Flex Revives
Everyone said BNPL was dead after the 2022 crash. Flex is doing $6.5B TPV, 20%+ MoM growth, in under 2.5 years. The obituary was wrong. The category just needed a better product.
Capture Intent Signals in CRM Forms for Better Follow‑up
Brilliant: "A CRM-integrated form should capture intent signals, such as inquiry type, company size, role, or product interest. These fields do not add friction when designed properly, but they dramatically increase the quality of follow-up."
PLD Space Secures $209M, Targets 2024 Guiana Launch
Launcher startup @PLD_Space, fresh from its $209M equity round led by @ME_JP_official and including Spanish govt, on the road to planned inaugural flight this yr from @esa @CNES Guiana Space Center. Transport vessel already booked. @defis_eu.https://t.co/rpPd1GDsBX https://t.co/n23Zg1E14q
Risk‑Free Trial Fueled Casper’s $750M Success
Casper hit a $750M valuation in 4 years with one move: a 100-night risk-free trial. They made buying a mattress feel safe. Meanwhile you won't even offer a simple money-back guarantee. That's the gap.
EU Anticipates Exemption From US 15% Tariff Increase
EU expects exemption from the US universal tariff boost to 15% https://t.co/XiyLxBsgAB via @jendeben https://t.co/I0YRgVF88F
Trump’s Retreat Proves IEEPA Bans, Not Taxes
Assuming Trump backs off his Spanish Embargo threat (a safe assumption, IMO), it won't just be another TACO. It'll perfectly prove @ATabarrok's point here about why an emergency wartime law like IEEPA would allow a presidential import ban but not...
Trust, Transparency, and Structure Outshine Flashy Returns
Bridger Pennington isn’t just talking capital. He’s built credibility where it counts, showing investors that trust, structure, and operational rigor matter more than flashy returns. In this power-packed episode, we cover: - Why trust and transparency beat pitch decks every time. - The...
Dedicated AI Labs Drive Real Value in Large Enterprises
Kli is doing awesome work at Colgate-Palmolive & his results provide a really good example of the benefits of having a dedicated "AI Lab" inside of large companies run by a company veteran who actually gets what these sorts of...
Blackstone Invests $400M in Teva, Sanofi Gut Drug
Blackstone puts $400M into Teva, Sanofi gut disease drug https://t.co/CkxPaI6CPr @ByJonGardner $TEVA $SNY $MRK $RHHBY
Build Your Own AI Sales Team Today
The future is about hybrid teams of humans and AI agents. But even today, you can start building your own personal team of simple, easy-to-use agents. If you work in sales or need to sell (because you're a founder/entrepreneur), you...
Great Journalism Turns Into VC Investment, Wired Missed
Trae Stephens Wants to Buy Wired. He’s Right. A 2011 article about male birth control became a Founders Fund investment. That’s what great journalism does. Wired forgot. https://t.co/nJv3I8Tg81
Company Completes $400M Share Buyback by December 2025
"As announced on October 2, 2025, the Board authorized the repurchase of $400 million of outstanding shares of Class A and Class B common from October 1, 2025, through October 1, 2026… The $400 million repurchase program was completed in...
10-Year Yield Stagnates
10-year yield action this week 🥱 considering all that has happened, maybe jobs Friday changes that https://t.co/30TFujFiHs
Opinions Aren’t Feedback: Managers Face Grief Stages
"Opinions are not feedback." Every time I say this in a workshop, I watch managers go through the five stages of grief.
From AI Experiments to Real Business Value
How can leaders move beyond AI experimentation to real business value? Join our @edXOnline LinkedIn Live with @Microsoft tomorrow to discuss AI leadership and the new CxO Edge executive program. Attendees receive an exclusive 25% course discount. Register: https://t.co/bUHIVS8nbl #AI #Leadership #Microsoft #edX
Europe Faces Inflation Shock Twice US Level
Right now, Europe is looking at an inflation shock roughly double that of the US ~ 2%pts
Charter Hires Nick Jeffery to Drive Home Internet Expansion
.@charter just made a massive power play by hiring Nick Jeffery as COO. This isn’t just a personnel change; He’s task is to expand on home internet again. 🧵🚨
Choose to Console, Understand, and Love Others First
Saint Francis prayed, “Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.”
Use Data Experiments, Not Intuition, for Real Innovation
RT @VisionEdgeMktg 🧪 Stop relying on intuition. Start running business experiments. A/B test your ideas. Collect real data. Make smarter bets. That's how innovation actually works. https://t.co/ZKvfIAn54l #DataDriven #Innovation #BusinessStrategy
History Shows Most Nations Experience Mass Displacement—Stay Mobile
That is an old saying I learned in Hong Kong that is meant to convey that any place can become unsafe and that having the ability to go to other places is invaluable. It is a lesson from history that...
Reservoir Media Bids Offer $10.50 Cash per Share
M&A….Reservoir Media ( RSVR) .. received “bids” from several firms with $10.50 cash from largest holders
Seeking a Growth Marketer to Double ARR
We're doing $1million ARR with 3 people But now I am looking for the fourth I want the marketer that can work alongside me and help take Senja from $1,000,000 -> $2,000,000 ARR I'm personally working on product and lifecycle marketing So I want...
Stop Chasing Unicorn Prospects; Target Experienced B2B Buyers
When we apply a performance marketing mindset to the top of the funnel, we can end up putting a lot of effort and expense into building an audience that often isn't big enough, and sometimes isn't even real. In B2B...
Selling Your Business Can Accelerate Its Growth
Selling your business may be the best way to help it grow. Hear what Smita Bakshi, co-founder of zyBooks, has to say on the matter: https://lnkd.in/efcrW6dN #mergersandacquisitions #startupexits #investmentbanking #saasfounders #software #saas #tech #founders #pathtoexit
Learn From the Suits: Master Bigger Financial Games
There are so many financial games being played that we don't even know exist. There's a scene in Batman where they take over the trading floor and one of the traders says "there's no money here that you can steal" Bane replies...
Revive US Manufacturing to Secure National Defense
Re: concerns about how loss of manufacturing capacity in the US has put national security at risk in the case of a war. It seems like looking how to address shortages we observe now, with so much US-armed global conflict...
US Reopens Chinese Tech Data Security Scrutiny Amid Military Labels
This is a repeat of what happened in 2020 under the first Trump admin. Back when they first started exploring the TikTok ban as well. Was primarily around how Riot, Epic and others handled US user data. Ultimately...
Delegate, Trust, and Embrace Failure to Avoid Mediocrity
"Consensus is the shortest path to mediocrity." @CloudNotEnough, CEO of @Egnyte ($300M+ revenue, 1,400 employees): Delegate to small teams Trust them fully Accept 2 out of 10 things will fail "If you think you could do a better job, you've either hired wrong or don't...
EU Still Half Dependent on Visa, Mastercard
How close is the EU to break free from Visa and Mastercard's grip? https://t.co/S2cCelErDw 47% of the eurozone’s card payment value passed through Visa & Mastercard in 2025! This is not only financial, it is strategic.
AI Marketing Toolkit Grows: New Tools Added
The best list of #AI #marketing tools anywhere continues to expand: https://t.co/1MqMiJP4M3 New tools added recently include @flowith, Scribe V2 Realtime by @ElevenLabsDevs, Cellect AI, @humanic_ai, @vyrill, @HiclipAI, @recraftai, Pomelli by @GoogleLabs, and @Nimble.
Assign Time, Not Excuses: Make Goals Real
Your goals don’t fail because you’re lazy. They fail because they never got time assigned to them. In Day One, you’ll design your ideal week template and learn time blocking that works in the real world, not in productivity fantasy land. Dreams need...
64% Americans Oppose Tariffs, View Them as Sales Tax
My views on Trump’s tariffs and the tariff man himself: “The public is fed up with these tariffs. 64% of the American public is thumbs down on tariffs. Politically, they're not popular, and the reason is that they're sales taxes on...
Escaped Social Capital Politics, Now Investing My Own Capital
What happened at Social Capital was several things: 1) Personally, I was going through a divorce. It was a very hard time. 2) My ostensible “cofounders” spent more time jostling for board seats and credit for deals with outsiders vs doing...
Brand Power and AEO Replace Dead Referral Channels
Referrals are dead. Google isn't sending many visitors via blue links and social networks are walled gardens. What does this mean for your startup? 1. Brands matter more than ever -- you're larger competitors have advantage here. ...
Moral Authority Demands Ego‑Subordination to Higher Purpose
"The essence of moral authority is sacrifice - the subordinating of one's self or one's ego to a higher purpose, cause, or principle." Robert Greenleaf
Query Fan-Out Redefines Keyword Research Methodology
Props to @Lem4 from @Similarweb for publishing some of the most well-thought out and actionable AEO/GEO research I've seen so far. Nice new article about how query fan-out/reformulation changes keyword research methodology: https://t.co/cLJLOo86IQ
Crude Oil Nears Peak, Iran's $200 Threat Unfounded
$USOIL - Crude oil is already showing initial signs of topping as it did last June. I can't believe that some people are gullible enough to believe, that empty threats made by Iran about $200 crude oil prices, are actually...
US Drone Strikes in Iran Kill 742 Civilians
Yesterday, the US military bombed drone sites across Iran. According to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, 742 civilians, including 176 children, have been killed in the bombings since Saturday. https://t.co/OYnTObNhC0
Celebrating 11 Years of SegNet with SoftBank Support
11 years since I knocked on your door @vijaycivs and we built SegNet 🚀 Thanks to @SoftBank_Group who tell the full story here.
Speed Is the New Moat for Solo AI Founders
Calendly has hundreds of employees. Meet.bot has one. Who moves faster? Vincent Jong told me something most founders underestimate: Speed can be your moat in the AI era. Incumbents are stuck protecting: – existing customers – existing revenue – existing...
Write for Real Customers, Not Giant Corporate Fantasies
Your next sale won't be a 1000-seat order from Google. But is your homepage written as if this is the target? Formal, obtuse, corporate-speak, pretending to be a mature, stable company. You’re alienating your actual best customers. https://t.co/2jsBd6Z3Ap
US Services Surge to Highest ISM Since Oct 2024
US Service sector activity further accelerated in February according to the ISM data. The 56.1 reading was an unexpected improvement and highest since Oct 2024. The employment and price components also improved (higher and lower respectively). Good US economic update https://t.co/Pvofc3DgPk
Winning with AI Means Responsible, Scalable Governance
I had an awesome time speaking about AI governance at the Virtual AI Summit last week. Governance is not about slowing AI down. It is about making sure it scales safely. The organizations winning with AI are not the ones experimenting the...
Caliwater, Co‑founded by Vanessa Hudgens, Sponsors Enhanced Games
The Enhanced Games has its first sponsor: Caliwater (@drinkcaliwater), which was co-founded by Vanessa Hudgens (@VanessaHudgens) ... Becomes the official cactus water of the Enhanced Games. @EnhancedGames
Cosco Halts Gulf Bookings, Defying Iran Alliance
Cosco suspends bookings on Gulf. China is an Iran ally. Why would a Chinese carrier do this?
Google Favors Frequent Crawling, Discover Posts, Higher Ad Budgets
It’s New 3/4: ChatGPT gets stingy on links by @mordyoberstein new Google crawler doc says frequent crawling is good, @gregfinn on social posts in Google Discover and @TheMarketingAnu Google Ads minimum budgets for Demand Gen https://t.co/beO0sHq3WD
Omnisend’s Lifecycle Stage Map Highlights Key Email Segments
Can I just say how much I love the Lifecycle Stage Map on Omnisend. Right there are your important segments to email.
Seeking First Marketing Hire to Build AI Demand Engine
Most companies hiring a "Head of Marketing" are looking for someone to run a system. My friends Randy Stocklin and Santiago Jaramillo are looking for something a little different. They are looking for the first marketing hire for Pragmatico ,...
Marketing Director Defends No Console Reviews at Launch
Crimson Desert marketing director says there's nothing to hide as players worry about the lack of console version reviews at launch https://t.co/sPbsmiijgU
US Economy's Quiet Bullish Turn Amid Bearish Sentiment
Everyone is getting increasingly bearish here, and while I understand the concern, the macro backdrop is improving a lot, especially in the US - that we can measure live with Nowcast IQ There is a very very underappreciated comeback in the...