Gold Shines, Siri Stands Alone, Iran War Hurts Economies
🆓 Wednesday links: gold's safe-haven status, standalone Siri, and the economic pain of the Iran war. https://t.co/2egB9QZjgV image: https://t.co/98xXyDFF3F https://t.co/3zk2NqUkqL
Trump's Policies Hurt Poor, Enrich the Wealthy
Trump was elected on promises to help working Americans catch up. His policies are having the opposite effect. Together, his tariffs and “One Big Beautiful Bill” will decrease incomes for the poorest Americans and disproportionately benefit the highest earners. Source: Tax...
Google Click Signals Reveal Ranking and AI Answer Factors
Let's talk about Google Click Signals... ...and how they drive website visibility for both Google rankings and AI answers The Google API leak exposed many of the exact click signals Google measures, with names like badClicks, goodClicks, and lastLongestClicks https://t.co/49XHqsS8Qi
New Job Fair Boosts Environmental Impact Careers in CA
I struggled so hard to find a job out of college that I’m building my own new type of job fair that ACTUALLY will help people most likely increase their chances of landing a job in environmental/ social impact -...
Make GitHub Core Agentic Infrastructure, Ditch Copilot
Here’s what I’d do if I was in charge of GitHub, in order: 1. Establish a North Star plan around being critical infrastructure for agentic code lifecycles and determine a set of ways to measure that. 2. Fire everyone who works on...
Slack Status Tracking Fails to Reflect Real Work
When management says: "We need to monitor Slack status to ensure everyone is working." It looks like a simple way to measure effort. THE REALITY:
Read This Acquisition Guide Early to Avoid Heartache
This book has a few too many TLAs (three letter acronyms) but it also contains valuable street wisdom in thinking about selling your company. Read it now, years before you want to sell, and save yourself time and heartache. Magic...
AI SEO Playbook Reveals Google Click Signal Strategies
New: "The AI SEO Playbook for Google Click Signals" Feel free to subscribe 🙏 https://t.co/vTCh7CuabN https://t.co/AzgEUUifMe
India's LPG Shortage Threatens Households Amid Hormuz Closure
India’s LPG crisis following closure of the Strait of Hormuz The war between the United States and Iran and closure of Strait of Hormuz has become a critical threat to the supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) India relies on for...
Metrics Matter Only When They Inform Decisions
Metrics are only valuable if they drive decisions. Lisa Anderson shares practical insights on using performance metrics to guide critical supply chain decisions. Watch the Supply Chain Byte. #SupplyChain #Manufacturing #PerformanceMetrics https://t.co/8CF8HFcniM
Paper
Coming to terms with the fact that no matter how the Iran War and Hormuz crisis ends it’s going to be far harder going forward to scoff at claims that the paper market isn’t pricing in physical oil market realities. Catastrophic...
ICC Warns Worst Industrial Crisis Amid Iran Strait Conflict
International Chamber of Commerce head. May be facing ‘worst industrial crisis’. Iran war. Strait. Supply of supply chains.
Strait Closure Threatens Global Chemical Supply Chains
Strait closure. Global chemical supply chains and production? And what those chemicals are needed for?
Hold the Wrong Party Fully Accountable with Calm Feedback
Whenever there is a dispute, both parties are required to have equal levels of integrity, to be open-minded and assertive, and to be equally considerate. The judges must hold the parties to the same standards and provide feedback consistent with...
Small Towns: The Smarter Startup Playground
Everyone chases startups in big cities. The smart move is your small town. Lower rent, less competition, stronger margins. Open a coffee shop bar, a boutique, or a phone repair shop and fill a gap people drive hours to solve. In a town of...
Low Retention, High Burn = No $50M Valuation
I talk to delusional Series A founders every day. So now, I just tell them this. If your company does under $10M ARR, burns over $200k/mo, and has low Gross Retention…you are not worth $50-100M to anyone. Doesn't matter what your...
US‑Iran Conflict Bolsters Russia’s Grip on Global Food Markets
“An official from an Asian or African country who needs urea before the monsoon does not discuss the Ukrainian question. He calls the Kremlin, and the Kremlin picks up,” she said. On how the US war with Iran is strengthening Russia...
AI Ops Must Evolve As Revenue Grows
The AI playbook that works at $100K will actually slow you down at $1M. And what works at $1M will break at $10M. At $100K, you should be using Claude Cowork as a co-pilot. At $500K, you need to graduate to...
Trump's Washington Faces Massive Test of Dealmaking Possibilities
If this goes anywhere, it'll be a giant test of just what's possible dealwise in Trump's Washington https://t.co/4Vzk4MOANE
Ukraine's Strikes Cut 40% of Russia's Oil Exports
Ukraine struck another Russian export terminal today. Reuters calculates that 40% of Russian oil export capacity is currently offline. Ukrainian sanctions at work.
Rising 10‑Year Yields Signal Regime Shift, Not Safety
10Y yields at 4.38% and RISING during risk-off. That's not the flight-to-safety playbook. That's a regime change. $TLT $SPY $GLD https://t.co/nCaYnxlGaO
Network Effects Are the Blueprint for Defensible Startups
James Currier joined my Modern Brand and Community Playbook class at USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for the 4th year running. 💥 Network effects are a foundational factor in my playbook. You cannot build a defensible business without...
Commodities Outpace S&P, Hinting Lower Stock High
did the rally of stocks $SPX vs. commodities since the '22 bottom roll over making a bigger picture lower high in favour of commodities? hmmm.... 👀 https://t.co/06LFvU59Fx
Inside GoodGood Golf's Secrets to Explosive Growth
Played 3 holes with @goodgood_golf and picked their brains on how they became the fastest-growing golf channel in the world ⛳️ Full video out now https://t.co/DJXv7h8kGj https://t.co/7TQAdLndnV
China Struggles to Pair Surplus with Limited Foreign Asset Growth
China's dilemma is that while it can reduce SAFE's exposure to the Treasury market, it hasn't found a way to consistently combine a big external surplus and limited state foreign asset growth. The state banks are doing something...
Treat Interviews Like Sales: Confidence Wins Every Time
The job interview is a sales process. Projecting confidence is the most important thing you can do. How you sound, your posture, your ability to maintain eye contact, all of it is being evaluated.
Twitchcon Enforces Strict Streaming Rules, Suspensions for Violations
Twitchcon is introducing stricter rules for streaming at the convention, including: - Keeping Paths Clear - No Streaming Areas - Film Permission-Based Lanyards Violations will result in temporary streaming suspensions during Twitchcon.
Simplicity Is Rare, Valuable, and Hard to Achieve
The Complexity Trap: Why Simple Is So Hard … And So Valuable https://t.co/DeOLUE5WCb #leadership @TanveerNaseer https://t.co/m1WWrlaqF7
Geopolitics, History, and Euro Rate Hikes Shape Markets
NEW PODCAST EPISODE. 1) How the Iran situation changes the outlook 2) Lessons from the 1990 recession 3) Are the Europeans seriously gonna hike (again..)
VCs Fund Performance, Not Just Thesis Alignment
The thing that will make a VC want to fund you is not how well you match their (claimed) investment thesis. It's the same thing that will make every other VC want to fund you: how well you're doing.
Bootstrapped Success: Define Enough, Share Wealth, Out‑Care Competition
I’m bringing my friend @wilreynolds into the Make More Money program for a fireside chat. If you don’t know Wil. he founded @SeerInteractive in his living room in 2002. Built it to 200+ people, fully bootstrapped. Turned down $50M in acquisition...
Only Top Salespeople Quantify the Cost of Inaction
90% of AEs can’t build the cost of inaction. They ask generic questions: • How does this impact you? • What’s the cost of doing nothing? When you ask questions like that? You're not a trusted advisor. You're a manipulator. The best salespeople know something others don't:
Trovo to End Livestreaming, Shift Focus to Gaming
Trovo is shutting down its livestreaming service on June 30, 2026. It will instead focus on its gaming business.
Talent Leaders Converge on Gen Z Future in San Antonio
I was proud to see Talent Directors & Operators from all over the country gather in San Antonio to focus on the future…which begins with Gen Z. Thanks chickfila !
War‑Driven Gas Prices Add $530 to Every Household Annually
For every $1 increase at the pump, the typical American household spends an extra $530 per year. Gas is costing Americans $300 million more a day than before the war. My latest newsletter, "This War Will Make You Poorer" (bit.ly/ThisWarWillMakeYouPoorer),...
Equip Founders with a Complete Internal Sales Kit
Founders: The champion enablement kit: 1. 1-page executive summary 2. ROI calculator 3. Implementation timeline 4. Security/tech specs 5. Customer references Give them everything needed to sell internally. Make it easy to buy.
Import Prices Up 2.5% YoY Amid Trump Tariffs
Looks like exporters forgot to eat Trump's tariffs, import prices rose 1.1% in February and 2.5% year-over-year https://t.co/3UkarMgRx7
Saudi Red Sea Oil Shipments Near 5 Million‑Barrel Target
Saudi oil shipments via the Red Sea have been ramping up rapidly and are getting close to the five million BPD target https://t.co/SkPyeLTXbO https://t.co/nmq5Kt89xT
Automation Amplifies Noise, Undermines Human Value
Automation is a trap when you’re using it to scale noise instead of value. Your prospects know that if they don't block an AI-generated thread today, they’ll get ten more tomorrow from the same bot until it finally gives up. On...
Tech‑Heavy Startups Dominate Harmonic Q2 List with Minimal Overlap
Harmonic just dropped its Q2 '26 Hot 25 list, featuring the early stage companies seeing the most investor interest on @Harmonic_AI's platform. My biggest takeaways: Almost zero competition between these products. Every quarter, this list has multiple clusters of startups all sort...
Hormuz Closure Threatens World Economy, Outweighs US Strikes
...and yet Hormuz remains closed. The US bragging about how many targets we've hit in Iran while Hormuz remains closed is the geopolitical equivalent of "Every kid gets a trophy", because Hormuz closure means the world economy is on the clock. Another...
Human‑first WhatsApp Support: Gen Z Chat as Competitive Edge
I want to hire a 25 year old Gen Zer to sit on WhatsApp all day chatting with our customers In a world of ai, I’m focused on things we can do that are more human, and don’t scale The idea of...
Middle East Tensions Spike, Hitting Energy and Infrastructure
Iran hit Israeli cities AND US bases. Saudi Arabia intercepted a drone. Kuwait's power grid is down. Day 25. $XLE $USO $GLD https://t.co/FhexaYgwcd
From One Child to Three: Parenting Redefines Me
One day I’m going to tell you all of the story about how I believed that since I built a business with ONE child without losing my mind, I could build a business with THREE children & not lose my...
Friendly Bubble Robot Tackles Senior Loneliness in U.S.
EXCLUSIVE: in a sea of Terminator-looking bots, Aussie founder Grace Brown took a different direction for her robot, Abi: color, bubbles, and fun. Now her startup Andromeda, which has raised $16.6M, is launching for senior homes across the U.S. - with...
10-Year Yield Climbs Amid Accelerating Inflation Nowcast
10-Year Yield Holds Uptrend as Inflation Nowcast Accelerates during #Quad3 The bond market isn’t buying the narrative. 📉📊 📈 10Y still making higher highs/lows 📊 Range: 4.20–4.43%
Neglecting Middle Managers Undermines Culture and Engagement
Ignoring the Middle: How Overlooking Middle Managers Erodes Culture https://t.co/Bd8dgsQL5h Most organizations over-invest in #executive alignment and #employeeengagement and quietly under-invest in the layer that determines whether either one works. #middlemanagement https://t.co/IuXIAateuu
Talk to Users, Not Just Add Features
Your side project doesn't need more features. It needs more conversations with the people using it.
Posting More Than Three Times Weekly Drives Real Results
UNPOPULAR OPION: Most people are not posting enough. You cannot expect results from 3 posts a week.
Africa's Riches Fuel Western Wealth, Not Local Prosperity
Africa has all the wealth, however, once extracted, it lands on the balance sheets of Western Entities and the benefits accrue to foreign powers.