Iran Oil Shock Spikes US Inflation Expectations to 2025 Highs
"Unsurprisingly given the Iran war oil shock, consumers’ average and median 12-month inflation expectations surged in March to levels last seen in August 2025, when US consumers awaited more tariff announcements from the US federal government." - The Conference Board https://t.co/k3PvdJqN8M
Answer Engines Shift SEO Focus to Quality Demand
Traffic loss isn’t the full story as answer engines create higher-value demand, forcing CMOs to rethink SEO fundamentals, measurement, and investment priorities. https://t.co/xdLGNGD0iz via @sejournal
Solo CEOs Become Bottlenecks, Stalling Business Growth
When you're the entire engine of your business: - content depends on your energy. - sales depend on your presence. - decisions depend on your availability. an Engine CEO will always be the bottleneck. growth creates chaos when the brand...
Self‑Serving Listicles May Violate FTC Regulations
Self-serving listicles... not only embarrassing for companies to implement, but could also be against FTC rules. Not saying the FTC is going to do anything about it, but they could. Beware.
Airlines Split on Jet Fuel Shortage Outlook
In Europe… - Air France-KLM CEO: "drawing up scenarios" on jet fuel shortage, airports in SE Asia considered at highest risk so far - easyJet CEO, last week: “I’m confident for a week or two that we’re all good. I’m...
Valuation Is a Narrative, Not Just Numbers
"Valuation is a story" Great thoughts on Allbirds from @ProfPaulNary who I encourage you to follow for his thoughtful insights on the M&A space.
Hershey CEO Sees No Spending Drop Amid Gas Hikes
The Hershey CEO told us he’s seen no impact on consumer spending in recent weeks at convenience stores or other places as a result of higher gas prices. @SquawkStreet
Align Spend with High‑Intent Funnel to Accelerate Deals
Here’s an exercise worth doing. Open your funnel and map where budget actually goes: - early research - mid-funnel nurture - in-market buyers Then line it up against pipeline this quarter. A lot of investment sits far from a buying...
Burt Rutan’s TED Talk Sparked Boom’s Mission
This 2004 TED talk by Burt Rutan was part of my inspiration for starting Boom. I remember showing this to friends in ~2010 and saying someone needed to do something about the problems Burt called out….
Marpipe's Gen AI Automates Ad Creation Across All SKUs
Marpipe just collapsed a full creative workflow into minutes. Gen AI is now live inside their product catalog interface. Choose your model, generate enriched ad variants, and it auto-applies to every SKU at once. No exports. No copy-paste. No creative bottleneck.
Fewer Healthcare Ads Boost Click-Through Rates
More ads ≠ more engagement. In healthcare, showing fewer ads often improves click-through rates. Rob Janes on why restraint performs better. 👇 https://t.co/fRLfOxUi5k @ad_butler #BrandTrust #HITsm
US‑Israel War Choice Triggers Iran Closing Hormuz
Forget the Western propaganda and spin. The US and Israel engaged in a war of choice against Iran. Iran counterattacks and shuts the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s 8 important chokepoints. DAMAGED PARTIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SHOULD SEND A BILL TO TRUMP...
Is Safety Truly a Core Value or Just Assumed?
When You Don't Live Your Corporate Values... https://t.co/6itpemlaHK “Safety” is a favorite #corevalue among certain industries. Is it inherent in those industries where it’s paramount to success? Should it just be intuitive (and not stated) in terms of how they...
Quit Corporate, Now I Set My Own Worth
I left corporate America because someone else decided how much of my value I got to keep. I made $45,000 a year, yet generated millions of dollars in revenue for this business. Yeah, my value was WORTH a ton, and I wasn't...
Cuban Regrets Buyer, Not Selling Mavericks
.@mcuban on the Mavs sale: "I don't regret selling. I regret who I sold to." https://t.co/4psTnhP8a4
Voice‑First Workweek Shows AI Dictation Viable
Three people on my team tried to go an entire work week without typing The rules were simple: - Use Wispr Flow (an AI voice dictation app) for everything - Emails, Slack, AI prompts, project coordination - No typing unless absolutely unavoidable In this...
Redefining Leadership for the Digital Age
Amy Clark talks about how leadership is changing—and what modern leadership should really look like. Tune in live at 12 pm CT at: https://t.co/ykUbRecoZO #TPSS #IoT #sustainability #5G #cloud #edge #digitaltransformation #PeggySmedley #podcast https://t.co/6Vj1rjuCci
Insights on Managing China’s Rare Earth Export Controls
China's Rare Earth Export Controls Commentary from @Camrjohnson and @pstAsiatech ...excellent comments from Cameron here on navigating China's Rare earth controls...... https://t.co/Ue3q820lYO
Central Banks' Dollar Reserves Inch up, Growth Still Modest
Dollar reserves held by the world's central banks rose a bit in q4 -- But the broad story remains one of modest reserves growth relative to the global economy, or the pace of reserves growth from 03 to 13 1/ https://t.co/B7D4KndRLn
Build Pipeline with Intent, Not Just Awareness
Pipeline doesn’t simply come from awareness first. It comes from buyers already looking. Start with: • high-intent search • demo campaigns • comparison pages Then expand upward. Traffic fills the top. Intent fills the pipeline. https://t.co/THTTjOIO9u
Skip the Hype: Ads + Funnel Save $10k
This guy is also currently being used as a testimonial for another video agency coach And now he has the expertise to tell you how to scale your own video agency? I’ll save you $10k and another school course. Run ads describing...
Simple Pricing Wins Over All Stakeholders
13 years of SaaS pricing experience in one rule: If every stakeholder can't understand your pricing easily, your sales process will suffer. Not just your ICP. The budget holders too. https://t.co/A4KYyUpf0J
Doctors: Build Brand with Wellness Content, Monetize Illness
If I have to tell you one thing doctors should do to earn more, get patients & build a brand. Create content for wellness. Monetize through sickness.
Blueprint for Building AI‑Native Companies in 2026
I got a chance to interview Jack Dorsey for the Long Strange Trip pod about his new article (in comments) on how to build a modern ai native company in 2026. I took some of his ideas and mixed them with...
NY Fed Custodial Treasury Holdings Drop Significantly
The FT has a good article on the recent fall in the Treasuries held by the New York Fed's custodial account 1/ https://t.co/q3XrJ1bvlZ
HR's Future Lies in Empowered Small Teams
Where should YOUR HR career take you? What if the most exciting HR work will no longer be happening inside the big or well-known organizations? What if, instead, it will truly be happening inside the ones where small HR...
TSA Employees: Overlooked Talent Employers Need to Recognize
TSA Chaos and the Talent Employers Are Missing Jim Stroud talks with Eileen Linnabery about why government workers are often overlooked and what companies get wrong when evaluating their talent. #TSAworkers #careers #jobs https://t.co/MeGYBoUI1X
Scaling to Enterprise Means Rebuilding Email Marketing Foundations
Organizations scaling from mid-market to enterprise often discover their email marketing tools, processes, and team structures need to be rebuilt from the foundation up >> https://t.co/e4muz0bVal #emailmarketing #digitalmarketing https://t.co/9EUPloMr10
Recession Risk Doubles Normal, yet Stays Under 50%
If you're asking whether 30% recession risk is bad, compare it with the right baseline. Normal is about 14%. So yes, we're still below 50%—but we're also roughly double normal. Seems troubling. https://t.co/2dO5Qjmi3q
US Job Churn Hits Near‑Recession Lows, JOLTS Shows
With this latest JOLTS release, we're at a US labor market churn rate that's among the lowest since data began, rivaling the depths of the Great Recession. https://t.co/F9CRiQJ4c9
YouTube Pivoted From Dating Videos to Everything
YouTube started as ...a video dating site. But nobody uploaded dating videos. People uploaded everything else. So Youtube listened and pivoted to the current Youtube
Offer: Train Marketing Teams on AirOpsHQ and Claude
If there are any teams out there who are looking for someone to come in and train their marketing team on @AirOpsHQ + Claude, we should chat
Real Statistical Engine Replaces Fluffy AI Marketing Wrappers
Most "AI marketing tools" are just prompt wrappers. Our open-sourced repo runs real bootstrap confidence intervals on your marketing experiments. It designs tests, monitors results, and kills losers automatically. No human in the loop unless you want one. What's inside: 🔬 Experiment Engine —...
AI Coding Agents Driving Unprecedented CTO Adoption
I've been selling software for 15 years now. I've never seen as much "market pull" before as I'm seeing now. For the AI sr software engineer, we've built. CTOs are truly mind blown. Few insights that actually surprise me: - The...
China Takes Direct Role in Hormuz Security After Iran War
china involving itself directly in the business of hormuz strait security is an important unintended consequence of the iran war.
Printing Money Fuels Borrowing, Creates Financial Bubbles
When an empire runs out of its own money, it is able to increase the supply of money. However, printing more money causes borrowing to increase creating a financial bubble. I urge you to watch “Principles for Dealing with the...
Yen Support Aims to Cool Dollar, Delay Iran Risk
The vol controllers are definitely trying to strengthen the Yen here to make the US dollar go lower. They know the USD wrecking ball was at a point it was about to wreak havoc if it broke higher. JPY/USD most important currency...
Turn Profit Into Cash: Fix Structure, Taxes, Finances
Today I fixed a business that was making money… but still broke. Here’s what I found: • No separation of finances • Wrong business structure • Overpaying in taxes After ONE session: ✔️ Clear structure ✔️ Tax savings plan ✔️ Profit strategy This is what a I do‼️ Y...
Layoffs Aren’t a Viable Option for Turbulent Times
The Case Against Layoffs https://t.co/wa6rDZB2H6 Leading through economic turbulence often forces CEOs to make painful trade-offs. Layoffs shouldn't be one of them. #trulyhumanleadership #leadership @barrywehmiller @chiefexecgrp https://t.co/xUMLJcldfV
Founders Who Execute See Demo Numbers Double
My final student session last night was at 7pm. The founder showed up and had done ALL of his homework. He had doubled the number of demos that were going onto his calendar since our prior session two weeks before,...
February Hires Rate Hits Pandemic‑level Low of 3.1%
"The hires rate decreased over the month [of February 2026] to 3.1 percent. This was the lowest hires rate since April 2020 when it was also 3.1 percent." Employers only brought on as many workers (as a % of payrolls)...
Key Results Turn Tasks Into Measurable Success
You “know what you need to do.” So you wake up every day and do as much as you can. If you’re superhuman (I am not) you ship your roadmap. Hit every deadline. Check every box… …and still don’t actually *achieve*...
STRC Threatens MSTR Capital Structure, Risks Death Spiral
You'd think with $MSTR -80% from highs, bagholders would be more skeptical of every new "digital credit" innovation and its effect on the capital structure, but given the hype over $STRC, that appears to not be the case. While consensus on...
Bankers Demand 3:1 Debt‑equity, You Fund 25%
“The banker [might demand] an ‘opening balance sheet debt to equity ratio of at least 3:1.’ What does this mean?... Basically 25% of the purchase price needs to come from you.” –Borrow from Biz Brokers https://t.co/l2EObkfURN #smallbiz #mergersandacquisitions https://t.co/z7HqTBPGvz
Small Intentional Choices Turn Dad Bod Into CEO Mindset
How do you go from recognizing a need for change to becoming an expert in the mechanics of transformation? 📈🚀 Tomorrow on Tippie Leads, we’re joined by Associate Professor of Instruction Rob Rouwenhorst . Before Rob became our resident expert...
ECB's Vujcic: Inflation Expectation Rise Expected
ECB’s Vujcic says the rise in inflation expectations isn’t a surprise https://t.co/2W4QWes7Uu via @jaskuzmanovic https://t.co/QAtXa5k1AS
Kindness Legacy Fuels Business Unity and Human Connection
KIND—yes, the KIND bars—was named after Daniel Lubetzky’s (@daniellubetzky) father. A Holocaust survivor who, despite everything he endured…still chose kindness. It sounds naive: that kindness can win. But Daniel built his life around it. From PeaceWorks (bringing people together through...
Mentors Unlock Career Gains You Can't Achieve Solo
The Value of Having a Mentor: Career Boosts You Don’t Get on Your Own. https://t.co/1hoQyQHljb #mentoring #lifehacks #coaching #books
Reward High Performers, Remote Teams Thrive and Grow
Remote work gets a lot of hate. People working less, taking breaks, being lazy, etc. That hasn't been the case in my experience. My best people are throwing down 60 hour weeks and our companies are growing. If you create a culture where you...
Ahrefs Adds Traffic Value Metric to GSC Insights
In the GSC Insights report in Ahrefs, we've added traffic value. This is your GSC clicks * the CPC for all the keywords leading to the page. https://t.co/IvjpaKvkDg