2000%. I have spent 55 years building an alternative framework for understanding how...
Manual KPI Tracking Shows Our Data Commitment
If you ever wonder how serious we are about data... Here is $UNP's company-specific KPIs We do them all manually if you're wondering to ensure quality. https://t.co/12H6QL8b1v
Tech Firms Should Prioritize Dividends Amid AI Disruption Risk
In light of the AI disruption risk, more tech companies should shift their capital allocation priorities towards dividends. Agree or disagree?
Bad Manager Turns Employee Into Reluctant Entrepreneur
That one manager who accidentally made you an entrepreneur. Everyone has one. Takes credit. Micromanages. Let’s you do fine but not as well as them. My worst manager made sure I’d never work for anyone else again.
Reinvent Performance Management: No More Annual Reviews
A new way to manage performance. If you want to check out my article I wrote that breaks down this new way of managing performance (without annual reviews), comment “LEADER” and I’ll send it to you. #annualreview #performancemanagement #leadership
Arm Unveils Its First Full‑scale Datacenter CPU
A deep dive into Arm’s first full-fledged datacenter CPU. $ARM $NVDA $TSMC $AMD $INTC https://t.co/2LhQgo6i3s
Tailor Demos with Real Data to Close Deals
Founders: Demo environment checklist: 1. Customer-like data (never dummy data) 2. Industry-specific examples 3. Offline-proof key screens 4. Competitors' logos removed 5. Customized workflows Generic demos = lost deals.
Boards Demand CIOs Be Board‑Ready, Evaluation Criteria Revealed
The inside track on how boards evaluate their CIOs https://t.co/8L46WRgbUF Also: The vast majority of CIOs are now expected to be board-ready.
Hormuz Crisis Threatens Europe, Fuels US Inventory Uncertainty
🚨Hormuz Crisis goes global: Europe is heading for energy shortages, massive price spikes, and deeper reliance on Russian energy. 🚨What is next for US commercial crude inventories after the SPR release? Daily Energy Report https://t.co/W33F3aHN9V
Turn Static Images Into $100K Viral AI Ads
How I Made $102k Turning Image Ads Into (Viral) AI Videos. WATCH HERE 👉 https://t.co/Iv6vzSoi9V In 2026, you don't need a $5,000 production budget or a house full of influencers to scale. I’m showing you the exact workflow I used to...
Act First, Answers Follow—Confidence Thrives in Uncertainty
If you need all the answers before you start, it's never going to work. Action comes first. Answers come after. You can have absolutely no idea how… And still have complete confidence you'll figure it out.
Markets Hedge Both Ceasefire and War, Await Resolution
The market prices a ceasefire and full-scale war simultaneously. Diplomatic pause: oil -10%. Iran denial: oil +4%. SPY -0.80%. Same week. Opposite pricing. 48 hours apart. Beneath the whipsaw, TLT keeps bleeding. Spreads widen. Copper stays down 10% monthly. Breadth broken. Geopolitical noise drives...
Oil Importers Intervene; Turkey's Thin Reserves Raise Risk
A lot of oil importers have been intervening pretty heavily to keep their currencies from depreciating and adding to the oil price shock. Turkey is one of the more interesting cases, as its fx reserves remain limited 1/2 https://t.co/zsikWfgTxD
US Faces $10 Trillion Debt Refinance, Interest Pressure Rising
TEN TRILLION DOLLARS of existing US gov’t debt needs to be refinanced in the next 12 months. This spells more trouble for the out-of-control federal budget in which net interest expense already accounts for 14% of federal spending and is growing...
Hire Strategic Roles to Break $5M Ceiling
14 lessons from coaching 70+ 7-8 figure ecom founders: 1. A lot of founders hit $2-5M and can't break through. They picked a $5M product from day one, did dropshipping with no repeat customers and only Facebook working. 2. Product flywheel determines...
Clear Rewards, Not Fear, Drive AI Acceptance
People don’t resist AI. They resist uncertainty. “If I get faster, do I get rewarded — or replaced?” The best companies answer that clearly. #AI #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Innovation https://t.co/PeWuBlEx9s
Balance Internal Skills and External Help with Robust Project Management
Structuring teams for transformation requires a balance: build internal competencies while leveraging outside help. Effective project management tracks progress, risks, and costs. #TeamBuilding #ProjectManagement #ChangeManagement https://t.co/wgVUtVo1ax
Begin with Product Positioning, Then Let AI Handle Copy
The right way to use marketing-skills with Claude↓ Don't pick which skill to run first. You probably won't know the right order anyway. Start with product marketing context — your positioning, audience, and what makes you different. Once that's loaded, the model knows...
Inject Your Brand Into AI with One Click
Some people are claiming they can "feed" their brands into AI. So I'm adding these buttons to my old travel guides to let readers "inject" my brand/domain into their LLMs. When someone clicks on it, it sends this to ChatGPT: "Summarize the content...
Hourly-Paid Users Drive Teams' Perfect Product-Market Fit
No. Teams actually has the best product-market fit. Its users are paid by the hour and are incentivized to pass the time